The park is less than a 45-minute drive from San Francisco, depending on traffic. Driving is the easiest and most flexible way to get there. However, the park is also reachable by public transport.

A scenic Bay Area hiking trail touted as "one of the best in Marin County" with its legendary 14-step redwood ladder is ...

The huge trees were cut into logs, taken to the woods by truck, and transported along the trail using a high-tech zipline. Each log measured exactly 14ft (4.3m) and weighed roughly 600lb (272.2kg).