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Big Basin Redwoods State Park

Johansen Road–Sandy Point Lookout Trail, 3 sights

9.6 mi · ▲ 1,504 ft · 3 hr 57 min

Johansen Road–Sandy Point Lookout Trail, 3 sights is a 9.6-mile out-and-back in Big Basin Redwoods State Park near San Lorenzo Park, CA. It climbs 1,504 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade. It scores 93/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi1,273 – 2,264 ft · steepest grade: 18%9.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Butano Fire Road 37.21570, -122.23200
Nearest town San Lorenzo Park, CA
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Johansen Road–Sandy Point Lookout Trail, 3 sights

9.6 mi · ▲ 1,504 ft · 3 hr 57 min

Elevation 1,274–2,264 ft

Out & Back · Big Basin Redwoods State Park

Trailhead: Butano Fire Road · 37.21570, -122.23200

Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 87°F / low 61° · precip 0% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:16 AM · sunset 8:16 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Johansen Road, heading SW.
  2. 3.4 miSharp left onto Gazos Creek Road, heading SE.
  3. 350 ftTurn right onto Sandy Point Lookout Trail, heading SW.
  4. 0.6 miTurn right onto Whitehouse Canyon Road, heading S.
  5. 0.7 miReach Johansen Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 0.7 miTurn left, heading NE.
  7. 50 ftContinue straight onto Sandy Point Lookout Trail, heading NE.
  8. 0.5 miTurn left onto Gazos Creek Road, heading NE.
  9. 350 ftSharp right onto Johansen Road, heading NE.
  10. 3.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/cutter-scout-camp-pond-cutter-scout-camp-pond-out-back-19-km-6c73

Trail surface

27% dirt73% unspecified

Weather

ClearTemperature 87°F61°
Feels like81°Precip0%Wind6 mphUV8Humidity21%
Hourly temperature
90°60°
Sunrise 6:16 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:16 PM
Tue 83°58°
Wed 79°50°
Thu 79°49°
Fri 88°59°
Sat 84°54°
Sun 76°48°

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.9 mi in (~23 min). Leave by 7:32 PM for the 8:16 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:59 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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