Are there redwoods near los angeles

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Snow and snow-making arrived this week at Mammoth Mountain Ski Area. And not enough humidity. Unfortunately, she said, many have fallen in the last 20 years to air pollution, drought and reclaimed water. But to sustain those beautiful trees, you have to be practical. Today, most of what was known as Senior Grove — reported to be the largest grove of redwoods in Southern California — has been cut down to make way for the Los Angeles River channel.

But 17 somewhat frowsy specimens planted by E. Unfortunatly there are no sequoias within an easy afternoon drive of Los Angeles. The sequoias really deserve a trip of their own to do them justice. Assuming you could devote days to seeing the trees,you would still have to choose between seeing the giant sequoias or the redwoods because you couldn't see both in that time. If it were me,I'd go to the 'Giant Forest' in Sequoia national park.

It's the largest grove with the largest trees. The best of the 'redwoods' is the 'avenue of the giants' but that's so far north it may as well be in Oregon! We have redwoods here in Oregon that are just insanely huge. Spruce as well. When I was here when I was a kid, there was one at Cape Falcon that had fallen over and was rotting from the inside out.

The rotted out core was big enough to stand in, and you couldn't reach the top. A kind of tree cave. Photo by Roy E.

Williams II Bay Area residents have lots of choices for local coast redwoods. About the author Since , Save the Redwoods League has protected and restored redwood forests and connected people with their peace and beauty so these wonders of the natural world flourish. More about Save the Redwoods League Topics: redwoods trip travel tips trip ideas.

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