Field Trip Guide
Use this Teacher's Guide to help plan educational field trips by exploring school programs offered in the redwoods.
The program providers listed below are partners with Save the Redwoods League through our Education Grants Program.
Coast Redwoods | Giant Sequoias | Visit Both Species | Plan Your Trip
Coast Redwoods
| PARKS | COUNTY | PROGRAMS | |
| Day | Overnight | ||
| Redwood National and State Parks | (North Coast) | Y | Y |
| Arcata Community Forest | Humboldt | Y | N |
| Sequoia Park Zoo | Humboldt | Y | N |
| Humboldt Redwoods Interpretive Association | Humboldt | Y | Y |
| Mendocino Area Parks Association | Mendocino | Y | N |
| Mendocino Woodlands Camp Association | Mendocino | Y | Y |
| Stewards of the Coast & Redwoods | Sonoma | Y | Y |
| Muir Woods National Monument | Marin | Y | N |
| Mountain Parks Foundation | Santa Cruz | Y | N |
| ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PROVIDERS | COUNTY | PROGRAMS | |
| Day | Overnight | ||
| HSU Natural History Museum | Humboldt | Y | N |
| Redwood Valley Outdoor Education Project | Mendocino | Y | N |
| Caritas Creek Environmental Education Program | Sonoma | N | Y |
| Sonoma Ecology Center | Sonoma | Y | N |
| Salmon Protection and Watershed Network | Marin | Y | N |
| YMCA Point Bonita | Marin | Y | Y |
| Chabot Space and Science Center | Alameda | Y | N |
| YMCA Camp Jones Gulch | San Mateo | N | Y |
| Vida Verde Nature Education | San Mateo | N | Y |
| The Environmental Volunteers | Santa Mateo, Santa Clara | Y | N |
| Exploring New Horizons Outdoor Schools | San Mateo, Santa Cruz | N | Y |
| Santa Lucia Conservancy | Monterey | Y | N |
| Web of Life Field (WOLF) School | Santa Cruz, Sonoma | Y | Y |
Giant Sequoias
| PARKS | COUNTY | PROGRAMS | |
| Day | Overnight | ||
| Calaveras Big Trees State Park | Calaveras | Y | Y |
| Calaveras Big Trees Association | Calaveras | Y | N |
| Yosemite National Park | (Northern Sierra) | Y | N |
| Sequoia/Kings Canyon National Parks | (Southern Sierra) | Y | Y |
| Giant Sequoia National Monument | (Southern Sierra) | Call | Call |
| Sequoia Natural History Association | Tulare | Y | Y |
| Sequoia Parks Foundation | Tulare, Fresno | Y | Y |
| ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PROVIDERS | COUNTY | PROGRAMS | |
| Day | Overnight | ||
| Foothill Horizons Outdoor School | Tuolumne | N | Y |
| Green Meadows Outdoor School | Mariposa | Y | Y |
Visit Both Species
| ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PROVIDERS | COUNTY | PROGRAMS | |
| Day | Overnight | ||
| UC Berkeley Botanical Garden | Alameda | Y | N |
| San Francisco Botanical Garden | San Francisco | Y | N |
Plan Your Trip
- Call ahead to reserve space for your group.
- Visit the site ahead of time and meet with a ranger, interpreter or naturalist.
- Define trip goals and learning expectations and ensure students understand them.
- Find information about redwoods by visiting SaveTheRedwoods.org/redwoods.
- Plan fun activities and/or games to engage students and encourage their curiosity and interest.
- Communicate clearly with students and parents prior to the trip about any safety issues (such as poison oak) as well as appropriate clothing and shoes.
- Take cameras, magnifiers, pencils, clipboards, “bug boxes,” and other equipment with you on the field trip.
- Schedule some “down time” during the day, so students and chaperones can personally connect with the redwood forest.
- Remind students to “Take nothing but memories and leave nothing but footprints!”
- Consider creating a blog or website where students can share their memories, photos, poems and artwork after the trip.
More
- Find more places to visit
- Find an event
- Find more State Park interpretive associations (external link)
Teachers: Recommend your favorite redwood field trip. Email us at [email protected].
