Overview
Big Basin Redwoods State Park is a great hiking and camping destination located in the Santa Cruz mountains.The beautiful old redwood growth and excellent weather year-round make this a great destination for anything from lunch to trail camping.The Park Headquarters is located along highway 236 and is very easy to get to from both the inland bay areas...more
Big Basin Redwoods State Park is a great hiking and camping destination located in the Santa Cruz mountains.The beautiful old redwood growth and excellent weather year-round make this a great destination for anything from lunch to trail camping.The Park Headquarters is located along highway 236 and is very easy to get to from both the inland bay areas...more
WikipediaBig Basin Redwoods State Park: Big Basin Redwoods State Park is a state park in the U.S. state of California, located in Santa Cruz County about 36 km northwest of Santa Cruz. The park contains almost all of the Waddell Creek watershed, which was formed by the seismic uplift of its rim and the erosion of its center by the many streams in its bowl-like depression. (see full Big Basin Redwoods State Park Wikipedia article)
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Big Basin Redwoods State Park
Geocaching, Hiking, Backpacking, Running, Mountain biking
Big Basin Redwoods State Park
Geocaching, Hiking, Backpacking, Running, Mountain biking
Destinations in Big Basin Redwoods State Park
Guides
(2 votes)
Easy:
8.3 miles, 1 hour
You'll find countless options for exploring California's signature redwood forests, but few equal the grandeur of Big Basin Redwoods State Park, in the Santa Cruz Mountains...
Popular Trips in Big Basin Redwoods State Park
We knew the waterfalls would be good after the recent storms, so Antony, Dave, Laurent, Sammy, David and I headed out to Big Basin this weekend. We had a rough loop planned that included the Skyline to the Sea Trail so we were a bit disappointed when we showed up and learned the trail was closed due to a washed out bridge and fallen old-growth redwoods across the trail.Not a group to...
Berry Creek Falls, Big Basin State Park
(5 votes)
Riverside Grove, California, United States
9.9 miles
9.9 miles
This is an absolutely gorgeous hike through huge redwoods to see some great waterfalls. There is a parking fee, and a very nominal fee to buy a map. I forgot my wallet and relied on the generosity and niceness of others to help me get a bottle of water, a map, and parking. Ooops. Although I did the hike in just over 3 hours, you should schedule 5-6 hours to do this hike plus...
Waddell Beach to Berry Creek Fall, via Chalk Mountain and the high ridges - Big Basin Redwoods State Park
(7 votes)
Swanton, California, United States
19.1 miles
19.1 miles
Where to go for a long hike when a series of powerful storms has drenched the whole area for a week? There are not that many places that will be mud free. One of them is Big Basin Redwoods State Park.While searching the web for photos of Berry Creek Falls, I found a description of a hike going from Waddell Beach to the fall and this seemed very appealing to me. Checking...
Big Basin: Falls, McAbee, and Redwoods
(9 votes)
Riverside Grove, California, United States
11.0 miles
11.0 miles
Joel and I decided to go check out the Big Basin waterfalls before the end of the wet season; our (well, my) original plan was to head up the Howard King Trail to Mt. McAbee, then over and down to the Berry Creek Falls trail and out via the Sunset Trail. I'd heard (from all these folks' hikes) that the Howard King trail from Skyline-to-the-Sea to Mt. McAbee was a pretty tough...
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Golden Poppy year-round passes are $90
by liquidthex on Mar 08, 2010 at 02:47:11 pm
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I say go while the waterfalls are at full power this time of year, and not a trickle.When I'm in the area, the Boulder Creek Brewery & Cafe is our traditional eatery, and this time was no exception. All of the food and beer was very good and relatively inexpensive. Service was kind of haphazard, as is often the case.
by croyle
in Big Basin: Waterfalls and Mt McAbee Loop
on Feb 01, 2010 at 11:30:34 am
Parking at Big Basin HQ is now $10You get a nice map for $3
by Vaudesir
in Waterfalls and Mt McAbee - Big Basin Redwoods State Park
on Jan 31, 2010 at 11:53:35 pm
$10 parking and 3 bucks on a map is well spent.
by antonyw
in Waterfalls of Berry Creek and McAbee Peak
on Feb 01, 2010 at 09:26:29 am
http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=540
by jtg2078
in Big Basin Redwoods SP
on Jun 09, 2008 at 02:00:20 pm
It\'s mostly downhill. But it\'s disappointing that the final road has a locked gate or the car could be a lot closer.
by wooac
in Sunset Camp to Waddell Creek Beach
on Mar 19, 2009 at 11:54:26 pm
