California State Park Links

• Big Basin Redwoods State Park
  • 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 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. The climate ranges from foggy and damp near the ocean to sunny, warm ridge tops.
• Waddell Creek - Rancho Del Oso 
  • Waddell Creek and Rancho del Oso (a part of Big Basin Redwoods State Park) offer a variety of recreational opportunities.

General Information

• Activities at Big Basin Redwoods State Park
  • From the Mountain Park Foundation
• Activities and Programs
  • From California State Parks website
• HiWay9  
  • Information and list of other local parks
• California Experience  
  • Boulder Creek Dreaming
• Big Basin Redwood State Park
  • Scenic State Parks - Sunset Magazine
• Santa Cruz State Park
  • Brief description of Big Basin State Park
• Redwoods: How tall can they grow?
  • A generally interesting article on the coastal redwood tree and why they can't grow taller than 130 meters. From SFGate.Com
• Welcome to Big Basin Redwoods State Park
  • BigBasin.org - news and information

Virtual Tours of Big Basin

• Big Basin Redwoods State Park
  • USGS - San Francisco Bay Region 3D image tour
  • Need 3D Red/Blue glasses!
• CyberHike
  • Map, photos and trails
• Virtual Tour   
  • by Trail Monkey (cool!)
• QuickTime Cubic VR
  • In the midst of the redwood forest..
  • Requires QuickTime 5!

Camping Info and Reservations

• Big Basin Tent Cabins 
  • 21600 Big Basin Way, Boulder Creek
    831 338-4745
• Camping in Big Basin State Park
  • from BigBasin.org
• ReserveAmerica
  • Make a camping reservation

Hiking, X-Country, and Walking Information

• Bay Area Hiker & More
  • A description of two popular Big Basin hiking trails
• Big Basin State Park - Mountain Bike Review
  • A review of Big Basin mountain biking trails. From MTB Review.com
• By Bike from Breakers to Big Basin
  • Waddell Beach and Creek Ride & other sites.
• LocalHikes - Berry Creek Fall Trail
  • Information on a popular trail
• Rancho Del Oso and Skyline to the Sea Trail
  • Backpacking
• Skyline to the Sea Bike Tour  
  • Biking in Big Basin and current weather

People Impressions

• Golden Gate Photo
  • Big Basin Gallery
• Matt and Seth and Big Basin State Park
  • visitors to Big Basin with Photos
• Neil Mishalov's Report
  • Description and photos
• Skyline to the Sea Trail
  • Passes through Big Basin State Park
• Terragalleria.com
  • Photos of Big Basin State Park

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