Wildfire Information and Impacts
August 9, 2022. At this time there are no fire restrictions in the park, campfires in metal fire rings are allowed, there are no fire impacts in the park. See the bulleted links below for specific wildfire, road, smoke, and air quality updates.
There are temporary fire restrictions to our east and south at the Six Rivers National Forest and Smith River National Recreation Area.
Wildfires in Southern Oregon and other parts of Northern California get a lot of media attention. It is recommended that you check CA road conditions, as well as the current wildfire information before you start traveling here.
California is a very large state and during fire season news reports may make it seem that the whole state is burning. That is not the case. Redwood National and State Parks is located hundreds of miles north of San Francisco and what the media refers to as "Northern California fires". During fire season, concerned visitors wonder if wildfires are impacting us - and whether it is safe to visit. Normally even in the busiest of fire seasons, there is nothing for our staff to report apart from "It's all quiet here".
The 2021 fires in
Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks were more than 500-miles from our location. The "fires in the redwoods" as seen on the news in August 2020 were 400-miles south of us at
Big Basin Redwoods State Park and at other locations south of San Francisco.