Five Redwood National and State Parks information centers provide orientation, information, and trip-planning advice. Park rangers are on duty. Cooperating association bookstores offer books, maps, gifts, and more.
Crescent City Information Center Information, exhibits, bookstore, live video feed from Castle Rock National Wildlife Refuge, passport stamps, restrooms, picnic area, Junior Ranger Activity Booklet
Location
1111 Second Street, Crescent City, Calif. (Corner of 2nd and K Streets)
Hours of Operation.
Spring to Fall: Open daily, 9 am to 5 pm.
Winter: Open 9am to 4pm. Closed Tuesday and Wednesday.
Closed: New Years day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day.
Phone
707-465-7306.
Interpretive Activities
Self guided Junior Ranger activity and park newspapers are available here.
Thomas H. Kuchel Visitor Center Information, backcountry permits, exhibits, bookstore, park film, passport stamp, restrooms, picnic area, beach access, ranger-led activities and programs (summer only), Junior Ranger Activity Booklet.
Location
US Highway 101 at Orick, Calif.
Hours of Operation
Spring to Fall: Open daily, 9 am to 5 pm
Winter: Open daily, 9 am to 4 pm
Closed: New Year's Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day.
Phone
707-465-7765
Interpretive Programs & Activities
Patio talks occur during the summer. Redwood National and State Parks' Junior Ranger activity newspapers are available here.
Exhibits
Exhibits focus on coast redwoods and watersheds-many are kid-friendly and feature new technologies!
Hiouchi Visitor Center Information, backcountry permits, exhibits, park film, passport stamps, restrooms, picnic area, ranger-led activities and programs (summer only), Junior Ranger programs (summer only) and Activity Booklet.
Location
US Highway 199 at Hiouchi, Calif.
Hours of Operation
Spring to Fall: Open daily, 9 am to 5 pm. Winter: Open daily, 9am to 4 pm.
Phone
707-458-3294
Interpretive Programs & Activities
Ranger-led walks, junior ranger programs, and evening campfire programs held in Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park, across the street. Programs occur during the summer season. Redwood National and State Parks' Junior Ranger activity newspapers are available here.
Exhibits
Coast redwood, wildlife, and preservation history; 12-minute film on the redwoods; "Trees of the Coast Redwood Forest" self-guided walk with waysides exhibits (located just outside).
Jedediah Smith Visitor Center Information, exhibits, bookstore, passport stamps, restrooms, picnic area, trailheads, ranger-led activities and programs (summer only), Junior Ranger programs (summer only) and Activity Booklet.
Location
US Highway 199 at Hiouchi, Calif.
Hours of Operation
May 31 - September 30: Open daily, 9 am to 5 pm
Phone
707-458-3496.
Interpretive Programs & Activities
Ranger-led walks, junior ranger programs, and evening campfire programs occur during the summer. Redwood National and State Parks' Junior Ranger activity newspapers are available here.
Exhibits
Coast redwood, history, and wildlife exhibits.
Prairie Creek Visitor Center Information, exhibits, passport stamps, bookstore, restrooms, pincic area, trailheads, ranger-led activities and programs (summer only), Junior Ranger programs (summer only) and Activity Booklet. Backcountry permits issued for Gold Bluffs Beach and Flint Ridge backcountry sites, Tall Trees day-use permits.
Location
Just off US Highway 101, along Newton B. Drury Scenic Parkway.
Hours of Operation
Summer: 9 am to 5 pm, daily.
Off-season/winter: 9 am to 4 pm, daily.
Closed: New Year's Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day.
Phone 707-488-2039.
Interpretive Programs & Activities
Ranger-led walks, junior ranger programs, and evening campfire programs held in Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park during the summer season. Redwood National and State Parks' Junior Ranger activity newspapers are available here.
Exhibits
Coast redwood forest, wildlife, and history exhibits.
