Established in 1902, Big Basin Redwoods is California’s oldest state park. In the heart of the Santa Cruz Mountains, its biggest attractions—literally—are its ancient coast redwoods. Photo approx. 1901 (Sempervirens Club) [1086 x 1252]
> Home to the largest continuous stand of ancient coast redwoods south of San Francisco, park vegetation consists of old-growth and recovering second-growth redwood forest, with mixed conifer, oaks, chaparral, and riparian habitats. Elevations in the park vary from sea level to over 2,000 feet.
> The park has more than 80 miles of trails. Some of these trails link Big Basin to Castle Rock State Park and the eastern reaches of the Santa Cruz range. The Skyline to the Sea Trail threads its way through the park along Waddell Creek to the beach and adjacent Theodore J. Hoover Natural Preserve, a freshwater marsh.
> The park has a number of waterfalls, a variety of habitats (from lush canyon bottoms to sparse chaparral-covered slopes), many animals (deer, raccoons, bobcats) and lots of bird life—including Steller’s jays, egrets, herons and California woodpeckers.
> “Imagine a time when the whole peninsula from San Francisco to San Jose shall become one great city; then picture, at its very doorstep, this magnificent domain of redwood forests and running streams, the breathing place of millions of cramped and crowded denizens of the city.”
![Established in 1902, Big Basin Redwoods is California’s oldest state park. In the heart of the Santa Cruz Mountains, its biggest attractions—literally—are its ancient coast redwoods. Photo approx. 1901 (Sempervirens Club) [1086 x 1252]](https://www.parks.ca.gov/pages/540/images/090-3730_BBRSP_Sempervirens_Club.jpg)
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> 1086 x 1252
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https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=540
> Home to the largest continuous stand of ancient coast redwoods south of San Francisco, park vegetation consists of old-growth and recovering second-growth redwood forest, with mixed conifer, oaks, chaparral, and riparian habitats. Elevations in the park vary from sea level to over 2,000 feet.
> The park has more than 80 miles of trails. Some of these trails link Big Basin to Castle Rock State Park and the eastern reaches of the Santa Cruz range. The Skyline to the Sea Trail threads its way through the park along Waddell Creek to the beach and adjacent Theodore J. Hoover Natural Preserve, a freshwater marsh.
> The park has a number of waterfalls, a variety of habitats (from lush canyon bottoms to sparse chaparral-covered slopes), many animals (deer, raccoons, bobcats) and lots of bird life—including Steller’s jays, egrets, herons and California woodpeckers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Basin_Redwoods_State_Park
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sempervirens_Club
https://en.p.wikipedia.org/wiki/Save_the_Redwoods_League
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequoia_sempervirens
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Cruz_Mountains
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Cruz_County,_California
> “Imagine a time when the whole peninsula from San Francisco to San Jose shall become one great city; then picture, at its very doorstep, this magnificent domain of redwood forests and running streams, the breathing place of millions of cramped and crowded denizens of the city.”
> – Carrie Stevens Walter, Sempervirens Club, 1901
it really shows how big a redwood is when you’ve got a large group of folks in front of it.
The San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont Metro area has rough 4.4 million people.
The whole Bay Area has roughly 7.75 million people.
In 1900, the Bay Area population was 658,111.