Cutter Scout Camp Pond–Butano Fire Road, 5 sights is a 10.5-mile out-and-back in Big Basin Redwoods State Park near Riverside Grove, CA. The route reaches Cutter Scout Camp Pond at the turnaround, 5.3 miles in. It climbs 2,003 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 85/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi997 – 2,333 ft · steepest grade: 18%10.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Creeping Forest Trail 37.17668, -122.22171
Nearest town Riverside Grove, CA
Directions
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Cutter Scout Camp Pond–Butano Fire Road, 5 sights
10.5 mi · ▲ 2,003 ft · 4 hr 30 min
Elevation 998–2,331 ft
Out & Back · Big Basin Redwoods State Park
Trailhead: Creeping Forest Trail · 37.17668, -122.22171
Weather Aug 3: Partly cloudy, high 84°F / low 53° · precip 0% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:16 AM · sunset 8:16 PM
Transit-accessible: Big Basin Redwoods State Park stop 505 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Creeping Forest Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 100 ftBear right onto Gazos Creek Road, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Dool Trail, heading SE.
- 150 ftBear right onto Middle Ridge Road, heading S.
- 2.7 miContinue straight onto Johansen Road, heading NW.
- 1.4 miContinue straight onto Butano Fire Road, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Cutter Boy Scout Camp Road, heading W.
- 0.6 miReach Cutter Scout Camp Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Butano Fire Road, heading E.
- 1.4 miContinue straight onto Middle Ridge Road, heading S.
- 2.7 miBear left onto Dool Trail, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Gazos Creek Road, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Creeping Forest Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
99% dirt1% unspecified
Weather
Partly cloudyTemperature 84°F53°
Precip0%Wind3 mphUV8Humidity54%
Hourly temperature
85°50°
Sunrise 6:16 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:16 PM
Tue
76°54°
Wed
73°50°
Thu
83°53°
Fri
92°63°
Sat
88°58°
Sun
80°52°
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.2 mi in (~46 min). Leave by 7:10 PM for the 8:16 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:02 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Big Basin Redwoods State Park stop 505 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from Creeping Forest Trail Trailhead
- Creeping Forest Trail & Gazos Creek Road 2.1 mi · ▲ 412 ft
- The Statue Of Responsibility & Creeping Forest Trail 2.5 mi · ▲ 614 ft
- Leonard Redwood Grove–Creeping Forest Trail, 3 sights 3.7 mi · ▲ 642 ft
- Sempervirens Falls–Leonard Redwood Grove, 4 sights 6.1 mi · ▲ 804 ft
- Basin Easement Trail–Basin Trail, 5 sights 12.1 mi · ▲ 2,420 ft
- Creeping Forest Trail–Johansen Road, 5 sights 14.6 mi · ▲ 2,753 ft
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