Calaveras Big Trees State Park is a state park of California, United States, preserving two groves of giant sequoia trees. It is located 4 miles (6.4 km) northeast of Arnold, California in the middle elevations of the Sierra Nevada. It has been a major tourist attraction since 1852, when the existence of the trees was first widely reported, and is considered the longest continuously operated tourist facility in California.A visit to Calaveras Big Trees State Park represents just the start of the adventure when you use our Arnold day trip planning app to plot your vacation.
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Calaveras Big Trees State Park reviews
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This hidden gem of a park made our day! We stumbled upon it and spent hours hiking amongst the giant sequoias in the beautiful cool forest. We explored the campground and would love to spend time.... more »
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This was the highlight of our trip. The other sequoia groves near Yosemite were inaccessible unless you were a good hiker, but Big Trees was perfect. It had a free 1.6 mile loop with markers near a.... more »
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A magnificent grove of giant Sequoia just 3 hours from the bay area! The North Grove hike is flat enough for a wheelchair (though there are dirt sections). We also did the Lava Beds trail which is completely different, and had almost no one on the trail. We camped at the North Grove campground: the sites were big, people were friendly and the bathrooms were clean. It was a great weekend!
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A great little park that we stopped at on our way back from Tahoe. The park staff were very informative and gave great suggestions on a few day hikes we could take. We did the north loop (I believe) that was about 1.5 miles. This gave us the opportunity to see a ton of big trees and learn more about the area. They warned us about bears, but we never saw one and were fine the entire time.
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