Today's hike - Montgomery Woods State Nature Reserve

Today we went on the Montgomery Woods hike with the Tuesday hiking froup called Hike for Health.  We went there after our cousins from los Angeles went there last month while staying with us for our anniversary.  It is about a 1 1/2 hr drive from our house.  See our pictures after the explantion of the park.  Gary 

Montgomery Woods State Natural Reserve

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Montgomery Woods State Natural Reserve is a 1,323-acre (5 km²) state-owned park located in the Coastal Range in Mendocino County, California, United States^[1] . The Reserve occupies the headwaters of Montgomery Creek, a tributary of Big River, which flows into the Pacific Ocean at Mendocino Headlands State Park. The virgin groves of Coast Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) in Montgomery Woods are examples of a now rare upland riparian meadow habitat; most other preserved redwood groves are on broad alluvial plains. The Reserve is accessed from a parking area along Orr Springs Road 13 miles (21 km) west of Ukiah, California, or 15 miles (24 km) east of Comptche, California. A moderately steep trail from the parking area climbs uphill along Montgomery Creek about three-quarters of a mile. Once in the grove, the trail makes a meandering three mile (5 km) loop, with substantial use of boardwalks to protect the fragile forest floor. The reserve was initiated by a 9-acre (36,000 m²) donation from Robert Orr in 1945, with 765 acres (3.10 km²) donated since 1947 by the Save-the-Redwoods League.
Between December 1996 and August 2000, the tallest tree in Montgomery Woods, named the Mendocino Tree, was the world's tallest known tree. It was displaced by the discovery of a number of taller trees in Humboldt Redwoods State Park and later Redwood National Park in Humboldt County. The tree is one of dozens of similar height in the grove, and was never specifically marked in order to protect the tree. Earlier well-publicized candidates for the world's tallest tree suffered damage from stresses resulting from crowds of tourists.

Tallest trees
Trees over 112 m (367 ft), as of 2010:^[18]

Tree name	Height		Location
	(m)	(ft)
Hyperion	115.61	379.3	RNSP
Helios	114.58	375.9	RNSP
Icarus	113.14	371.2	RNSP
Stratosphere Giant	113.11	371.1	HRSP
National Geographic	112.71	369.9	RNSP
Orion	112.63	369.5	RNSP
Lauralyn	112.62	369.5	HRSP
Paradox	112.56	369.3	HRSP
Mendocino	112.20	368.1	MWSR
Apex	112.00	367.4	HRSP

 

Tallest trees
Trees over 112 m (367 ft), as of 2010:^[18]

Tree name	Height		Location
	(m)	(ft)
Hyperion	115.61	379.3	RNSP
Helios	114.58	375.9	RNSP
Icarus	113.14	371.2	RNSP
Stratosphere Giant	113.11	371.1	HRSP
National Geographic	112.71	369.9	RNSP
Orion	112.63	369.5	RNSP
Lauralyn	112.62	369.5	HRSP
Paradox	112.56	369.3	HRSP
Mendocino	112.20	368.1	MWSR
Apex	112.00	367.4	HRSP