It must have been a decade ago when we visited the park last time! There was a wildfire in 2020 that destroyed 3.8 acres of forest and a town called Paradise in the Butte County.
Today, while visiting UCSC (University of California at Santa Cruz), we drive through the park and take another look at it.
Refer to the map below, UCSC is at the south end of the loop. Coming from Highway 1 North, exit at Highland Ave, then left onto High St. you will see some historic ranch buildings. The road becomes Empire Grade. If it is not the holiday, suggest visiting the UCSC Arboretum and Botanic Garden. Too bad, it is closed when we visited.
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Continued is the UCSC campus. There are several collages scatter around. This is not like any university I visited before. It is an university in a hugh forest! There are many trails for hikers and bikers as well. Right turn on Felton, we entered the redwoods area. All the trees are 4~6 stories high. After the winding road, we arrived at Felton. A town on Highway 9. If you continue north, that will lead you to the Big Basin Redwoods State Park. We took Graham Hill Road, passed the Roaring Camp Train Depot, a place kids woild enjoy where you can ride the train through the forest. (Holiday closed)
Continue on Graham Hill Road, we are back to Highway 1 at Santa Cruz. The loop total 21 miles. There are horses, dunkys, all sorts of things along the roads. On top of that, there are small cabins, pretty and cozy scatter around the forest. what a nice ride!
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