20 places with verified coordinates · 13 with photo
Guided walk · 3 hours · GetYourGuide
Redwood National and State Parks: Guided Walking Tour ↗The meeting point is the Big Tree car park on the Newton B. Drury Scenic Parkway, just under a kilometre (0.6 mi) north of the Prairie Creek Visitor Center.
Guided hike · 3 hours · GetYourGuide
Prairie Creek State Park: Redwood Forest Hiking Tour ↗Start on the map
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E-bike tour from Lost Man Creek to Big Tree ↗From Highway 101 turn onto Lost Man Creek Road and drive about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) to the end of the road.
Ranger programme · summer evenings · Redwood National and State Parks (National Park Service and California State Parks)
Ranger campfire programmes at three campgrounds ↗At Jedediah Smith Campground, Mill Creek and Elk Prairie Campground. Which campground hosts the programme on a given evening is posted in the park's event calendar, at the visitor centres and on the campground bulletin boards.
Ranger programme · free · Redwood National and State Parks (National Park Service and California State Parks)
Ranger-led walks through the old growth, including the winter half of the year ↗Start on the mapAd · partner links: we may earn a commission if you book. Offer details checked 2 Oct 2026; dates and prices with the provider.
Arrival · Visitor centre near Orick
The largest visitor centre, two miles (3 km) south of Orick right on US 101. The first stop for anyone coming from the south.
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41.28686, -124.09094
Arrival · Visitor centre on the parkway
Six miles (10 km) north of Orick on the Newton B. Drury Scenic Parkway, by the meadow where the elk graze.
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41.36401, -124.02317
Arrival · Visitor centre in the north
Nine miles (14 km) north-east of Crescent City on US 199, the approach from Oregon.
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41.79677, -124.08191
Arrival · Information and park bookshop
In town, 1111 Second Street. Park headquarters is here too; park Wi-Fi is available at this location.
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41.75285, -124.19419
Surroundings · Old-growth grove in Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park
A level loop through one of the densest old-growth stands in the park, reached via the unpaved Howland Hill Road.
A gravel road with two groves along it, and a lesson in what a location shared online can do.
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41.79039, -124.08286
Trails · Grove with boardwalk
The giants whose location was posted online in 1998. Since the rebuild, a boardwalk 400 m (1,300 ft) long leads over the root zone.
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41.77830, -124.10028
Mountains & rock · Fern-covered canyon on Home Creek
Vertical walls completely covered in ferns above a creek bed. From 15 May to 15 September accessible only with a permit.
A canyon where the walls themselves are green.
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41.40352, -124.06349
Water · Beach below the bluffs
Eleven miles (18 km) of sandy beach between the bluffs and the Pacific, reached via the unpaved Davison Road with two creek crossings.
Eleven miles (18 km) of beach below a line of bluffs, with herds standing on the sand.
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41.39651, -124.06841
Nature · Grove in the Redwood Creek valley
The grove that needs a free permit and a gate code. Access over six miles (10 km) of gravel road.
The grove you get a gate code for.
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41.20915, -124.01320
Nature · Grove on Bald Hills Road
2.4 km (1.5 mi) loop, 30 m (100 ft) of climb. The car park is small and full on busy days; RVs and trailers are not recommended on Bald Hills Road.
The grove where the park was dedicated in 1969.
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41.30771, -124.02289
Nature · Single tree on the parkway
A loop 800 m (0.5 mi) long right on the Newton B. Drury Scenic Parkway: the shortest walk to a giant anywhere in the park.
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41.37361, -124.01379
Nature · Intertwined tree
Several trunks that have grown around each other: an object lesson in how redwoods regrow from stump sprouts.
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41.38119, -124.01561
Water · Waterfall in old growth
Destination of a 4.4 km (2.7 mi) loop from the Elk Meadow Day-Use Area, 137 m (450 ft) of climb. If you only want to see the falls, walk 800 m (0.5 mi) there and back.
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41.32012, -124.04962
Nature · Yurok Tribe land near Orick
Former sawmill site on Prairie Creek, owned by the Yurok Tribe since June 2026 and open to the public since 1 August 2026.
A sawmill site that has belonged to the Yurok Tribe since June 2026.
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41.30831, -124.04352
Nature · Meadow with elk
One of the places where Roosevelt elk are regularly found, and where the minimum distance of 75 ft (23 m) matters.
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41.32060, -124.04095
Viewpoint · Viewpoint over the river mouth
View over the mouth of the Klamath into the Pacific. RVs and trailers are not recommended on the Requa Road access.
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41.55440, -124.08662
Viewpoint · Viewpoint south of Crescent City
Starting point for the section of the Coastal Trail towards Enderts Beach, a 1.3 km (0.8 mi) round trip with 30 m (100 ft) of climb.
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41.70715, -124.14374
Viewpoint · Viewpoint on Bald Hills Road
At 640 m (2,100 ft) above the valley where the tallest known trees on Earth stand. In fog you see nothing from here, and fog is the norm.
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41.25802, -123.98939
Where to stay · Campground in Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park
75 sites, open all year, $35 per night. RVs up to 8.2 m (27 ft), trailers up to 7.3 m (24 ft).
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41.35992, -124.02920
Where to stay · Campground on the Smith River
86 sites, open all year, $35 per night, with showers and cabins. RVs up to 7.6 m (25 ft).
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41.79630, -124.08652
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