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Gazos Creek Road–Johansen Road, 4 sights is a 15.9-mile out-and-back in Big Basin Redwoods State Park near Butano Park, CA. It climbs 3,649 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade. It scores 91/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi325 – 2,067 ft · steepest grade: 24%16.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Gazos Creek Road 37.19733, -122.29337
Nearest town Butano Park, CA

Directions

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Gazos Creek Road–Johansen Road, 4 sights

15.9 mi · ▲ 3,649 ft · 7 hr 7 min

Elevation 324–2,065 ft

Out & Back · Big Basin Redwoods State Park

Trailhead: Gazos Creek Road · 37.19733, -122.29337

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:11 PM

  1. Start on Gazos Creek Road, heading NE.
  2. 450 ftSharp right, heading S.
  3. 1.4 miSharp left onto Sandy Point Lookout Trail, heading E.
  4. 0.5 miTurn left onto Gazos Creek Road, heading NW.
  5. 350 ftSharp right onto Johansen Road, heading E.
  6. 2.6 miBear right onto Middle Ridge Road, heading E.
  7. 2.7 miBear left onto Dool Trail, heading N.
  8. 150 ftTurn right onto Gazos Creek Road, heading N.
  9. 0.6 miReach Sandy Point Lookout Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 0.6 miTurn left onto Dool Trail, heading W.
  11. 150 ftBear right onto Gazos Creek Road, heading W.
  12. 2.7 miBear left onto Johansen Road, heading N.
  13. 2.6 miSharp left onto Gazos Creek Road, heading W.
  14. 350 ftTurn right onto Sandy Point Lookout Trail, heading W.
  15. 0.5 miSharp right, heading NW.
  16. 1.4 miSharp left onto Gazos Creek Road, heading NE.
  17. 150 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

48% dirt52% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:11 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.0 mi in (~45 min). Leave by 6:05 PM for the 7:11 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:49 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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