Tour Overview
Botanical hike in the Marin Municipal Water District, in a watershed near Mount Tamalpais. Park your vehicle on the Bolinas-Fairfax road and hike along Pine Mountain Road to Oat Hill Road to the Carson Falls Trail. The hike is about 3.4 miles, round trip. In order to make the hike a loop, you can return via the Old Sled trail to the Bolinas-Fairfax Road and walk up to your vehicle. You can also ride a bike to Oat Hill Road, but the final segment to Carson Falls is for hikers only. Total trip is 3–4 hours at a botanical pace. Bring plenty of water on hot days. Follow along with the AllTrails map.
Stops
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Stop 1: Chamise
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Stop 2: Musk Brush
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Stop 3: Mount Tamalpais Manzanita
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Stop 4: Leather Oak
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Stop 5: Shreve Oak
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Stop 6: Toyon
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Stop 7: California Yerba Santa
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Stop 8: Monterey Pine
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Stop 9: Coast Live Oak
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Stop 10: Chaparral Pea
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Stop 11: Douglas-fir
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Stop 12: Sargent Cypress
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Stop 13: Eastwood's Manzanita
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Stop 14: Oregon Oak
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Stop 15: Blue Oak
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Stop 16: Pacific Madrone
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Stop 17: Giant Chinquapin
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Stop 18: Orange Bush Monkeyflower
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Stop 19: California Pitcher Sage
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Stop 20: Hairy Ceanothus
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Stop 21: Coyote Brush
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Stop 22: Wavyleaf Silktassel
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Stop 23: Pink Honeysuckle
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Stop 24: Buckbrush
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Stop 25: California Broom
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Stop 26: California Bay Laurel
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Stop 27: Geology
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Stop 28: Common Yarrow
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Stop 29: California Barberry
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Stop 30: Douglas Iris
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Stop 31: Modesty
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Stop 32: California Blackberry
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Stop 33: Ferns!
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Stop 34: Big-leaf Maple
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Stop 35: Tanoak
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Stop 36: California Scrub Oak
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Stop 37: California Hazelnut
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Stop 38: Wood Rose
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Stop 39: California Buckeye
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Stop 40: Blue Elderberry
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Stop 41: Arroyo Willow
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Stop 42: Snowberry
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Stop 43: Wax Myrtle
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Stop 44: Western Azalea
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Stop 45: Canyon Live Oak
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Stop 46: Giant Chain Fern
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Stop 47: Poison Oak
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Stop 48: Spiny Redberry
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