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Culture
Events, History, Museums, Music & More!
Events, History, Museums, Music & More!
Discover Activities
Join us for a day of music, great food, amazing artists, & sustainable living demonstrations. The SCM Harvest Festival works with local farms, artists, musicians, downtown BC Merchants and local non-profits.
Celebrate the start of fall by learning a little more about the land surrounding where our grapes are grown! Look more at the flora, fauna, and wildlife of our ecosystems here at the ranch, located in the foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains.
Plan a Trek
Butano State Park doesn’t have the enormous ancient redwoods you’ll find at other Redwood State Parks, though it’s rumored that in some secret corner, far off-trail, there hides one of the tallest specimens in these mountains. Still, it more than makes up for lack of accessible old-growth groves with its biodiversity and panoramic views.
In 1902, the early environmental movement saw one of its crowning moments come to glorious fruition with the formation of the California Redwood Park. The park, later renamed Big Basin Redwoods State Park, would prove to be the first unit in what would eventually evolve into the modern California State Parks system.
Though it’s not the biggest park in the county, there are hiking, biking, and equestrian options beyond what’s described here. It’s strongly recommended that adventurers go by the Visitor Center and talk to the docents about hike ideas, trail closures, wildlife sightings, and whatever other...
