Cutter Scout Camp Pond–Butano Fire Road, 3 sights
2.2 mi · ▲ 386 ft · 56 min
Cutter Scout Camp Pond–Butano Fire Road, 3 sights is a 2.2-mile out-and-back in Big Basin Redwoods State Park near San Lorenzo Park, CA. The route reaches Cutter Scout Camp Pond at the turnaround, 1.1 miles in. It climbs 386 ft, with sections as steep as 30% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 86/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Cutter Scout Camp Pond–Butano Fire Road, 3 sights
2.2 mi · ▲ 386 ft · 56 min
Elevation 2,006–2,331 ft
Out & Back · Big Basin Redwoods State Park
Trailhead: Butano Fire Road · 37.21570, -122.23200
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:10 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Butano Fire Road, heading W.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Cutter Boy Scout Camp Road, heading W.
- 0.5 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.
- 0.5 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 0.2 mi in (~7 min). Leave by 6:44 PM for the 7:10 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:31 PM — 5 min before dark.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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