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Bottom of Big Tree in Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park. As the sign says, it is 304 ft (92.6 m) high, has a diameter of 21.6 ft (6.6 m), a circumference of 68 ft (20.7 m), and an age of approximately 1,500 years.
Big Tree in Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park. It is 304 ft (92.6 m) high, has a diameter of 21.6 ft (6.6 m), a circumference of 68 ft (20.7 m), and an age of approximately 1,500 years.
Top of Big Tree in Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park. It is 304 ft (92.6 m) high, has a diameter of 21.6 ft (6.6 m), a circumference of 68 ft (20.7 m), and an age of approximately 1,500 years.
Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park.
Road through Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park.
Redwood National Park was established in 1968 and Del Norte Coast, Jedediah Smith, and Prairie Creek Redwoods State Parks were established earlier starting in the 1920s. Together they constitute more than 133,000 acres (540 sq km). The parks were established primarily to protect the coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) in old-growth forests. More than 2 million acres (8,100 sq km) of old-growth forests once existed but were heavily harvested beginning primarily after the gold rush of 1849. By the time the US Government established the area as a national park, more than 90% of the old redwood forests were gone.
The Redwood National and State Parks (RNSP) are located in the United States, along the coast of northern California. Comprising Redwood National Park (established 1968) and California's Del Norte Coast, Jedediah Smith, and Prairie Creek Redwoods State Parks (dating from the 1920s), the combined RNSP contain 133,000 acres (540 km). These trees are the tallest and one of the most massive tree species on Earth. In addition to the redwood forests, the parks preserve other indigenous flora, fauna, grassland prairie, cultural resources, portions of rivers and other streams, and 37 miles (60 km) of pristine coastline.
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