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Fire, 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.
• Air Quality and Smoke Conditions 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.) CLOSED

• Hiouchi Visitor Center (Hiouchi Calif.) CLOSED
• Jedediah Smith Visitor Center (Jed. Smith Campground) is closed until summer.
• Crescent City Information Center (Crescent City, Calif.) CLOSED
• Prairie Creek Visitor Center (6 miles north of Orick, Calif.) CLOSED

 

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

• Jedediah Smith Campground is CLOSED
• Mill Creek Campground is CLOSED for the season

• Elk Prairie Campground is CLOSED

• Gold Bluffs Beach Campground is CLOSED

 

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
• Newton B. Drury Scenic Parkway: OPEN
• Cal-Barrel Road: CLOSED for winter. This is also a great road to walk under the redwoods with 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 CLOSED. A free permit is required to access Tall Trees Access Road and it is only available from the Kuchel Visitor Center.

• 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 CLOSED.
• Fern Canyon 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 removed along the upper part of Redwood Creek Trail.
• Seasonal footbridges from Stout Grove to the Jedediah Smith Campground have been removed.
• Seasonal footbridges at Fern Canyon have been removed.
• Seasonal footbridges on the Praire Creek Nature Trail have been removed.
• 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 summer 2020 due to bridge and road repair in the Mill Creek Watershed Day Use Area.

 

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, our visitor centers are closed and currently we are not issuing any backcountry permits.

• Little Bald Hills is CLOSED
• DeMartin is CLOSED
• Flint Ridge is CLOSED
• Gold Bluffs is CLOSED
• Elam Creek is CLOSED
• 44 Camp is CLOSED 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 CLOSED 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 inquire at a visitor center or call 707-465-7335 in advance for updated information about creek flow conditions, crossing dangers, and availability of exposed gravel bars suitable for camping.

 

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