This is where you'll find some of the larger trees in the state park — some of the redwoods are up to 300 feet high. If that's not impressive enough, they can be as old as 1,000 years.

Four years ago, fire ravaged 97% of Big Basin Redwoods State Park in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Today, a hike on the Redwood Loop Trail is full of inspiring new growth.

Big Basin Redwoods State Park is California's oldest, and it was 97 percent burned in 2020, when the CZU Lightning Complex Fire erupted in the Santa Cruz Mountains, incinerating tens of thousands ...

By Bay City NewsCalifornia State Parks and Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks announced the return of a free weekend and holiday shuttle service to Big Basin Redwoods State Park this summer, aimed ...

he ancient trees of Big Basin Redwoods State Park, deep in the Santa Cruz mountains, are some of the tallest living things on the planet. A quarter of a million visitors from around the world usually ...

A redwood forest smolders Monday, Aug. 24, 2020, in Big Basin Redwoods State Park, Calif. The CZU Lightning Complex wildfire tore through the park but most of the redwoods, some as old as 2,000 ...

BOULDER CREEK, Calif. (AP) — When a massive wildfire swept through California’s oldest state park last week, it was feared many trees in a grove of old-growth redwoods may have finally succumbed.