September 26

Forest of Nisene Marks, Aptos. 

Hosted by Patricia Walchessen ’16

RSVP: pwalchessen@gmail.com

Approximately 3.7 miles. 

Second- and third-growth redwoods fill this quiet forest wonderland once busy with logging and railroad activities. A Salinas farm family in 1963 donated some 9,700 acres of this land for permanent protection from future development.