 Largest Tree: 1600 years old 225 feet high, 13 feet diameter Memorial Park, San Mateo |
Redwoods from Hikes 2006-2018
Edited by Peter Y. Chou |
 Methuselah Tree, 1800 years old 225 feet high, 14 feet diameter El Corte de Madera, San Mateo |
Preface: After finishing Mountains as the first chapter of my book Platonic Lambda: Soul of the Universe, Redwoods will be the second chapter. Checked out a library copy of "Forest Giants of the Pacific Coast". Also found a Wikipedia article on "Sequoia sempervirens". Instead of citing Redwoods writings by others, I feel it's better to write about memorable Redwoods encountered on hike trails, since they are my personal experiences. Looked through hike photos folders (2006-2018) and rounded up images of Redwoods (402), Goosepens (79), and Platonic Λ Shape (32) listed below. Will select most interesting photos and discuss my memories of them. On September 27, 2009, my friend Connie took me to the Methuselah Tree on Skyline Boulevard. Since we just saw the 1600 year-old, 225 feet tall, 13 feet wide Largest Tree at Memorial Park (August 16 & 23, 2009), and the 253 feet tall, 14.3 feet wide Advocate Tree at Forest of Nisene Marks Park (September 6, 2009), it would be nice to revisit the Methuselah Tree and compare it with these giants. This Methuselah Tree— 14 feet wide, 225 feet tall, 1800 years old, seems larger than the other giants. |
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1) NatureWalks/8Trees&Sun(720x480).jpg 8 Redwoods to the Sun (8-26, 2006, Sanborn Park, Saratoga, CA) 2) NatureWalks/26Redwoods(720x480).jpg 26 Redwoods in a Circle (8-26, 2006, Sanborn Park) 3) NatureWalks/26Redwoods&Sky(720x480).jpg 26 Redwods Soaring to the Sky (8-26, 2006, Sanborn Park) 4) NatureWalks/PetersonGrove(720x480).jpg Entrance to Peterson Grove (8-26, 2006, Sanborn Park) 5) NatureWalks/6TreesPetersonGrove.jpg 6 Redwoods of Peterson Grove (8-26, 2006, Sanborn Park) 6) LongRidge/50-RedwoodEnter(979x1309).jpg Giant Redwood, Hickory Oaks Trail ( 8-31-2008, Long Ridge, San Mateo) 7) LongRidge/66-RedwoodLight(979x1306).jpg Sunlight on top of Redwood ( 8-31-2008, Ranch Spring Trail, Long Ridge, San Mateo) 8) LongRidge/67-RedwoodSpring(979x1306).jpg Redwood Sentinel ( 8-31-2008, Ranch Spring Trail, Long Ridge, San Mateo) 9) Thornewood/80-ThornewoodEnter(1306x979).jpg Entrance at Thornewood (9-1-2008, Thornewood Preserve, Woodside) 10) Thornewood/81-LoggedRedwood(979x1306).jpg Young Redwoods by Logged-Off Ancestor (9-1-2008, Thornewood Preserve, Woodside) 11) Thornewood/89-RedwoodSunlight(1306x979).jpg Redwood Top Drinking Sunlight (9-1-2008, Thornewood Preserve, Woodside) 12) Thornewood/92-BranchRedwood2(979x1306).jpg Logged-Off Redwood Still Growing (9-1-2008, Thornewood Preserve, Woodside) 