Redwoods .. Widest & Tallest Trees (2020)

[mdvaden]

Starting a fresh thread about coast redwoods for 2020. First photo will be the tree below in Jedediah Smith park. The Mill Creek trail leading to it will be closed into 2020 for construction. Updates at this page link:

 

Grove of Titans Coast Redwoods. Directions, Facts and Photos.

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Grove of Titans Redwoods. Directions, Information and Photography. Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park. Trails and Location.

Coast redwoods are both the tallest and widest diameter tree species. There is an Arbole del Tule cypress reported wider, but I am referring to complete entire columns of mass and wood, not buttressed trees with 40% air space within the circumference. The tallest and widest coast redwoods are solid and "entire" over 29 ft. wide at dbh and stretching over 386 ft. the full reach top to bottom. 

Edited February 25, 2020 by mdvaden

[Amplect]

Every time I see a redwood tree or Sequoia sempervirens just amazes me. Specially when I went to CA, that was really memorable.

[silky fox]

Every time is see one of your pictures I am truly stunned at the magnitude of the sheer size of these Trees! (And you have some great models in there too to help create scale)

[CallumA]

Mdvaden what would be the best park to see the redwoods as I'm over on holiday on the 4th July for 3 weeks.

[Terry_Richt]

It's so majestic, the grandness of it all. All trees are beautiful, but redwoods are something else entirely.

[mdvaden]

22 hours ago, CallumA said:

Mdvaden what would be the best park to see the redwoods as I'm over on holiday on the 4th July for 3 weeks.

This page of mine may help some:

Redwoods. The best places to see the Redwoods. Redwood Forest Visit Itinerary. Redwood Hikes with Dogs.

WWW.MDVADEN.COM

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Where to see the redwoods. Where to stay in the redwoods. The Best Redwood Hiking. Best Viewing.

 

The best place to see the most in a small space of time is Avenue of the Giants and Humboldt Redwoods State Park, just south of Eureka, California, and Redwood National and State Parks north of Eureka.

 

If you had just one day, either one works. If you have several days, try for at least one day in Humbold Redwoods, and a couple days north. I would suggest skipping "Redwood National Park" unless you have 4 days or a full week. Be sure to include Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park and Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park.  There's enough in those for 3 days easy.

 

The photo below is the entrance to Cal-Barrel Rd. in Prairie Creek park. An extra place to park and wander around. The Octobery 2009 Nat Geo cover redwood is less than 1000 feet from this spot.

Edited February 26, 2020 by mdvaden

[CallumA]

This page of mine may help some:

Redwoods. The best places to see the Redwoods. Redwood Forest Visit Itinerary. Redwood Hikes with Dogs.

WWW.MDVADEN.COM

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Where to see the redwoods. Where to stay in the redwoods. The Best Redwood Hiking. Best Viewing.  
The best place to see the most in a small space of time is Avenue of the Giants and Humboldt Redwoods State Park, just south of Eureka, California, and Redwood National and State Parks north of Eureka.
 
If you had just one day, either one works. If you have several days, try for at least one day in Humbold Redwoods, and a couple days north. I would suggest skipping "Redwood National Park" unless you have 4 days or a full week. Be sure to include Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park and Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park.  There's enough in those for 3 days easy.
 
The photo below is the entrance to Cal-Barrel Rd. in Prairie Creek park. An extra place to park and wander around. The Octobery 2009 Nat Geo cover redwood is less than 1000 feet from this spot.

Thanks Mdvaden

[mdvaden]

Ewok dwelling? Jedediah Smith park. First day out with a vintage Zeiss Flektogon 50mm I bought via Ebay from a man in Austria. 

[mdvaden]

A couple minutes of video .... try theater or full screen mode ...

 

 

[CallumA]

Thanks Mdvaden

Don't think I'll get over this year now with all this going on. Stay safe everyone