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Redwood National and State Parks

Redwood National and State Parks is an outdoor activity in Orick, CA, part of the The Redwood Coast guide. Cost: free.

Kuchel Visitor Center, Highway 101 · Orick, CA

Why you should go…

Redwood National and State Parks combines a national park with three California state parks into one continuously managed system stretching roughly 40 miles along the coast. Old-growth groves here include some of the tallest trees on Earth, some topping 350 feet. The Kuchel Visitor Center near Orick is a good first stop for maps and trail conditions.

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What's around here?

The closest stops to Redwood National and State Parks, ordered by straight-line distance. A few more like it, plus some different kinds of fun so you can build a full day.

Tours
Outdoor Adventure
Redwood Creek Buckarettes
$50+
Guided horseback rides into Redwood National Park's old-growth forest near Orick, California.
2.4 mi awaySwitch it up: Tours
Sport & Outdoor
Outdoor Adventure
Lady Bird Johnson Grove
Free
An easy one-mile loop through old-growth redwoods dedicated to the former First Lady in 1969.
5.0 mi awayMore like this
Sport & Outdoor
Outdoor Adventure
Fern Canyon
Free
A 50-foot-deep canyon with sheer walls draped in ferns, reached via a creek-bed trail in Prairie Creek Redwoods.
5.9 mi awayMore like this
Sport & Outdoor
Outdoor Adventure
Sue-meg State Park
Under $25
A rugged headland park, formerly Patrick's Point, with tide pools, sea-lion overlooks and a re-created Yurok village.
12 mi awayMore like this
Sightseeing
Local Gem
Yurok Country
Free
Yurok tribal homeland along the lower Klamath River, with redwood forests and river-based tourism.
16 mi awaySwitch it up: Sightseeing
Attractions
Quirky Fun
Trees of Mystery
Under $25
A roadside classic with a giant Paul Bunyan statue, a gondola ride through the redwood canopy and a native art museum.
21 mi awaySwitch it up: Attractions