13) Thornewood/100-EverUpward(1306x979).jpg Lower Branches Dead But Still Climbing (9-1-2008, Thornewood Preserve, Woodside) 14) Thornewood/101-GiantRedwood(979x1306).jpg Giant Redwood 30-feet Girth (9-1-2008, Thornewood Preserve, Woodside) 15) Thornewood/102-RedwoodUpward(979x1306).jpg Giant Redwood to the Sky (9-1-2008, Thornewood Preserve, Woodside) 16) Thornewood/106-TwinRedwoods2(979x1306).jpg Twin Redwoods Midsection (9-1-2008, Thornewood Preserve, Woodside) 17) Thornewood/107-TwinRedwoods3(979x1306).jpg Twin Redwoods to the Sky (9-1-2008, Thornewood Preserve, Woodside) 18) ElCorteDeMadera/119-GordonMillTrail(979x1306).jpg Corridor of Redwoods (9-7-2008, El Corte de Madera Creek Preserve, Gordon Mill Trail, San Mateo County) 19) ElCorteDeMadera/128-OldRedwood(979x1306).jpg Old Redwood 50-feet circumference (9-7-2008, Timberview Trail, El Corte de Madera Creek Preserve) 20) ElCorteDeMadera/130-PlatonicLambda(1306x979).jpg Platonic Lambda Goosepen (9-7-2008, El Corte de Madera Creek Preserve) 21) ElCorteDeMadera/131-OldGrowthRedwood(979x1306).jpg Old Growth Redwood to Sky (9-7-2008, El Corte de Madera Creek Preserve) 22) ElCorteDeMadera/133-RedwoodHigh(979x1306).jpg Old Growth Redwood Trunk (9-7-2008, El Corte de Madera Creek Preserve) 23) ElCorteDeMadera/134-RedwoodTop(979x1306).jpg Old Growth Redwood from Afar (9-7-2008, El Corte de Madera Creek Preserve) 24) Purisima2008/152-PeterInTree(979x1306).jpg Peter Inside Circle of 6 Redwoods (9-14-2008, Soda Gulch Trail, Purisima Creek Redwoods, Santa Cruz Mountains) 25) Purisima2008/153-SwordStump(1093x916).jpg Sword from Redwood Stump (9-14-2008, Soda Gulch Trail, Purisima Creek Redwoods, Santa Cruz Mountains) 26) Purisima2008/162-CurvedTree(1218x870).jpg Fallen Redwood Spans Across Creek (9-14-2008, Soda Gulch Trail, Purisima Creek Redwoods, Santa Cruz Mountains) 27) RedwoodGrove/1659-RedwoodGroveSign.jpg Redwood Grove, Los Altos (6-25-2010, Los Altos) 28) RedwoodGrove/1663-RedwoodRoots.jpg Redwood Roots by Creek (6-25-2010, Los Altos) 29) RedwoodGrove/1666-RedwoodsTall.jpg Sunlight on Redwoods (6-25-2010, Los Altos) 30) ElCorte2010/1703-TuningForkRedwood.jpg Tuning Fork Redwood (7-4-2010, El Corte de Madera Creek Preserve) 31) ElCorte2010/1704-Branches&SkyT.jpg Redwoods to the Sky (7-4-2010, El Corte de Madera Creek Preserve) 32) /ElCorte2010/1725-LambdaRedwoodT.jpg Redwood Goosepen Trunk (7-4-2010, El Corte de Madera Creek Preserve) 33) ElCorte2010/1726-TallRedwoodsSkyT.jpg Tall Redwoods to the Sky (7-4-2010, El Corte de Madera Creek Preserve) 34) ElCorte2010/1738-RedwoodsSky.jpg Redwoods Soaring to the Sky (7-4-2010, El Corte de Madera Creek Preserve) 35) SaratogaGap/1959-DoubleLambdaTreeT.jpg Double Lambda Redwood (8-15-2010, Table Mountain Trail, Saratoga Gap, Upper Stevens Creek, Saratoga-Cupertino) 