Butano Trail Camp

• Katie E
  
  
  (September 3, 2018, 8:20 pm)

  Beautiful and nicely spread out campsites. It's nice that they have bathrooms, food lockers, and trash cans (at least in the summer). Lots of trees so you can hang a hammock (just not on redwoods). If you walk up the trail a bit onto the ridge there is good phone service which was nice peace of mind. Was not expecting mosquitos though so I got eaten alive! Bring some bug spray!

• Drew W.
  
  
  (August 2, 2018, 3:16 am)

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  This is what people think of when they think of hikes in the redwoods. Beautiful terrain the entire way. You’re under the redwood canopy so don't expect warm rays of sunlight once you arrive. You may hear or see camp neighbors but you're five-miles into the redwoods: seclusion.
  
  You need a reservation and parking permit. There's no water at the site so you must bring your own. Relying solely on filtering water from streams is risky because sometimes the streams are nearly dry or a mere drip. No campfires allowed. There's a pit toilet at the camp and basically nothing else. Many if not all sites lack actual benches or tables. There are bear boxes to keep your food safe and to keep aggressive blue jays from “hunting” for leftovers. This is important because those same jays also attack other endangered birds in the area. Prepare to carry out all of your trash.
  
  You'll likely hear or see evidence of coyote or mountain lions or a wakeup call of cawing crows (curiously I've personally never seen deer in Butano).
  
  Ascending Año Nuevo/Goat Hill feels like a lot of climbing from the get-go but then it's somewhat mellow. Ascending via Jackson Flats is more gradual. Regardless there is a climb near the end when you actually get to the campsites. Fire roads are nice to descend though in some spots it's so steep it might hurt your toes in your boots.
  
  Bonus: There is an old airstrip on S Butano Fire Road. Kind of resembles an out of place road when you're actually on it.

• Jason Kellar
  
  
  (July 6, 2018, 3:38 pm)

  Beautiful sites. Make sure you bring plenty of water, especially during summer. Pit toilet was nice and clean, and helpful that they had trash and recycling cans.

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