It was a great experience to visit this open space reserve. It is located in Los Gatos, CA, just a 20 minute drive from where I live. This open space reserve recently in fact last year opened for public. Phase 1 is complete now there is around 7 miles of hiking trail open for public. As the name suggests preserve is full of giant redwood trees.
You can see moss growing on redwoods in the picture above, which creates a pretty picture.
Right next to the parking lot at the trail head there is a lake called ‘Upper Lake’. There is small loop trail around the lake. Here are few pictures of the trail and Upper lake.
We took Alma trail went all the way to old growth Redwoods. Alma trail is gradual uphill, moderate level hiking trail. Trail it self is very wide, even a truck can drive through this trail. Trail it self is very beautiful covered with tall redwood trees.
Always look up to take pictures among the redwood tree. If you have a fish eye lens you can create picture with different perspective.
Once you reach old growth redwoods, you can enjoy couple of old and huge redwood trees. Here is me with one of those huge tree.
Two redwood trees combined together.
As of now there are around 7 miles on trail in the reserve. With total area of 1432 acres. Looks like there are plans to expand another 15 miles of trails in next 15 years.
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Tagging few friends who may be interested in this post
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Beautiful place and equally beautiful camera angles. Perfect
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Usually i like to prefer visit natural places and this is really great place to visit and enjoy the nature. @jayasimha78
Thanks for sharing these beautiful pictures with us.
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@NareshDarji @This is great place to enjoy nature. Thanks!
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@jayasimha78 beautiful pictures of a beautiful forest.
The trees are huge. In Italy we do not have so large trees.
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@jayasimha78 I didn’t get the email notification from the tag. Did you copy and paste my username? Or you type it from scratch? Anyhow this place is perfect for me. I would love to hike there. I can spend a whole day. Thank you for sharing beautiful photos and your nice experience with us.
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@raffaele_guidolin Thank You! Yes these trees are really huge and also very old.
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@Ant_Bad_Yogi I copy pasted the tag, may be it does not work? I will retest the tag. Thank You!
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Hello @jayasimha78 ,
How are you?
So beautiful nature and the pictures are so nice (well clicked). Thanks for sharing with us such beautiful pictures.
Also, thanks for tagging me here.
stay safe!
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@KalyanPal I am doing well. I am glad you liked the pictures. Thank You!
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@jayasimha78 Majestic place!
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@OlgaKlimchik Yes it is. Thanks!
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Full of nature…
Wow…
Excellent Photos & Brief explanations… I really like this style.
Congratulations.
Also, very happy to see & hear the "__open space reserve" concept.
It is the need of the era…
Request you to TAG me in your posts, please dear @jayasimha78
I am sure our @RamboRazor will like this
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@jayasimha78 Beautiful place
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@TravellerG Thank You! Will tag you in future posts. I am glad you liked this style of post.
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Loved the photos. Love the color gradient and the popping brown elegance of the woods. Nice post. Hope you enjoyed the time there @jayasimha78
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