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  • Tall Trees Access Road and the Skunk Cabbage Trail Road are CLOSED to vehicles.

    Effective June 3, 2013, these closures are necessary due to key vacancies in park staffing, including heavy equipment operators required to grade and maintain these roads. Access to the Tall Trees Grove is still available via 8 mile hike. More »

  • Miners Ridge and Ossagon backcountry camps closed indefinitely.

    Backpacker sites avail. during summer only at Gold Bluffs Beach Campground (8 sites avail.; free permit req'd; $5 fee paid on site) and year-round at Elk Prairie Campground (hiker/biker sites avail., first-come, first-served; $5 fee paid on site). More »

Redwood Creek Access Road Maintenance, July 12 - August 6, 2010

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Date: July 7, 2010
Contact: Shaun Bessinger, 707-465-7361

Access to the Redwood Creek trailhead in Redwood National and State Parks will be restricted beginning Monday, July 12th through Friday, August 6th while park maintenance crews replace culverts along the onehalf mile entrance road to the trailhead. The road work will take place Mondays through Fridays from 7:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.

One-way controlled access to the trailhead will be available on
Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. The access road will be
closed to the public on Wednesdays for the duration of the project. The access road will be open every day after 5:00 P.M. and on weekends.

The Redwood Creek Trail is a primary access point for day hikers and backpackers along Redwood Creek. The trailhead is located off on Bald Hills Road off of Highway 101, approximately 1 mile north of Orick, CA. Current road and trail information for access to Redwood Creek and other trails within Redwood National and State Parks may be obtained by calling the Thomas H. Kuchel Visitor Center at 707-465-7765.

This News Release can also be viewed, downloaded, and/or printed here (PDF, 28 KB)

Did You Know?

foggy redwood forest

Fog accounts for up to one-fourth of the precipitation needed so the mighty coast redwoods can survive. While you hike, fog drip is a good thing!