Protip: You can actually walk through Jurassic Park at Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park about 5.5 hours’ drive north of SF.

Park at Fern Canyon and walk through Fern Canyon to Fern Canyon Trail, James Irvine Trail, and Clintonia and Miner’s Ridge Trails.

Fern Canyon was one of the filming locations of Jurassic Park and the rest of the state park has stunning old growth redwood groves.