New Guided Hikes Available in Big Trees State Park – There will be special hikes in the South Grove in Meet in the South Grove Parking Lot at 9:45 am. Bring water, snack, good hiking shoes, hats and bug spray. (Mosquitos are hungry.) The hike takes 3 hours. You also have to add in travel [...]

Songs and Stories A good, old fashioned campfire.  Song books provided.  Come join the fun at the Campfire Center below the Visitor Center Please call 209-795-1196 with questions

This popular summer program begins  at 1 pm.  Meet at Beaver Creek Picnic Area and bring water, snacks, sun screen. Join in the fun as you explore and find all the marvelous critters that live in the water.  Look at them under microscopes and be amazed.

The topic of tonight's Campfire is "Conservation" Please come join the fun.

Come learn about John Muir tonight!

Meet at Scenic Overlook You might want to bring some sort of camp chair and of course water. The Overlook is two miles down the Parkway on the right hand side of the road.

Campfire program presented by Mike Wurtz,  the Archivist of the John Muir Papers Collection at the University of the Pacific. Don't miss the chance to learn more about the amazing John Muir.

New this year.  A wonderful way to see the South Grove and to learn about  the Giant Sequoias at the same time. Meet at the South Grove parking lot at 9:45 am. The hike takes 2.5-3 hours.  They do not do the full loop, just the left loop which is shorter and goes directly to the [...]

Presented by Calaveras County Search and Rescue "Hug A Tree" teaches children how to survive in the woods should they become lost.