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Mountain Home Inn to Mount Tam East Peak route map
Difficulty: DifficultOut and Back
California

Mountain Home Inn to Mount Tam East Peak

Mill Valley, California

3.9 mi

Distance

1,647 ft

Elev. Gain

47m

Est. Time

Out & Back

Route Type

Difficult

Difficulty

About This Trail

We don't publish a description for Mountain Home Inn to Mount Tam East Peak unless we can point you at the agency it came from. We don't have one yet. The planning figures above — distance, elevation gain, estimated time, route type — come from the source listed on this trail.

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Trail Conditions

Trail Conditions

Unknown

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Hazards & Warnings

Poison oakRattlesnakesMountain lionsTicks

Elevation Profile

Min:295 ft
Max:762 ft
Gain:502 ft
Loss:502 ft
Elevation profileA line rising and falling between 295 ft and 762 ft across 3.9 mi along the route, drawn from start to end.295 ft451 ft606 ft762 ft0.0 mi1.0 mi1.9 mi2.9 mi3.9 mi

Elevation at the labelled points along this route
PointDistance from startElevation
Start0.0 mi295 ft
High point1.9 mi762 ft
End3.9 mi295 ft

Trail Details

Route Type
Out & Back

Official sources & verification

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Source of truth

Where it is

Nearest town:
Mill Valley, CA · in or next to town
County:
Marin County, CA

Nearest town and county from U.S. Census Bureau place records and county boundaries.

We display cached information from agency feeds. Hours, fees, permits, closures, fire restrictions, and conditions change without notice. Outdoors is not the permitting authority. Confirm current conditions for this trail using the links above before you go — you are responsible for compliance. Last verified by us: Oct 11, 2026. Spot an error in our data?

Highlights

Mountain Home InnRailroad GradeEast Peak summitVerna Dunshee TrailGardner Lookout

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Path geometry came from our pre-launch legacy database. Routes have not yet been re-verified against the operator and may differ from the actual trail.

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