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Pescadero Creek County Park

Basin Easement Trail–Basin Trail, 3 sights

11.1 mi · ▲ 2,611 ft · 5 hr

Basin Easement Trail–Basin Trail, 3 sights is an 11.1-mile out-and-back in Pescadero Creek County Park near San Lorenzo Park, CA. It climbs 2,611 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 88/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi469 – 2,313 ft · steepest grade: 22%11.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Lane Camp Trail 37.21439, -122.22666
Nearest town San Lorenzo Park, CA
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Basin Easement Trail–Basin Trail, 3 sights

11.1 mi · ▲ 2,611 ft · 5 hr

Elevation 469–2,314 ft

Out & Back · Pescadero Creek County Park

Trailhead: Lane Camp Trail · 37.21439, -122.22666

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:10 PM

Toilets at the trailhead

  1. Start on Lane Camp Trail, heading E.
  2. 0.3 miBear left onto Basin Trail, heading E.
  3. 100 ftTurn left onto Basin Easement Trail, heading NE.
  4. 1 miSharp left, heading SW.
  5. 200 ftSharp right onto Butano Fire Road, heading N.
  6. 1.5 miContinue straight onto Butano Ridge Fire Road, heading NW.
  7. 50 ftTurn right onto Butano Ridge Trail, heading N.
  8. 2.7 miSharp right onto Old Haul Road, heading NW.
  9. 50 ftReach Basin Easement Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 50 ftSharp left onto Butano Ridge Trail, heading NW.
  11. 2.7 miTurn left onto Butano Ridge Fire Road, heading N.
  12. 50 ftContinue straight onto Butano Fire Road, heading N.
  13. 1.5 miSharp left, heading SE.
  14. 200 ftSharp right onto Basin Easement Trail, heading SE.
  15. 1 miTurn right onto Basin Trail, heading SW.
  16. 100 ftBear right onto Lane Camp Trail, heading SW.
  17. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/basin-easement-trail-basin-trail-out-back-3-sights

Trail surface

69% dirt31% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:10 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.4 mi in (~15 min). Leave by 6:36 PM for the 7:10 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:37 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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