Waddell Creek (California)
Waddell Creek is the name given to both the creek and the watershed that run through Big Basin Redwoods State Park in Santa Cruz County, California. The Waddell Creek mainstem is formed by the confluence of East and West Waddell Creeks, and empties into the Pacific Ocean at Waddell Beach, just south of Año Nuevo Point.
The mouth of Waddell Creek at Waddell Beach, in the Rancho Del Oso section of the Big Basin Redwoods State Park
Looking north from Coast Highway 1 bridge at Waddell Creek estuary
The Skyline-to-the-Sea Trail passing over West Waddell Creek
Big Basin Redwoods State Park
Big Basin Redwoods State Park is a state park in the U.S. state of California, located in Santa Cruz County, about 36 km (22 mi) northwest of Santa Cruz. The park contains almost all of the Waddell Creek watershed, which was formed by the seismic uplift of its rim, and the erosion of its center by the many streams in its bowl-shaped depression.
Lush coast redwood forest of Big Basin
Sempervirens Falls
A Redwood in Big Basin photographed 13 August 2020, three days before the fire.
Buzzard's Roost