Big Basin Redwoods State Park is a Californiastate park, located in Santa Cruz County. Big Basin is California's oldest State Park, established in 1902. Home to the largest continuous stand of Ancient Coast Redwoods south of San Francisco, the park consists of over 18,000 acres (73 kmē) of Old Growth and recovering Redwood Forest, with mixed conifer, oaks, chaparral and riparian habitats. Elevations in the park vary from sea level to over 2,000 feet (600 m). The climate ranges from foggy and damp near the ocean to sunny, warm ridge tops.
The park has a large number of waterfalls, a wide variety of environments (from lush canyon bottoms to sparse chaparral-covered slopes, many animals (deer, raccoons, an occasional bobcat) and lots of bird life -- including Steller's jays, egrets, herons and California woodpeckers.
External links
Official California State Parks site for Big Basin Redwoods (http://www.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page-id=540)
The park contains almost all of the Waddell Creek watershed and was formed by the seismic uplift of its rim and the erosion of its center by the many streams in its bowl-like depression.
BigBasin is California's oldest StatePark, established in 1902.
The higher, drier ridges and slopes of BigBasin are typically full of chaparral vegetation: knobcone pines, chinquapin and buckeye create the canopy, with ceonothus, manzanita, chaparral pea and chamise growing dense and low.
In the park's backcountry, you're prone to encounter backpackers hiking the Skyline to the Sea Trail, a whopping 28 mile journey.
Although the park is divine in the quieter months of winter and early spring, roads accessing BigBasin are prone to mud slides, so you may want to check road conditions on the Caltrans website before leaving home.
Redwoods begin to thin, replaced by sun-loving madrones and manzanitas The path takes a sharp turn to the left while an unmarked path continues straight.
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