Abandoned Butano Airstrip–Butano Fire Road, 5 sights
8.3 mi · ▲ 1,452 ft · 3 hr 30 min
Abandoned Butano Airstrip–Butano Fire Road, 5 sights is an 8.3-mile out-and-back in Butano State Park near Butano Park, CA. It climbs 1,452 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade. It scores 87/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Abandoned Butano Airstrip–Butano Fire Road, 5 sights
8.3 mi · ▲ 1,452 ft · 3 hr 30 min
Elevation 278–1,692 ft
Out & Back · Butano State Park
Trailhead: Mill Ox Trail · 37.20859, -122.33303
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:11 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Mill Ox Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Jackson Flats Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left onto Mill Ox Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto South Butano Fire Trail, heading N.
- 1 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Butano Fire Road, heading E.
- 1.8 miSharp left onto Abandoned Butano Airstrip, heading SE.
- 0.2 miReach Mill Ox Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Butano Fire Road, heading S.
- 1.8 miTurn right onto South Butano Fire Trail, heading S.
- 1.7 miTurn left onto Mill Ox Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Jackson Flats Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Mill Ox Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 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 (~28 min). Leave by 6:23 PM for the 7:11 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:42 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from Mill Ox Trail Trailhead
- Candelabra Trail–Canyon Trail, 6 sights 16 mi · ▲ 3,495 ft
- Little Butano Creek Trail 2 mi · ▲ 155 ft
- Jackson Flats Trail–Mill Ox Trail Loop, 3 sights 4.4 mi · ▲ 846 ft
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