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To Reach the Trailhead Take Hwy. 1 south of Half Moon Bay for 16 miles to Pescadero Rd. and turn left. In 2.5 miles, turn right on Cloverdale Rd. and proceed 4 miles to the park entrance on the left. Approaching from the south, take Hwy. 1 north of Davenport for 14 miles and turn right on Gazos Creek Rd., immediately north of the Beach House gas station. Follow Gazos Creek Rd. for 2 miles, turn left on Cloverdale Rd., and proceed 1 mile to the park entrance on the right. The posted trailhead is a half mile past the entrance station by a large turnout.

Description From the trailhead (0.0/230'), follow Mill Ox Trail across Little Butano Creek and quickly climb northeast to reach Jackson Flat Trail (0.2/430'). Redwoods, Douglas-firs, tanoaks, and huckleberry bushes surround you along this early section, joined intermittently by bigleaf maples, twisting madrones, sword and wood ferns, and the soft leaves of hazel bushes. Turn right on Jackson Flat Trail and begin a gradual rising traverse along the moisture divide between a damp redwood forest (a few large old-growth trees can be spotted) and drier mixed-evergreen forest.