I’ve been visiting Calaveras Big Trees State Park since I was a kid. Back then there wasn’t a visitor’s center, camping, and all the trails. That said, they frankly enhance the park and encourage people to repeat their visits. I am happy the park has grown and with it the park’s attendance. The amazing giant trees can only be found in certain areas of our state and the world and they never disappoint. It’s hard to describe or capture the size of these trees but I did my best here with my good ol’ iPhone. I hope you enjoy because Mother Nature did her best when she created these specimens.
This trip I did something I always wanted to do and visited the south grove trail after visiting the main north grove trail first. I’m very glad I did because we were treated with a relaxing and cool respite at Beaver Creek. It was a hot hot day so our feet welcomed the swim.
I can’t wait to go back and hit a few more of the trails to see some of the big trees which are harder to find and take more preparation to plan for. I hope to camp next time so we can enjoy them in the calm cool morning. These miraculous trees deserve the effort!
Bulldog Travels / Photos By Jenny 
Seeing these CA beauties is high on my bucket list. I can only imagine what they look like in person. Looks like too much fun to pass up!
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I can’t believe you haven’t seen them yet! They have a nice small grove in Yosemite if you ever head up there. Good to hear from you.
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These towering giants are magnificent. Thanks for sharing these photos!
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Beautiful!
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Your iPhone did some level of justice with these snaps, I say 🙂
Marvelous
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Thanks!
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Very, very beautiful. Thanks for the post. Those are amazing giants. On my first “road trip” in California, from SF to SD in ’64, we managed to go to Yosemite. I’ll never forget those trees. 🙂
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They have a lovely grove there. It’s one of my favorite parts of the park.
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I can imagine. And you take little C. to most of your trips to show him stuff? 🙂 I showed little G. how bees drank from flowers in the garden last week. 🙂
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Yes. We take him almost everywhere and he loves it and thrives when we teach him.
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So eager to learn, aren’t they? ❤
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For years our go to place for camping
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That’s great. I need to go for sure.
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