www.redwoodhikes.com
Shows coastal redwood groves/parks. Also has a page about Sequoias.
For Sequoias, try the Giant Forest in Sequoia NP for the highest number of very large trees. The largest sequoia is there. The coastal redwoods range as far south as Silver Peak Wilderness, but the more impressive groves are farther north (Northern California).
You're not going to hike in a grove for a week. The majority of the groves of redwoods are not in backpacking territory, and where they are, you find that they don't extend for miles and miles - they live in isolated places that take maybe a day or two to explore. The very largest of the sequoia groves, in Redwood Canyon, is not even large enough for a week of hiking. You could drive to parks north of San Francisco and find places to car camp and day hike in sequoias day after day. Southern groves of redwoods just aren't that big. A single night or two night trip (if you combine it with a hike to Cone Peak) would be Vicente Flat.
Do your research on water sources if you go into the Ventana Wilderness. Many are dry, due to the horrible drought here. The fire ban is still very much in place despite their allowing fires in campgrounds again (after months of no fires at all whatsoever).
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Originally Posted by gospidey
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