and if you’re traveling north through California, your last chance to camp in a primeval forest of ancient redwoods is nine miles east of Crescent City in Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park.

The state park, California’s oldest, is also the largest stand of ancient coast redwoods south of San Francisco. It was 97% burned in 2020, when the CZU Lightning Complex fire erupted in the ...

No redwood road trip is complete without driving down Avenue of the Giants. For about 30 miles you will pass redwood after redwood.

Enjoy the outdoors and learn about local geology, wildlife and cultural treasures around California’s state parks to start ...

part of Big Basin Redwoods State Park in the Santa Cruz Mountains. One lap around the 0.63-mile loop and you'll see, amid the fading ravages of fire, what a vast difference four years can make in the ...