This guide to California’s old-growth redwood and giant sequoia parks has photos and reviews of almost every public trail with a significant amount of old growth. Park campgrounds and nearby non-redwood trails are also covered.
Besides having the world’s tallest trees, California’s extraordinary coast redwood forests are an immensely enjoyable place to go for a walk. In the deep shade of these serene woodlands, sun-dappled, elegantly fluted tree trunks rise straight as an arrow into the sky over burbling streams, spectacular fallen trunks, and a lush layer of ferns and sorrel. Redwood trails are usually wide, smooth, and easy to walk, with a springy mud-resistant carpeting of needles, and bridges to span even minor obstacles. The