2025-08-10 15 52 17 View south along California State Route 326 (Big Basin Highway) through Coast Redwood forest five years after the CZU Lightning Complex fires within Big Basin Redwoods State Park in Santa Cruz County, California.jpg
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Sequoia Trail is a 2.3-mile out-and-back in Big Basin Redwoods State Park near Riverside Grove, CA. It is mostly level, with 150 ft of elevation gain. It scores 66/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi988 – 1,102 ft · steepest grade: 19%2.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Sequoia Trail 37.17708, -122.21061
Nearest town Riverside Grove, CA

Directions

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Sequoia Trail

2.3 mi · ▲ 150 ft · 50 min

Elevation 989–1,101 ft

Out & Back · Big Basin Redwoods State Park

Trailhead: Sequoia Trail · 37.17708, -122.21061

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:10 PM

No dogs on part of this route · Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Sequoia Trail, heading SW.
  2. 0.4 miSharp left onto Bob Kirsch Trail, heading NE.
  3. 250 ftTurn right onto Shadowbrook Trail, heading S.
  4. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
  5. 0.5 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  6. 0.5 miBear right, heading NW.
  7. 0.1 miTurn left onto Bob Kirsch Trail, heading NE.
  8. 250 ftSharp right onto Sequoia Trail, heading N.
  9. 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

3% dirt1% paved96% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:10 PM

Good to know

  • No dogs on part of this route
  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Drinking water at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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