Candelabra Trail & Goat Hill Trail
5.4 mi · ▲ 1,200 ft · 2 hr 24 min
Candelabra Trail & Goat Hill Trail is a 5.4-mile out-and-back in Butano State Park near Butano Park, CA. It climbs 1,200 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade. It scores 82/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Candelabra Trail & Goat Hill Trail
5.4 mi · ▲ 1,200 ft · 2 hr 24 min
Elevation 134–927 ft
Out & Back · Butano State Park
Trailhead: 37.20946, -122.32852
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:11 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead
- Start on Goat Hill Trail, heading E.
- 1.3 miBear right onto Candelabra Trail, heading S.
- 1.5 miReach Candelabra Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.5 miBear left onto Goat Hill Trail, heading NW.
- 1.2 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 0.6 mi in (~22 min). Leave by 6:28 PM for the 7:11 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:40 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
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More from this trailhead
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- Doe Ridge Trail 4.5 mi · ▲ 667 ft
- Gazos Trail & Goat Hill Trail 3.9 mi · ▲ 819 ft
- Doe Ridge Trail–Gazos Trail, 4 sights 5.1 mi · ▲ 871 ft
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