Abandoned Butano Airstrip–Butano Fire Road, 6 sights
15.4 mi · ▲ 3,046 ft · 6 hr 39 min
Abandoned Butano Airstrip–Butano Fire Road, 6 sights is a 15.4-mile out-and-back in Butano State Park near Butano Park, CA. It climbs 3,046 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade. It scores 95/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Abandoned Butano Airstrip–Butano Fire Road, 6 sights
15.4 mi · ▲ 3,046 ft · 6 hr 39 min
Elevation 488–1,692 ft
Out & Back · Butano State Park
Trailhead: 37.20946, -122.32852
Weather Aug 3: Fog, high 80°F / low 51° · precip 0% · wind 2 mph · sunrise 6:16 AM · sunset 8:16 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead
- Start on Goat Hill Trail, heading E.
- 0.7 miSharp left onto Doe Ridge Trail, heading N.
- 1.6 miTurn left onto Olmo Fire Road, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Indian Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miBear right onto Canyon Trail, heading W.
- 2.3 miSharp right onto Jackson Flats Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Butano Fire Road, heading N.
- 1.8 miSharp left onto Abandoned Butano Airstrip, heading E.
- 0.2 miReach Doe Ridge Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Butano Fire Road, heading S.
- 1.8 miBear left onto Jackson Flats Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto Canyon Trail, heading SW.
- 2.3 miBear left onto Indian Trail, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Olmo Fire Road, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Doe Ridge Trail, heading SW.
- 1.6 miSharp right onto Goat Hill Trail, heading SW.
- 0.7 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.7 mi in (~26 min). Leave by 7:30 PM for the 8:16 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:47 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
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More from this trailhead
- Gazos Trail & Goat Hill Trail 3.9 mi · ▲ 819 ft
- Doe Ridge Trail 4.5 mi · ▲ 667 ft
- Doe Ridge Trail–Gazos Trail, 4 sights 5.1 mi · ▲ 871 ft
- Candelabra Trail & Goat Hill Trail 5.4 mi · ▲ 1,200 ft
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