Home to old-growth redwoods and overlooking the Pacific coast, San Vicente Redwoods is an 8,852-acre protected landscape northwest of Santa Cruz. It was originally purchased and protected in 2011 by a partnership of the League, Sempervirens Fund, Peninsula Open Space Trust (Post), Land Trust of Santa Cruz County, and The Nature Conservancy. Now owned by our partners Sempervirens Fund and POST, it is the largest privately held property between Silicon Valley and the Pacific Ocean. Save the Redwoods League holds a conservation easement on the land, permanently protecting it from subdivision and development, while allowing sustainable timber harvesting on portions of the property to partially fund restoration work and scientific research. The Land Trust of Santa Cruz County has overseen the planning and implementation of a public access plan, including a new system of trails and other infrastructure that opened in 2022.
Visit San Vicente Redwoods
More than 7 miles of multi-use trails opened to the public in 2022 in partnership with the Land Trust of Santa Cruz County. This is the first phase of a 38-mile trail system that is envisioned for San Vicente Redwoods. The trails offer wonderful ocean views as well as a rare opportunity to see this cooperatively managed forest in recovery from past commercial logging and the CZU wildfire.
Sign up for a free trail pass on the Land Trust of Santa Cruz County website.
Read more about San Vicente Redwoods at the links below.
NEWS COVERAGE
Bay Nature: San Vicente Redwoods, a Forest Reborn, Opens After a Century Off-Limits
January 2023
SF Gate: San Vicente Redwoods in Santa Cruz County is tribute to wildfire resilience
January 2023
San Francisco Chronicle: Large number of trails opening in Santa Cruz Mountains, thanks to conservation work
November 2022
Santa Cruz Sentinel: New public trail system soon to open in San Vincente Redwoods
November 2022
Care More Be Better: Proforestation: From Its Definition by Dr. William Moomaw to The Opening of San Vicente Redwoods Forest Trail System In Santa Cruz, California
November 2022
Santa Cruz Local: San Vicente Redwoods trails to open Dec. 3
November 2022
The Mercury News: Santa Cruz redwoods hiking: 7 miles of new trail open in December
October 2022
PRESS RELEASE
- September 2, 2022 — Land Trust of Santa Cruz County and Partners to Open First Phase of New Public Trails at San Vicente Redwoods
- March 9, 2022 — Construction to Begin on Public Access Trail System at San Vicente Redwoods, Following CZ Wildfire and Pandemic Delays
- October 27, 2021 — San Vicente Redwoods Marks 10 Years as a “Living Laboratory” for Wildfire Resilience, Wildlife Protection and Ecosystem Restoration
- April 28, 2021 — CEMEX Agrees to Removal of Dam at Mill Creek in Santa Cruz Mountains
- August 28, 2014 — State Saves Redwood Forests Near Silicon Valley From Development
For media inquiries, contact Robin Carr at (415) 766-0927 or redwoods@landispr.com.
To access hi-res images, broll or drone footage of San Vicente Redwoods, please visit our media resources page.
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