Black Butte Scenic Trail
California
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0.6 mi
Distance
595 ft
Gain
29 min
Time
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What we do know
Inside Mendocino National Forest
2 managing-area boundaries mapped — agency alerts for them feed this page automatically.
Boundary data
What's missing
No access route mapped
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Black Butte Scenic Trail
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 0.6 mi
- Elevation gain
- 595 ft
- Elevation loss
- 595 ft
- Highest point
- 7,405 ft
- Lowest point
- 6,905 ft
Photos
Directions & GPX
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
About this trail
Black Butte Scenic Trail is a 1.28-mile out-and-back hike in California with 595 feet of elevation gain. The trail reaches a maximum elevation of 7,405 feet.
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