Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park
Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park is a state park of California, United States, preserving mainly forest and riparian areas in the watershed of the San Lorenzo River, including a grove of old-growth coast redwood. It is located in Santa Cruz County, primarily in the area between the cities of Santa Cruz and Scotts Valley, near the community of Felton and the University of California at Santa Cruz. The park includes a non-contiguous extension in the Fall Creek area north of Felton. The 4,623-acre (1,871 ha) park was established in 1953.
The Redwood Grove Trail (old-growth loop) in Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park
The San Lorenzo River in Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park.
This large coast redwood, which is located on "the loop" at Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park, is known as "The Giant" (June 2022).
A young visitor to Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park (June 2022).
The San Lorenzo River is a 29.3-mile-long (47.2 km) river in the U.S. state of California. The name San Lorenzo derives from the Spanish language for "Saint Lawrence" due to its reported sighting on that saint's feast day by Spanish explorers. Its headwaters originate in Castle Rock State Park in the Santa Cruz Mountains and flow south by southeast through the San Lorenzo Valley before passing through Santa Cruz and emptying into Monterey Bay and the Pacific Ocean.
The San Lorenzo River southeast of downtown Santa Cruz.
The eroded remains of the original San Lorenzo River Boardwalk.
