 State Route 236 | ||||
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 Map of Santa Cruz County in western California with SR 236 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by Caltrans | ||||
| Length | 17.721 mi[1] (28.519 km) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  SR 9 at Boulder Creek | |||
| North end | SR 9 at Waterman Gap | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | California | |||
| Counties | Santa Cruz | |||
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State Route 236 (SR 236) is a state highway in the U.S. state of California. It is an approximately 18-mile (29 km) C-shaped loop route of State Route 9 in the Santa Cruz Mountains that serves Big Basin Redwoods State Park. SR 236 begins in the community of Boulder Creek and ends at Governor's Camp in Big Basin State Park near the Waterman Gap.
Several sections of the road are less than two lanes wide and large vehicles are discouraged from traveling this road. The reason for the narrow road is to not disturb the large redwood trees that the road passes by in the densely forested lowlands.