Best Hikes in the Parks: Trail Maps
Redwood National Park, California
Redwood Creek Trail
When to Go: June to September
Round-Trip: 16 Miles, 2 Days
Level: Moderate Backpacking Trip
The first few miles of this hike pass through lovely forests of ferns, dogwoods, and alders. But the payoff comes when you cross a small bridge into the Tall Trees Grove and stand amid the tallest of the tall, the biggest of the big, the Himalaya of trees. They’re as ancient as they are soaring. John Steinbeck called them “ambassadors from another time.” Camp on the Redwood Creek gravel bar upstream of Bond Creek.
Insider Tip: Hyperion, the tallest tree in the world at 379 feet, is in this watershed, but you won’t find a sign to point it out.
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