36) SaratogaGap/1958-DoubleLambdaTree.jpg Double Lambda Redwood (8-15-2010, Table Mountain Trail, Saratoga Gap, Upper Stevens Creek, Saratoga-Cupertino) 37) OrtegaTree/OrtegaRedwood-Haikus.html Mountain View Redwood Chopped Down (9-29-2008, Ortega Ave) 38) MemorialPark/MemorialPark-Haikus.html (8-16-2009, Creek Trail, Memorial Park, San Mateo) 3 Goosepen photos; 20 Redwoods photos; 1600-years old, 39-feet circumference Redwood 39) MemorialPark2/MemorialPark2-Haikus.html (8-23-2009, Wurr Trail, Memorial Park, San Mateo) 10 Redwoods photos (3 of Tallest Redwood) 40) MemorialPark3/MemorialPark3-Haikus.html (8-30-2009, Wurr Trail, Memorial Park, San Mateo) 9 Redwoods photos, 2 Goosepen photos 41) ForestNisene/ForestNiseneMarks-Haikus.html (9-6-2009, Forest of Nisene Marks State Park, Aptos) 6 Advocate Tree, 4 Redwoods, 2 Goosepen photos 42) MemorialPark4/MemorialPark4-Haikus.html (9-7-2009, Legion Flat, Memorial Park, San Mateo) 10 Redwoods photos 43) MemorialPark5/MemorialPark5-Haikus.html (9-13-2009, Mt. Ellen Nature Trail, Memorial Park, San Mateo) 5 Redwoods photos, 1 Goosepen photo 44) PescaderoCreek/PescaderoCreek-Haikus.html (9-20-2009, Pescadero Creek County Park, San Mateo) 11 Redwoods photos 45) ElCorteDeMadera2009/ElCorteDeMadera2009-Haikus.html (9-27-2009. El Corte De Madera Creek, San Mateo County) 12 Methuselah Tree (1800 years old, 14 feet wide, 225 feet tall), 3 Redwoods, 1 Goosepen photo 46) MuirWoods/MuirWoods.html (11-21-2009, Muir Woods. Marin County, San Francisco) 14 Redwoods, 1 Goosepen photo 47) NorthLeafTrail/NorthLeafTrail-Photos.html (8-22-2010,North Leaf Trail, El Corte de Madera, San Mateo) 12 Redwoods, 1 Goosepen photo 48) CastleRock2010/CastleRock2010-Photos.html (9-5-2010, Castle Rock State Park, Santa Cruz Mountains) 5 Douglas Fir Trees 49) PurisimaCreek2010/PurisimaCreek2010-Photos.html (9-6-2010, Purisima Creek Redwoods, Santa Cruz Mountains) 18 Redwoods, 5 Goosepen photos 50) Thornewood2010/Thornewood2010-Photos.html (9-19-2010, Thornewood, Woodside) 23 Redwoods (5 Redwood Sentinel 30-feet girth) 51) MemorialDay5-30-2011/3761-CharlestonParkingLotT.jpg (5-30-2011, Platonic Lambda Shape in Parking Lot, Palo Alto) 52) WindyHill2011/4473-TreeToSkyT.jpg (9-4-2011, Tall Redwood at Thornewood) 53) Rancho9-8-2011/4599-BridgeBetweenRedwoodsT.jpg (9-8-2011, Rancho San Antonio, Los Altos Hills) Bridge Between Two Redwoods 54) UVasCanyon/4916-SwansonFallsLambdaT.jpg (9-25-2011, UVas Canyon, Santa Clara County) Platonic Lambda Branch in Swanson Creek 55) UVasCanyon/4921-PlatonicLambdaT.jpg (9-25-2011, UVas Canyon, Santa Clara County) Platonic Lambda Branch in Swanson Creek 56) PortolaRedwoods6-10-2012/PortolaRedwoods6-10-2012.html (6-10-2012, Portola Redwoods-1, La Honda, San Mateo) 20 Redwoods, 7 