Located in the Santa Cruz Mountains of California
BigBasin.org - the only site for complete, current park information
Activities and Programs
If you love birds and butterflies CLICK HERE for information about Wings Over Big Basin 2010.
Weddings and other special events
Teachers
and others interested in Redwood Forest ecology will want to check out these links...
Volunteer
Interested in joining the docent team at Big Basin? Click here for information...
Educators may find the following links useful in preparing for a visit to Big Basin.
Printed trail guides for a self-guided tours of the Redwood Loop Trail are available at park headquarters and the trailhead for $0.25. Guides are available in several languages at park headquarters. Click here for an Adobe Acrobat (PDF) version of the guide (English). Click here to get Adobe's free Acrobat Reader.
Are you taking your class to Big Basin for a field trip? If so you may find this document usefull in preparing for you visit.. Click here to view.
Local supporting organizations
Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks
State Park Links
California State Parks Web Site
California State Parks Foundation
Sites specific to the Coast Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens)
Sequoia sempervirens at About.com
Coast Redwood Frequently Asked Questions
Natural History of the Coast Redwood Forest
Coast Redwood at San Francisco State University
Redwood Information from Humbolt State Redwoods Park
Redwood Information from the USGS
Other Tree Sites
Virtual Field Trips: Rainforest
Ornithology (Birds)
BirdSource at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Birds of the Continental United States and Canada
North American Rare Bird Alert
Field Guides
Field Guide to Freshwater Invertebrates
Native Americans
The Ohlone Indians at About.com
The Ohlone Indians, An Information Book for the Third Grade
Library of Congress
After clicking this here, type CALIFORNIA REDWOODS in the search box provided
Other Resources and Publications
Listening to Nature, a sound walk across California
Smithsonian Institution Museum of Natural History
National Biological Information Infrastructure
The Ecology and Biodiversiyty Virtual Library
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Endangered Speices Program
Center for Conservation Biology Network