Roaring Camp & Big Trees Narrow Gauge Railroad
The Roaring Camp & Big Trees Narrow Gauge Railroad is a 3 ft narrow-gauge tourist railroad in California that starts from the Roaring Camp depot in Felton, California and runs up steep grades through redwood forests to the top of nearby Bear Mountain, a distance of 3.25 miles.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Josh Hallett, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Park
- Description: tourist railroad in California
- Also known as: “Roaring Camp” and “Roaring Camp and Big Trees Narrow Gauge Railroad”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Felton Covered Bridge County Park and Felton Presbyterian Church.
Felton Presbyterian Church
Historic building
Photo: Mrwrite, Public domain.
Felton Presbyterian Church is a moderately sized church located in Felton, California. Felton Presbyterian Church is situated 1¼ miles northwest of Roaring Camp & Big Trees Narrow Gauge Railroad.
Felton Public Library
Library
The Felton Public Library serves the residents of San Lorenzo Valley in Santa Cruz County, California in the United States. Its 8,900-square-foot building is located next to the post office, at 6121 Gushee St. Felton Public Library is situated 1¼ miles northwest of Roaring Camp & Big Trees Narrow Gauge Railroad.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mount Hermon and Felton.
Mount Hermon
Hamlet
Photo: DanDawson, Copyrighted free use.
Mount Hermon is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Santa Cruz County, California.
Felton
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Felton is a census-designated place in Santa Cruz County, California, United States. The population was 4,489 as of 2020 census and according to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 4.6 square miles, all of it land.
Olympia
Hamlet
Olympia is an unincorporated community in Santa Cruz County, California, located north of Felton on Zayante Creek. Olympia was established after the South Pacific Coast narrow-gauge railroad completed a line over the Santa Cruz Mountains from Los Gatos in 1880. Olympia is situated 2 miles north of Roaring Camp & Big Trees Narrow Gauge Railroad.
Roaring Camp & Big Trees Narrow Gauge Railroad
- Categories: heritage railway, tourism, recreation area, and tourist attraction
- Location: Santa Cruz County, Central Coast, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.04224° or 37° 2′ 32″ northLongitude
-122.05813° or 122° 3′ 29″ westOpen location code
849V2WRR+VPOpenStreetMap ID
way 280113881OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q7339849
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Japanese—“Roaring Camp & Big Trees Narrow Gauge Railroad” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “咆哮營和大樹窄軌鐵路”
- German: “Roaring Camp and Big Trees Narrow Gauge Railroad”
- Japanese: “ローリングキャンプアンドビッグツリー狭軌鉄道”
- Japanese: “ロアリングキャンプ&ビッグツリー・ナローゲージ鉄道”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Bear Mountain and Stage & Dance Floor.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Roaring Camp & Big Trees Narrow Gauge Railroad”. Photo: Josh Hallett, CC BY-SA 2.0.