Gazos Trail & Goat Hill Trail
3.9 mi · ▲ 819 ft · 1 hr 43 min
Gazos Trail & Goat Hill Trail is a 3.9-mile out-and-back in Butano State Park near Butano Park, CA. It climbs 819 ft. It scores 88/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Gazos Trail & Goat Hill Trail
3.9 mi · ▲ 819 ft · 1 hr 43 min
Elevation 488–1,264 ft
Out & Back · Butano State Park
Trailhead: 37.20946, -122.32852
Weather Aug 3: Fog, high 80°F / low 51° · precip 0% · wind 2 mph · sunrise 6:16 AM · sunset 8:16 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead
- Start on Goat Hill Trail, heading E.
- 1.3 miTurn left onto Gazos Trail, heading NE.
- 0.7 miReach Gazos Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Goat Hill Trail, heading NW.
- 1.2 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.7 mi in (~26 min). Leave by 7:30 PM for the 8:16 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:47 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Doe Ridge Trail 4.5 mi · ▲ 667 ft
- Doe Ridge Trail–Gazos Trail, 4 sights 5.1 mi · ▲ 871 ft
- Candelabra Trail & Goat Hill Trail 5.4 mi · ▲ 1,200 ft
- Abandoned Butano Airstrip–Butano Fire Road, 6 sights 15.4 mi · ▲ 3,046 ft
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