Hike Buzzard's Roost, Big Basin Redwoods State Park, California

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This is one of the favorite Big Basin hikes: It starts on the legendary Redwood Trail near the park headquarters, heads over to Blooms Creek Campground and zigags up the Pine Mountain Trail -- leaving the redwood forest completely for awhile -- then culminating with a steep scramble to a rocky overlook. All in just over two miles one way. You can see pretty much all the remarkable diversity of Big Basin (except the waterfalls) along this route. Trails used: Redwood Trail > Pine Mountain Road > Pine Mountain Trail. Best time to go: Winter, when the skies are clearest, offers impressive vistas looking out over Big Basin and the Santa Cruz Mountains. Summer will probably be too warm, but spring and fall will be fine.

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