where is the closest park to los angeles where you can see redwood trees?

Answer 1

The closest state park to LA is Henry Cowell State Redwood Park just outside of Santa Cruz. Redwoods grow in coastal areas in northern California. There are a couple of parks south of San Francisco, everything else is north of it. Muir Woods National Monument park has a nice little grove and they are just on the other side of the Golden Gate Bridge.

Of course the biggest and best parks are up past Eureka in the several Redwood National Parks. These parks are really far from LA, close to a 12 hour drive. However Henry Cowell park is only about 5 hours away.

The Sequoia tree is a type of redwood that doesn't need to be by the coast to grow, and you can find those in the Sequoia National forest just northeast of Bakersfield. The biggest and best of these are in Yosemite National park further north.

Answer 2

Yep, if you want to see them in their natural surroundings, the nearest Coast Redwoods are up around Monterey and Santa Cruz, the nearest Sequoias are up in the southern Sierra Nevada. Both are well worth the trip -- Coast Redwoods are the tallest trees on Earth, Sequoias are the biggest trees on Earth, both can live thousands of years. If you can only do one, and you want to minimize your drive from LA, go for the Sequoias -- the biggest and most impressive Sequoias anywhere are in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, not far from Fresno. For the really tall Coast Redwood groves you need to go up all the way up around Mendocino and Eureka. Both trees, but mostly Coast Redwoods, can be found in some city parks, arboretums, etc, around LA, where they've been planted and tended. They're runts compared to the ones up in their natural habitat but still impressive trees. For example go to the bird sanctuary in Griffith Park near the Greek Theater, look for the very straight trees with stringy bark that look kind of like cedar trees -- Coast Redwoods. Or go to the LA Zoo or the Huntington Gardens and their brochures or employees can tell you where to see some Coast Redwoods.

Answer 3

Sequoia National Park or one of these others

The coastal Redwood is what you will find at the Avenue of the Giants and the other parks that have Redwoods in them, like Humboldt Redwood State Park, Del Norte Coast Redwoods Park, and the Redwood National Park (closest to LA).

Answer 4

There are a couple of small groves near the bay area, but most of the giants are up in in the Fortuna/Eureka area and just a little south of there. Nothing real close to LA.