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Boy Scout Tree Trail to Fern Falls (Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park, CA)

Posted on January 12, 2021 by Andrew Wojtanik

Together with nearby Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park, northern California’s Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park contains arguably the most spectacular groves of coast redwoods in the world. Nearly the entire park, bounded by the Smith River to the north and … Continue reading →

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Phleger Estate – Huddart Park Loop (Golden Gate National Recreation Area, CA)

Posted on June 12, 2020 by Andrew Wojtanik

Moderate loop hike through redwood-covered Phleger Estate and Huddart County Park on the San Francisco Peninsula. Continue reading →

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Steep Ravine – Matt Davis Trail Loop (Mount Tamalpais State Park, CA)

Posted on May 18, 2020 by Andrew Wojtanik

The Steep Ravine – Matt Davis Trail Loop in California’s Mount Tamalpais State Park is a longer and more popular variant of the Steep Ravine – Dipsea Trail Loop (described in an April 2015 post). Though not as expansive as … Continue reading →

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Ben Johnson-Bootjack Trail Loop (Muir Woods National Monument, CA)

Posted on December 21, 2019 by Andrew Wojtanik

The redwood groves of Muir Woods National Monument, while lovely, have a people problem. Within a half-mile radius of the park’s tiny visitor center, there are scores and scores of visitors. Yet the western stretches of the park—or better yet, … Continue reading →

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Purisima Creek Redwoods Loop (Purisima Creek Redwoods Open Space Preserve, CA)

Posted on October 12, 2019 by Andrew Wojtanik

The San Francisco Bay Area in northern California is a fantastic launching point for redwood hunters, with accessible groves of these mesmerizing trees within an hour and a half both north and south of the Golden Gate. While the largest … Continue reading →

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Stout Grove Loop (Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park, CA)

Posted on November 4, 2017 by Andrew Wojtanik

Once one of the area’s best kept secrets, Stout Grove in California’s Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park is now one of California’s most popular redwood groves. Even the crowds cannot ruin the beauty, however, of this cathedral-like forest, a dense … Continue reading →

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Prairie Creek Trail – Foothill Trail Loop (Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park, CA)

Posted on November 4, 2017 by Andrew Wojtanik

The redwoods, once seen, leave a mark or create a vision that stays with you always. No one has ever successfully painted or photographed a redwood tree. The feeling they produce is not transferable. From them comes silence and awe. … Continue reading →

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Dipsea Trail – Steep Ravine Trail Loop (Mount Tamalpais State Park, CA)

Posted on April 22, 2015 by Andrew Wojtanik

At 2,571 feet above sea level, California’s Mount Tamalpais (known affectionately by locals as “Mt. Tam”) offers splendid vistas of Marin Peninsula and the San Francisco Bay area, as well as Bolinas Bay and the Pacific Ocean to the west. … Continue reading →

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