California State Parks plans to conduct a prescribed burn October 29th in Calaveras Big Trees State Park with assistance from CAL FIRE, US Forest Service, and National Park Service. All burning depends on weather and air quality conditions. If weather or vegetation conditions are not conducive for burning and smoke dispersal, State Parks will reschedule the treatment. As [...]
Labor Day Weekend. We will have Jr Rangers programs, North Grove, South Grove, and Meadow guided walks. Creek Critters at their usual time and place and Night Skies with Doc Nancy on 8/31 at 8 p.m. This will be Creek Critters’ last program of the year.
August 17, 2024; Presented by: Salvatore John Manna; Where: Ralston Classroom Time: 10am-12pm One hundred and seventy-five years after the discovery of gold near Sutter’s Fort, To The Land Of Promise: The Extraordinary California Gold Rush Journal of Lewis Meyer marks one of the last, if not the last, major first-person contributions to the history of the Gold [...]
We're Calaveras BIG Trees, of course we're going BIG for California State Park's Week! The third annual State Parks Week will be held this year June 12th-16th. We will have at least one program for you every day that week and some of these programs only happen once/year! Programs are: Wednesday, 12th 10:30 am– 11:30 [...]
Kick off summer with us at Calaveras Big Trees State Park! Memorial Day weekend marks the start of our 2026 summer programs — with guided hikes, kids activities, evening events, and the return of the Sequoia Snack Shack. Here's everything happening: Weekend Programs Little Rangers Program Ages 3–6 10:00 AM · Saturday – Monday Junior [...]
Dogwood trees are in full bloom right now at Big Trees. They may start to wilt soon. Come witness the beauty for yourself while you can! (California State Parks Facebook)
Please join us on Wednesday, May 15 at 6pm to learn more about Wildfire and Forest Resilience projects and forest management at Calaveras Big Trees State Park. This meeting will include information on future prescribed burns in the park. This meeting is best attended in-person. If you are unable to attend in person, you may [...]
Seminars are free and open to the public. There is a $10 day-use fee to enter the park. Pack a lunch, bring the family and plan on spending the day among the giant sequoias! 2024 CBTA Seminar Flyer
Registration is now closed. Please click on the button if you are interested in being put on a waitlist. __________________________________________________________________ The successful California Naturalist Program returns to Calaveras Big Trees in 2024. Do you enjoy: Exploring and learning about our local ecology? Engaging in citizen science? Sharing your knowledge with others? This is the program [...]
Will be held inside if raining. John Muir Laws “Thinking Like a Naturalist" May 4, 2024 @ 10:00 am - 3:00 pm Learn how to be a naturalist. The day the begin in the Ralston Classroom. We then will go out into the Big Trees to explore and put our [...]
