BOULDER CREEK, Calif. (AP) — When a massive wildfire swept through California’s oldest state park last week, it was feared many trees in a grove of old-growth redwoods may have finally succumbed. Some ...

For a hiking and biking haven just outside of Santa Cruz, head to this gorgeous state park full of soaring redwoods and ...

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Late afternoon sunlight illuminates the base of a coast redwood along the Redwood Grove Loop Trail at Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park in Felton. The coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) is the ...

The first time I saw one of the largest trees on Earth was by accident. I took a southern route from the East Coast to Lake Tahoe, stopping for an afternoon in Yosemite's Mariposa Grove. Without ...

• Big Basin Redwoods State Park, near Santa Cruz, is recovering after fire scorched almost the entire park in 2020. • Of 115 miles of trails and fire roads in the park, 31.5 are open. More are to ...

It's a life, death and disaster hike. Yet it's also a stroll in the park. The route in question is the Redwood Loop Trail, part of Big Basin Redwoods State Park in the Santa Cruz Mountains. One lap ...