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Fire, Smoke, Weather and Air Quality
For general climate and weather information for Redwood National and State Parks, click here.

• National Weather Service forecasts for Crescent City, Calif.
• National Weather Service forecasts for Orick, Calif.
• Smoke and fire maps for our area.
• Air Quality Management for the North Coast, California
• NASA satellite imagary of Nth Cailfornia and Sth Oregon
• Current fire information and impacts on the park.

 

Visitor Centers
For information about visitor centers, locations, contact information and services, click here.

• Thomas H. Kuchel Visitor Center (Orick, Calif.) Indoor space is currently closed. Information and restrooms are available.

• Hiouchi Visitor Center (Hiouchi Calif.) Indoor space is currently closed. Information and restrooms are available.
• Jedediah Smith Visitor Center (Jed. Smith Campground) is CLOSED
• Crescent City Information Center (Crescent City, Calif.) is CLOSED
• Prairie Creek Visitor Center (6 miles north of Orick, Calif.) Indoor space is currently closed. Information and restrooms are available.

 

Developed Campgrounds
For general campground information and reservations, click here.

• Jedediah Smith Campground is OPEN
• Mill Creek Campground is OPEN

• Elk Prairie Campground is OPEN

• Gold Bluffs Beach Campground is OPEN

 

Roads & Highways
For directions to Redwood National and State Parks, click here. Also be sure to check-out our recommended scenic drives.

Please visit www.lastchancegrade.com for information about the Last Chance Grade Project on US 101 in Del Norte Coast Redwoods State Park.

• Howland Hill Road: CLOSED west of Boy Scout Tree Trail. East of Boy Scout Tree Trail is OPEN. Due to road grading and culvert repairs, a full opening of this road is not expected until early September.
• Newton B. Drury Scenic Parkway: OPEN
• Cal-Barrel Road: CLOSED to vehicles. This is still a lovely gravel road to walk under the redwoods with your leashed pets.
• Davison Road: OPEN. No trailers and no vehicles wider than 8-feet or 24-feet long will be able to drive on any part of Davison Road west of the Elk Meadow Day Use Area. Note: In 2020 forest restoration crews will be working along this road.
• Gold Bluffs Beach Road: OPEN. High clearance vehicles recommended. This gravel road has two stream crossings and low clearance vehicles going to Fern Canyon have a high chance of getting stuck or scraping along the stream cobbles. In winter and spring this road often is temporarily closed due to flooding or landslides. Closures happen with little or no warning, and there may be a delay before closures are posted on the "park conditions / alerts" webpage.

• Bald Hills Road is OPEN (tire chains and four-wheel drive are recommended during the winter as the road is often not plowed)

• Coastal Drive Loop is OPEN

• Tall Trees Access Road is OPEN. A free permit is required to access Tall Trees Access Road. During COVID19 phased operations, online Tall Trees permits are being issued.
• Gold Bluffs Environmental Camp Road: will be closed from June 15th - Nov 30th 2020 for forest restoration work.

• For the latest highway conditions in California, visit the California Department of Transportation.

• For the latest highway conditions in Oregon, visit the Oregon Department of Transportation's TripCheck.

 

Trails that have current impacts or restrictions
For general hiking and trail information, click here.

• Mill Creek Trail from the Howland Hill Road to Smith River is closed until summer 2021 for the Grove of the Titans project.
• Tall Trees Trail is OPEN. During COVID19 phased operations, online Tall Trees permits will be issued.
• Fern Canyon Loop Trail is OPEN.
• Fern Canyon - James Irvine Trail Loop trail is OPEN.
• Damnation Creek Trail is OPEN but not all the way to the beach. Beyond the bridge 1.75 miles from the trailhead, the trail is closed.
• The Rhododendron Trail between Brown Creek Trail and South Fork Trail is currently closed. This means the Brown Creek-Rhododendron-South Fork loop is not an option.
• The year-round bridge over Bond Creek on the Redwood Creek Trail (~5 miles upstream from Redwood Creek Trailhead and ~2 miles downstream from Tall Trees Grove) is closed due to damage. As such, you will need to take a detour to get around this bridge. You can walk on the Redwood Creek Gravel Bar or there is a trail detour in place as well. Please contact [phone] or inquire at any visitor center for the latest information.
• Seasonal footbridges have been installed along the upper part of Redwood Creek Trail.
• Seasonal footbridges from Stout Grove to the Jedediah Smith Campground have been installed.
• Seasonal footbridges at Fern Canyon have been installed.
• Seasonal footbridges on the Praire Creek Nature Trail have been installed.
• There is a damaged hikers' bridge between the South Fork Trail and Zig Zag1 Trail - this section of the Prairie Creek Trail is closed.
• Parts of the Mill Creek Horse Trail is closed until late 2020 due to bridge and road repair in the Mill Creek Watershed Day Use Area.
• Hamilton Road in the Mill Creek area is closed until November 2020 for Redwoods Rising restoration.

 

Backcountry Camps

For general backcountry camping information and to download the Redwood National and State Parks Backcountry Trip Planner, click here. Please understand and use Leave No Trace ethics and practices when in any backcountry.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, while our visitor centers are closed we are temporarily using an online system for issuing backcountry permits.

• Little Bald Hills is OPEN
• DeMartin is OPEN
• Flint Ridge is CLOSED
• Gold Bluffs is OPEN
• Elam Creek is OPEN
• 44 Camp is OPEN but there are no toilets. Campers should follow Leave No Trace guidelines by burying human waste and packing out used toilet paper.
• Redwood Creek (dispersed camping) is OPEN Campers should follow Leave No Trace guidelines by burying human waste and packing out used toilet paper. When planning a backcountry trip along Redwood Creek, please know the current conditions of creek flow, crossing dangers, and availability of exposed gravel bars suitable for camping.

 

Horse Trails
For general information on horseback riding in the parks, click here.