Gazos Creek Road & Sandy Point Lookout Trail is a 13.7-mile out-and-back in Big Basin Redwoods State Park near Butano Park, CA. It climbs 2,589 ft, with sections as steep as 37% grade. It scores 94/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi325 – 1,532 ft · steepest grade: 37%13.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Gazos Creek Road 37.19733, -122.29337
Nearest town Butano Park, CA
Directions
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Gazos Creek Road & Sandy Point Lookout Trail
13.7 mi · ▲ 2,589 ft · 5 hr 52 min
Elevation 324–1,532 ft
Out & Back · Big Basin Redwoods State Park
Trailhead: Gazos Creek Road · 37.19733, -122.29337
Weather Aug 3: Fog, high 86°F / low 54° · precip 0% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:16 AM · sunset 8:16 PM
- Start on Gazos Creek Road, heading NE.
- 450 ftSharp right, heading S.
- 1.4 miSharp left onto Sandy Point Lookout Trail, heading E.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Gazos Creek Road, heading E.
- 4.9 miReach Gazos Creek Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 4.9 miContinue straight onto Sandy Point Lookout Trail, heading SW.
- 0.5 miSharp right, heading N.
- 1.4 miSharp left onto Gazos Creek Road, heading N.
- 50 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
30% dirt70% unspecified
Weather
FogTemperature 86°F54°
Precip0%Wind3 mphUV6Humidity71%
Hourly temperature
90°50°
Sunrise 6:16 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:16 PM
Tue
77°57°
Wed
75°54°
Thu
66°55°
Fri
69°56°
Sat
69°55°
Sun
65°53°
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.3 mi in (~60 min). Leave by 6:56 PM for the 8:16 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:03 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Other ways to reach this destination
More from Gazos Creek Road Trailhead
- Sandy Point Lookout Trail via Gazos Creek Road 3.1 mi · ▲ 1,242 ft
- Barranca Knolls via Gazos Creek Road 8.6 mi · ▲ 2,786 ft
- Silver Falls–Berry Creek Falls, 8 falls 8.6 mi · ▲ 2,387 ft
- Marion Jones Grove–Anderson Landing Road, 3 sights 9.6 mi · ▲ 2,679 ft
- Johansen Road–Meteor Trail, 4 sights 12.7 mi · ▲ 3,399 ft
- Dool Trail–Johansen Road, 4 sights 14.8 mi · ▲ 3,440 ft
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