Butano State Park
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Butano State Park is a state park in the U.S. state of California, showcasing the secluded redwood-filled canyon of Little Butano Creek, a tributary of Butano Creek in the Pescadero Creek watershed. Located in San Mateo County near Pescadero, the Template:Convert park was established in 1956.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
Features
The park features 40 miles of hiking trails,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 21 drive-in campsites and 18 walk-in campsites. Restrooms with running water are provided. Drinking water is available at the park in both the campground and in the day use areas. There are no showers. Butano also has a backpacking site along a trail Template:Convert up from the entrance. There is no water at the site but there is water nearby from seasonal streams.<ref name="Website">Template:Cite web</ref>
Guided nature walk and weekend campfire programs are offered during the summer.
Name
Butano as a name has been applied to land grants, creeks, falls, ridges and forests. The earliest mention is by Padre Jaime Escudet in 1816. A butano is what early Californians called a drinking cup made from horn of a bull or other animal. A Native American origin is possible.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> It has been suggested that the word might mean "meeting place".
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