Redwood Grove Park

Elite '08

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Helen Y.

San Francisco, CA

My parents and I stumbled across this hidden gem while taking a morning hike around downtown Los Altos. It's located just 1 block north of Lincoln Park.

A 5.9-acre nature preserve, the park includes picnic tables and a hillside trail that follows Adobe Creek among the majestic redwood trees and gardens of herbs and roses.  The park also seems to a be popular place to take dogs.

Visitor parking is available on University Avenue. No motor vehicles allowed in the park.

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Elite '08

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Michelle W.

Los Altos, CA

I really enjoy hiking the boardwalk trail in this park, but it does have its drawbacks.  I love the whole redwood ecosystem and it's fun to just be in it.

The best thing about it is that the creek that runs through it connects it to Shoup park just down the way.

I hear that there are awesome children's programs here and my daughter has gone on a school fieldtrip that she really enjoyed, but I can't afford to send her to the camp or anything like that so we don't know how cool they are.

There is a geocache in the park that was the first cache I ever found.

The drawbacks:
It's so residential.  It's a redwood reserve, but you feel like you're in someone's backyard so there's not really that nature feeling.  
Since it has the supposedly good kid's programs, it is often overrun with kids in a program or at a birthday party or a camp.  Not so good to just go there on a whim some weekend afternoon.
It's small.  I know that 5.9 acres doesn't sound small, but the main part of the park that is easily accessible is pretty small.  Perhaps there is much more here than meets the casually observing eye, but I haven't found it.

I kinda feel bad giving it 3 stars since I am generally a supported of open space in any form, but I just can't rate it as high as other stellar parks.

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Nathaniel M.

Boston, MA

i used to bring girls here to make out with back in high school.

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