Like the great Sequoias, the these amazing trees have found their unique space on earth to grow & thrive. However, unlike the Sequoias, they were not protected as a national park until 1968 – that’s why the park is actually a combination of several state parks & national park areas that are jointly run. The tallest tree in the world is here, but they don’t publicize the exact location of the tree to protect it. Most of them you can’t see the tops of them anyway – they are all really tall!

We started on a Ranger led hike to see the grove of trees used during the dedication of the park. We learned that these trees can actually clone themselves so you will see a circle of younger trees surrounding an older tree as it dies away out of the middle of them.

After hiking through several groves of trees, we went to the beach for lunch & some time to explore the coastline.