Goosepen photos 57) PortolaRedwoods6-17-2012/PortolaRedwoods6-17-2012.html (6-17-2012, Portola Redwoods-2, La Honda, San Mateo) 11 Redwoods, 2 Goosepen photos 58) PortolaRedwoods7-1-2012/PortolaRedwoods7-1-2012.html (7-1-2012, Portola Redwoods-3, La Honda, San Mateo) 19 Redwoods, 19 Goosepen photos 59) PortolaRedwoods7-4-2012/PortolaRedwoods7-4-2012.html (7-4-2012, Portola Redwoods-4, La Honda, San Mateo) 39 Redwoods, 22 Goosepen photos 60) PortolaRedwoods7-29-2012/PortolaRedwoods7-29-2012.html (7-29-2012, Portola Redwoods-5, La Honda, San Mateo) 31 Redwoods, 12 Goosepen photos 61) PortolaRedwoods7-29-2012/7092-GreekLambdaLog.jpg (7-29-2012, Portola Redwoods-5, La Honda, San Mateo) Platonic Lambda Shaped Log 62) PortolaRedwoods7-29-2012/7118-LambdaFormingTrunksT.jpg (7-29-2012, Portola Redwoods-5, La Honda, San Mateo) Platonic Lambda Shaped Trunk 63) PortolaRedwoods7-29-2012/7149-LambdaShapedLogT.jpg (7-29-2012, Portola Redwoods-5, La Honda, San Mateo) Platonic Lambda Shaped Log Cross-Section 64) PortolaRedwoods7-29-2012/7168-IslamRedwoodsShrine1924.jpg (7-29-2012, Portola Redwoods-5, La Honda, San Mateo) Islam Redwoods 1924 Shrine Pyramid 65) Tarwater7-22-2012/Tarwater7-22-2012.html (7-22-2012, Tarwater Loop, Upper Coyote Ridge Trail) 20 Redwoods photos 66) WindyHill2013/9599-DouglasFirTreeT.jpg (6-30-2913, Upper Windy Hill, San Mateo) "Platonic Λ" Douglas Fir Tree 67) Purisima7-4-2013/9679-PlatonicLambdaShadowT.jpg (7-4-2013, Purisima Creek Redwoods, Santa Cruz Mountains) Shadow of Platonic Lambda Branch 68) Purisima7-4-2013/9695-LambdaFirVistaView.jpg (7-4-2013, Purisima Creek Redwoods, Santa Cruz Mountains) Lambda Shaped Douglas Fir & Vista 69) Purisima7-14-2013/Purisima7-14-2013.html (7-14-2013, Purisima Creek Redwoods, Santa Cruz Mountains) 16 Redwoods 70) http://www.wisdomportal.com/PurisimaHwy1WindyHill/PurisimaHwy1WindyHill.html (7-21-2013, Purisima Creek Redwoods, San Mateo) 6 Redwoods 71) SkylineTrail/SkylineTrail.html (7-28-2013, Skyline Trail, Bear Gulch Road, San Mateo) 16 Redwoods, 1 Goosepen 72) CowellRanchBeach/192-VanishingPointToBeachT.jpg (8-11-2013, Cowell Ranch Beach Trail, South Half Moon Bay) Vanishing Point to the Beach 73) CowellRanchBeach/350-VanishingPointToHills.jpg (8-11-2013, Cowell Ranch Beach Trail, South Half Moon Bay) Vanishing Point to the Hills 74) CowellRanchBeach/321-SecondBridgeBeachTrailT.jpg (8-11-2013, Cowell Ranch Beach Trail, South Half Moon Bay) Vanishing Point at 2nd Bridge on Beach Trail 75) WunderlichPark/WunderlichPark.html (10-18-2013, Wunderlich County Park, Woodside) 4 Redwoods 76) ArastraderoPreserve/1507-Peter'sShadowWoodratSignT.jpg (11-15-2013, Arastradero Preserve, Palo Alto) "Daddy Long Legs" Lambda Shadow 77) ArastraderoPreserve/1517-DaddyLongLegsT.jpg (11-15-2013, Arastradero