Basin Trail & Butano Ridge Trail via Butano Ridge Fire Road
7.8 mi · ▲ 1,310 ft · 3 hr 15 min
Basin Trail & Butano Ridge Trail via Butano Ridge Fire Road is a 7.8-mile out-and-back in Pescadero Creek County Park near San Lorenzo Park, CA. It climbs 1,310 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 90/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Basin Trail & Butano Ridge Trail via Butano Ridge Fire Road
7.8 mi · ▲ 1,310 ft · 3 hr 15 min
Elevation 1,896–2,314 ft
Out & Back · Pescadero Creek County Park
Trailhead: Basin Easement Trail · 37.21486, -122.22145
Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 87°F / low 61° · precip 0% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:16 AM · sunset 8:16 PM
- Start on Basin Easement Trail, heading NE.
- 1 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 200 ftSharp right onto Butano Fire Road, heading NE.
- 1.5 miContinue straight onto Butano Ridge Fire Road, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Butano Ridge Trail, heading NE.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Basin Trail, heading SE.
- 0.8 miReach Butano Ridge Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto Butano Ridge Trail, heading NW.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Butano Ridge Fire Road, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Butano Fire Road, heading NW.
- 1.5 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 200 ftSharp right onto Basin Easement Trail, heading SW.
- 1 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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The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~4 min). Leave by 7:52 PM for the 8:16 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:33 PM — 11 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
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More from Basin Easement Trail Trailhead
- Basin Easement Trail Loop 2.1 mi · ▲ 416 ft
- Basin Easement Trail–Basin Trail, 5 sights 4.5 mi · ▲ 685 ft
- Butano Ridge Fire Road 5.2 mi · ▲ 853 ft
- Cutter Scout Camp Pond–Basin Easement Trail, 8 sights 8.3 mi · ▲ 1,276 ft
- Butano Ridge Fire Road 12.3 mi · ▲ 2,426 ft
- Ocean View Trail & Old Haul Road via Butano Ridge Fire Road 14.1 mi · ▲ 2,993 ft
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