My answer … no. Aside from rare extremes (which I will explain), the answer is basically “no”. There is no part of the year where a great experience isn’t available. For photography, I tell people that late autumn to June is the best in the coast redwoods, but for this post let’s stick with basic hiking, […]
Early 2018, I was photographing redwoods along Mattole Rd., and a commonly repeated quote came to mind: “If’ you’ve seen one redwood, you’ve seen them all“. I understand each redwood is different, and probably better than 999 out of each 1000 people. But this patch of forest made me realize where a few people may […]
For a number of years, I greatly favored Prairie Creek and Jedediah Smith redwoods parks over Humboldt. But over time, Humboldt Redwoods State Park began to grow on me. Although there is variation within the park, overall it’s more open feeling in the understory, and may possibly offer more redwood trunk photos unobstructed by understory […]
One of the more remarkable areas of Redwood Sorrel in the Coast Redwoods. Avenue of the Giants. It’s worth noting the care by visitors to not trample vegetation off the loop. About 6/10 of one mile around a meandering loop of short rolling hills. Easy access and parking. Click photo to enlarge. Google Map Location […]
My July visit to Founders Grove quickly brought to mind the figure of speech “spitting” or “pissing in the wind” after reading signs to stay off logs, so wood can naturalize new vegetation growth on top. The intentions are good , but it seems like a futile effort after observing visitors. Even if 90 people […]
Recently, I got an email from Zane Moore, that the 2nd tallest, and 2nd largest, albino redwood has grown substantially. I measure it in 2010 at 40.35 feet tall, and Zane said it is 47.5 feet tall now. This one is located in the vicinity of Bull Creek Flats at Avenue of the Giants. I’m […]
The Hank and Florence Saddler Grove is along Avenue of Giants. Headed southbound on Hy. 101, taking the first exit for Avenue of the Giants, this grove comes much sooner than, say, Founders Grove. The Saddler Grove has a unique character compared to many other Coast Redwood groves. Much of it is very open, fairly […]
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