redwoods

Butano Trail Camp via Canyon Trail

Vestiges of the old-growth redwood forest that once thrived here are to be found on Canyon Trail.

An 11-mile hike to the Trail Camp in Butano State Park.

Ten Amazing Facts About Redwoods

1. The earliest redwoods showed up on Earth shortly after the dinosaurs—and before flowers, birds, spiders... and, of course, humans. (More below.)  Photo by Miguel Vieira / Creative Commons.

Discover your local redwood forests—rare, vital and at risk.

Coast Redwoods

Photo credit: Paul Hamilton/Creative Commons.

If you were to strap on climbing gear and make your way up the tallest tree in the world, it would be like scaling a 35-story building. Seasoned window washers on skyscrapers might not think the 370-plus-foot coast redwood so high, but they may be surprised at what they’d find near its crown: soil, huckleberry, crickets, salamanders, seabirds and flying squirrels.

Portola Redwoods SP

Pescadero Creek runs through the middle of Portola Redwoods. Photo credit: Damien Jay.

Uncrowded home of old-growth redwoods

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