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Old 03-06-2015, 09:39 AM
 
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Please give me recommendations for a 3-4 day trip to a state/national park within 2-3 hr drive from San Jose city that would give me a chance to see Redwoods and Sequoia trees with good lodging facilities as well.



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Old 03-06-2015, 10:30 AM
 
Location: Pleasanton, CA
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Big Sur comes to mind.
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Old 03-06-2015, 10:55 AM
 
Location: Mokelumne Hill, CA & El Pescadero, BCS MX.
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Calaveras Big Trees State Park. Calaveras Big Trees SP

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Old 03-06-2015, 11:04 AM
 
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Well, the "newest" national park is about 80 miles south from Sunnyvale past Soledad, Pinnacles National Park, not long ago it was Pinnacles National Monument. The rocks are terrific, making up for the redwood and Sequoia trees.
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Old 03-06-2015, 11:14 AM
 
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Well, the "newest" national park is about 80 miles south from Sunnyvale past Soledad, Pinnacles National Park, not long ago it was Pinnacles National Monument. The rocks are terrific, making up for the redwood and Sequoia trees.
I second this. Spring is the best time to visit Pinnacles.
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Old 03-06-2015, 11:48 AM
 
Location: Northern California
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Big Basin Redwood State Park is probably less than a 2 hour drive from San Jose and is one of the bigger state parks with redwoods. Not much lodging in the area except for Santa Cruz.
Big Basin Redwoods State Park Pictures - California stock photos, fine art prints by QTL
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Old 03-06-2015, 01:18 PM
 
Location: Pleasanton, CA
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I second this. Spring is the best time to visit Pinnacles.
Pinnacles is beautiful. You definitely need to check out the website or call first though to check which trails/caves are open. Certain times of the year, access is limited to different caves/trails.
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Old 03-06-2015, 01:26 PM
 
Location: North Idaho
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Point Reyes National Seashore
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Old 03-06-2015, 04:56 PM
 
Location: Sunnyvale, CA
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Please give me recommendations for a 3-4 day trip to a state/national park within 2-3 hr drive from San Jose city that would give me a chance to see Redwoods and Sequoia trees with good lodging facilities as well.
My understanding is that redwoods and sequoias live in different places. Sequoias in the Sierras. Redwoods on the coast. Maybe I'm wrong.
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Old 03-07-2015, 01:56 PM
 
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My understanding is that redwoods and sequoias live in different places. Sequoias in the Sierras. Redwoods on the coast. Maybe I'm wrong.
They are both called redwoods, but the species are different...the coastal redwood is "sequoia sempervirens" and the giant sequoia of the Sierra is "sequoiadendron giganteum"
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