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Mount Tamalpais Watershed

Concrete Pipe Road–Madrone Trail, 4 sights

4.4 mi · ▲ 654 ft · 1 hr 48 min

Concrete Pipe Road–Madrone Trail, 4 sights is a 4.4-mile out-and-back in Mount Tamalpais Watershed near Fairfax, CA. It climbs 654 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 76/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi466 – 919 ft · steepest grade: 16%4.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Bullfrog Fire Road 37.96638, -122.60510
Nearest town Fairfax, CA
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Concrete Pipe Road–Madrone Trail, 4 sights

4.4 mi · ▲ 654 ft · 1 hr 48 min

Elevation 466–918 ft

Out & Back · Mount Tamalpais Watershed

Trailhead: Bullfrog Fire Road · 37.96638, -122.60510

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:12 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 150 ftTurn right onto Alex Forman Trail, heading SE.
  3. 0.3 miBear left onto Shaver Grade Road, heading E.
  4. 50 ftContinue straight onto Alex Forman Trail, heading E.
  5. 200 ftContinue straight onto Shaver Grade Road, heading SE.
  6. 50 ftContinue straight onto Alex Forman Trail, heading SE.
  7. 0.2 miTurn left onto PumpkinTrail, heading SE.
  8. 0.7 miReach Shaver Grade Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 0.3 miSharp right onto Madrone Trail, heading N.
  10. 0.9 miTurn left onto Concrete Pipe Road, heading SE.
  11. 0.9 miBear left onto Shaver Grade Road, heading NE.
  12. 50 ftBear right onto Concrete Pipe Road, heading NE.
  13. 150 ftContinue straight onto Shaver Grade Road, heading NW.
  14. 0.1 miSharp left onto Elliot Trail, heading N.
  15. 50 ftBear right onto Shaver Grade Road, heading NE.
  16. 0.2 miBear right onto Elliot Trail, heading SW.
  17. 50 ftBear left onto Shaver Grade Road, heading SW.
  18. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Alex Forman Trail, heading NW.
  19. 200 ftContinue straight onto Shaver Grade Road, heading W.
  20. 50 ftBear right onto Alex Forman Trail, heading W.
  21. 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
  22. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/bon-tempe-lake-bon-tempe-lake-loop-6-km-dfc8

Trail surface

83% dirt17% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:57 AMSunset 7:12 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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