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Remarkable biodiversity unfolds in this strenuous hike at Butano State Park near Pescadero, California
Butano State Park has an impressive range of ecosystems -- coast redwood, coastal scrub, evergreen forest -- and this 14-mile hike goes through all of them. It starts out in the valley at the park's entrance, then climbs to a series of ridges that ring a deep canyon running along the center of the park. Highlight of this hike is the Ray Linder...
Pretty hike starts with a steep climb and descends into lush redwoods at state park north of Santa Cruz
This is one of the best moderate hikes at Butano State Park. It can start out from the park entrance or from the campground. Highlight of the loop is the Año Nuevo Trail, which make a rugged ascent from the park entrance to the Olmo Fire Road. On clear days you can see the Pacific coastline, but often you'll be hiking in coastal fog. IF you...
Trips
I brought the girls over the hill to Gazos Creek to look for Salamanders and Newts and things. They had a great time flipping logs and searching around with a find count of 6 newts and 2 different types of salamanders plus probably 50 different types of mushrooms and fungus. After we were done exploring the area at the end of the road we decided to do a quick hike before grabbing...
A fun little hike through the lower sections of Butano with my son to look for Calypso Orchids.I'd read online that the orchids flower in a few different areas of the park, Ano Nuevo trail, Goat Hill and Mill Ox. We checked the first two and found success so skipped searching Mill Ox on the other side of the valley. The hike starts out with a tough but pretty climb up Ano Nuevo...
10 Mile day hike. Very Nice Hike.
This was a moderate 10.4 mile hike with 1550 ft elevation gain. Butano SP takes the longest time to get to from San Jose. There is some camping at this park. The ecology of this park ranges from the coastal redwoods to bays, oaks and pines. About a third of the hike is in the sun.We started from the 2nd parking lot and hiked back to the visitor center where the trail...
I've camped at Butano before but never hiked the trails. So I decided to take a day trip out to the park and see what it had to offer. Butano: great for camping, not so much the hiking. I took the Ano Nuevo trail up to the Olmo Fire Road. Okay, hiking strait up, that happens. But this trail was way overgrown and I'm just shocked I didn't get a good case of poison...
A real slug fest.
