Want to see big ol trees!

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Permalink Reply by Cycle on July 4, 2013 at 8:48pm

Not sure if your looking for a nice drive or hike. I recently went to Big Basin Redwoods State Park an saw some good size redwoods an some waterfalls. Big Basin is in Saratoga I believe so it's not to far from SJ.

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Permalink Reply by Ranger Jim on July 4, 2013 at 9:01pm

Muir Woods in Marin is a good place for some Big Trees

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Permalink Reply by bkreece on July 5, 2013 at 9:11pm

How about 'Big Trees' on Hwy 4.  Probably getting close to your 4 hr limit from San Jose.  Its a nice park with some good easy hikes and the name says it all.

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Permalink Reply by Civilianbeef on July 5, 2013 at 10:15pm

If 4 hours is your driving limit, you could potentially make it to Sequoia National Park and see the General Sherman tree, largest Sequoia in California. Here is the map link from SJ to the exact tree (driving time ~4hrs); 

https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=San+Jose,+CA&daddr=36.580833...

Here's the wiki; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_giant_sequoias#List_of...

Other places I've personally hiked that have big trees and are WAAAY closer;

Big Basin 

Sam McDonald Park

Portola State Park

Wunderlich County Park

Huddart Park

El Corte Madera Open Space Preserve

Purisma Creek Redwoods Open Space Preserve

Uvas Canyon County Park

 

Check out bahiker.com for parks and maybe a resource to put together potential drives although the site is suited towards hiking.

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Permalink Reply by DX FJC on July 6, 2013 at 6:25pm

Yeah go up highway 4, its closer for you. There is a lot of places to put around. This is near Cabbage Patch on 4.

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