Preserve, Palo Alto) "Daddy Long Legs" Lambda Shadow 78) ArastraderoPreserve/1525-DaddyLongLegs2T.jpg (11-15-2013, Arastradero Preserve, Palo Alto) "Daddy Long Legs" Lambda Shadow 79) HiddenVilla/1662-PlatonicLambdaFernT.jpg (11-22-2013, Hidden Villa, Los Altos Hills) Platonic Lambda Shaped Fern 80) HiddenVilla/1688-LambdaBranchBayTree.jpg (11-22-2013, Hidden Villa, Los Altos Hills) Platonic Lambda Branch Bay Tree 81) HiddenVilla/1708-LetterAFromTreesT.jpg (11-22-2013, Hidden Villa, Los Altos Hills) "Letter A" from Bay Trees 82) CoyoteCreek/2021-SunlightThruTwoRedwoodsT.jpg (12-25-2013, Coyote Creek Trail, Milpitas) Sunlight through Two Redwoods 83) CoyoteCreek/2018-CREATIVELogo2.jpg (12-25-2013, Coyote Creek Trail, Milpitas) CREATIVE Logo with Lambda-Shape A 84) http://www.wisdomportal.com/MontebelloAveTrees/MontebelloAveTrees.html (5/24/2014-7/13/2014, Montebello Ave, Mountain View) 11 Redwoods Photos 85) http://www.wisdomportal.com/CuestaPark/CuestaPark.html (1/19/2015, Cuesta Park, Mountain View) 2 Redwoods Photos 86) http://www.wisdomportal.com/SanTomasAquino/3905-RedwoodsAtPonderosaT.jpg (2/16/2015, San Tomas Aquino Creek Trail, Santa Clara) Redwoods at Ponderosa Center 87) Gaudalupe2015/4139-PineTreeT.jpg (4-19-2015, Guadalupe River Park, San Jose) Platonic Lambda Shape Pine Tree 88) RengstorffPark/RengstorffPark.html (1-16-2017, Rengstorff Park, Mountain View) 4 Redwoods Photos 89) PaulsonPark/6470-PlatonicLambdaFlowersT.jpg (3-18-2017, Paulson Park, Mountain View) Platonic Lambda Houseleek (Aeonium arboreum) 90) PaulsonPark/6553-BuddleiaCloseupT.jpg (3-18-2017, Paulson Park, Mountain View) Platonic Lambda Buddleia Flower (Buddleia davidii) 91) PineCones(4-5-2017)/PineCones&PineTrees.html (4-5-2017, Mountain View Parks & Streets) 5 Redwoods, 2 Pine Cones, Houseleek, Buddleia 92) RedwoodGrove(2017)/RedwoodGrove(2017).html (5-22-2017, Redwood Grove, Los Altos) 2 Redwoods Photos 93) HuddartPark(2017)/HuddartPark(2017).html (5-22-2017, Huddar Park, San Mateo) 12 Redwoods 94) HuddartPark(2017)/6713-LambdaBranchCloseupT.jpg (5-22-2017, Huddar Park, San Mateo) Platonic Lambda Branches under Bridge 95) BayBridgeTrail/BayBridgeTrail.html (5-23-2018, Bay Bridge Trail, Oakland) 3 Vanishing Point Photos 96) MoriPoint/6941-CoastalTrailT.jpg (7-16-2017, Mori Point, San Francisco) Vanishing Point on Coast Trail 97) ThreeGracesMontebello/Eucalyptus&RedwoodsMontebelloAve.html (5-24-2014, 12-20-2017, 2-11-2018, Montebello Ave, Mountain View) 11 Redwoods Photos 98) NeighborhoodStrolls2018/NeighborhoodStrolls2018.html (7-18-2018, Hackett Ave, Montebello Ave, Mountain View) 4 Redwoods 99) WalkToJaneLane/WalkToJaneLane.html (7-23-2018, Hackett Ave, Montebello Ave, Mountain View) 4 Redwoods |
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