Located in Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park, the site was built to resemble farmhouses so that it would be more difficult to detect by enemies and US visitors, too! You can hike a short 0.2-mile ...

This dazzling California state park has all the charm of Yosemite, from hikes past ancient redwoods to hidden swimming spots, ...

“Carbon Canyon Regional Park is a nice, peaceful park, perfect for walking and hiking to see Southern California’s largest ...

Tired of crowded national parks, or want something new? Here are less visited national parks in California, what months to visit and what not to miss.

Photographers’ ‘Holy Grail’: catching the peak of the rhododendron bloom in Redwood National Park. Redwood photography is hard ... Some wait for weeks to see the flowers. Others hike the same trails ...

On day 323 of the transect, in Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park, I dropped over a log 18 feet in diameter into an abyss of giant botanical pickup sticks, deadfall that had piled up amid the ...

California redwoods just hit differently in the ... surrounded by moss-covered rocks, and this 4-mile hike at Mount Tamalpais State Park is the best two hours I’ve spent on the trail in a ...

In one of the largest deals to protect open space in the Bay Area over the past decade, an environmental group is purchasing ...

Redwood Canyon and Muir Grove ... one-hour jaunts to daylong treks; the National Park Service lists a few on its website. Visitors recommend longer hikes, such as the 13.4-mile Alta Trail or ...