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Big Basin Redwoods State Park is a state park in the U.S. state of California, located in Santa Cruz County, about 36 km (22 mi) northwest of Santa Cruz.The park contains almost all of the Waddell Creek watershed, which was formed by the seismic uplift of its rim, and the erosion of its center by the many streams in its bowl-shaped depression.
Looking north from Coast Highway 1 bridge at Waddell Creek estuary The Skyline-to-the-Sea Trail passing over West Waddell Creek 1954 Map of Waddell Creek, Scott Creek and San Lorenzo River. Waddell Creek is the name given to both the creek and the watershed that run through Big Basin Redwoods State Park in Santa Cruz County, California. [5]
State Route 236 (SR 236) is a state highway in the U.S. state of California. It is an approximately 18-mile (29 km) C-shaped loop route of State Route 9 in the Santa Cruz Mountains that serves Big Basin Redwoods State Park. SR 236 begins in the community of Boulder Creek and ends at Governor's Camp in Big Basin State Park near the Waterman Gap.
Big Basin Redwoods State Park is open 8:30 a.m. to sunset daily. Parking is $10 without a reservation , $8 with one. Weekend visitors are urged to reserve parking at least a day ahead.
California's oldest state park, Big Basin Redwoods State Park, was founded in 1902. Until 1921, each park was managed by an independent commission or agency. [citation needed] In 1927, the California Legislature, with the support of Governor C. C. Young, established the State Park Commission, [6] and its original membership included: [7] Major ...
Big Basin Redwoods State Park: State park Santa Cruz: 18,050 7,300 1902 Established as California's first state park, to preserve coast redwoods on Waddell Creek. [27] Bodie State Historic Park: State historic park Mono: 1,016 411 1962 Preserves the ghost town of Bodie, whose gold-mining heyday ran from 1877 to 1881, and is now a National ...
The Skyline-to-the-Sea Trail is a 29.5-mile (47.5 km) hiking trail that descends from the ridge of the Santa Cruz Mountains in California to the Pacific Ocean, passing through Castle Rock State Park and Big Basin Redwoods State Park. Big Basin is California's oldest state park.
The largest is Anza-Borrego State Park at 600,000 acres (2,400 km 2), making it one of the largest state parks in the country. The smallest, Watts Towers, owned by the State Park system but managed by the Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department, [12] is a mere 0.1-acre (400 m 2). Sunset at Bolsa Chica State Beach