Gorgeous hike through redwoods and creeks.

Location: Butano State Park

» Official Trail Map: Acceptable quality map but does not have mileage information of diferent trail sections.

» Redwood Hikes Map for Butano: An awesome map by Dave Baselt. Thanks, Dave! This map also shows the 1.7 mile long Candleabra Trail, which is missing in the official trail map.

» Redwood Hikes Map: Bay Area Trail Map: Saratoga to Big Basin, First edition, 2010. This is an excellent map sold by Dave Baselt ($6.95 in Dec 2011). This map is useful for exploring many parks in this area. Highly recommended for avid hikers.

Jackson Flats Trail (0.7 miles) → Mill Ox Trail (0.3 miles) → paved road (0.1 miles) → Butano Creek Trail (1.4 miles) → unnamed fire road (0.6 miles) → Goat Hill Trail (0.5 + 0.5 miles) → Candelabra Trail (1.7 miles) to reach Gazos Creek Rd. Return by Candelabra Trail (1.7 miles) → Olmo Fire Trail (0.2 miles) → Ano Nuevo Trail (1.2 miles).

Location: 1500 Cloverdale Road, Pescadero, CA 94060 . Parking area is not visible in Google Maps.

Google Maps:

Parking Fees: $10 per vehicle (last visited: Nov 2010)

Capacity: About a dozen cars.

Latitude: 37.201783     Longitude: -122.339287