All Old-Growth Redwood Hikes

and selected second-growth hikes

California
Key to table colors
 Old growth redwoods 
 Other redwoods 
No redwoods
Overall Rating Distance, miles Climbing, feet Trail name
Oregon
★★ Siskiyou National Forest
★★★ 1.1 290 Redwood Nature Trail
★ 1.7 280 Oregon Redwoods Trail
Redwood National and State Parks
★★★★★ Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park
★★★★★ 5.3 750 Boy Scout Tree Trail
★★★★★ 1.7 200 Grove of Titans
★★★★★ 0.6 40 Stout Grove
★★★★ 4.8 300 Mill Creek Trail
★★★ 2.6 110 Nickerson Ranch Trail
★★★ 4.3 360 Hatton Trail
★★★ 0.9 20 Simpson-Reed Trail
★★★ 2.1 330 Leiffer and Ellsworth Loops
★ 0.6 20 Adams Grove
★★ 4.4 420 Hiouchi Trail
★ 9.8 1600 Little Bald Hills Trail
★ 1.5 470 Wellman Loop Trail
★★★ Del Norte Coast Redwoods State Park
★★★ 4.0 1170 Damnation Creek Trail
★★ 12.6 2370 Coastal Trail, DeMartin Section
★★ 13.0 2810 Coastal Trail, Last Chance Section
★ 15.8 2000 Crossover Road (Mill Creek Watershed)
★ 7.0 1260 Hobbs Wall and Saddler Skyline
★ 3.1 70 Picnic Road (Mill Creek Watershed)
★★★★★ Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park
★★★★★ 12.1 1350 Miners’ Ridge and James Irvine
★★★★ 5.8 760 West Ridge and Prairie Creek
★★★★ 3.5 540 Brown Creek loop
★★★★ 3.2 190 Big Tree loop
★★★★ 0.8 130 Moorman–Pond Trail
★★★ 8.7 1050 Rhododendron and Foothill
★★★ 8.0 960 Friendship Ridge Trail
★★★ 7.7 1433 West Ridge and Rhododendron North
★★★ 7.6 860 Clintonia Trail
★★★ 3.6 720 Cal Barrel Road
★★★ 3.5 710 Ten Taypo Trail
★★ 6.4 1400 CREA Trail
★★ 1.0 110 Nature Trail
★★ 0.6 40 Ah Pah Trail
★★ 2.2 580 Carruthers Cove
★★ 3.6 730 Ossagon Trail
★ 2.8 210 Elk Prairie Trail
★ 0.4 90 Little Creek Trail
★★★ Redwood National Park
★★★ 9.5 1520 Coastal Trail, Flint Ridge Section
★★★ 7.2 1270 Berry Glen Trail
★★★ 5.5 700 Emerald Ridge and Tall Trees
★★★ 3.9 690 Tall Trees Grove
★★★ 2.8 440 Trillium Falls Trail
★★★ 1.4 100 Lady Bird Johnson Grove Nature Trail
★★★ 10.4 2490 Dolason Prairie Trail
★★ 15.4 500 Redwood Creek Trail
★★ 14.1 2600 McArthur Creek Loop
★★ 7.8 1390 Coastal Trail, Klamath Section
★★ 7.6 1050 Coastal Trail, Skunk Cabbage Section
★★ 1.5 200 Enderts Beach
★★ 0.8 350 Klamath River Overlook
★★ 0.4 60 High Bluff Overlook
★ 22.0 3100 Lost Man Creek Trail
★ 10.4 1970 Mill Creek Horse Trail
★ 6.0 590 Coastal Trail, Tey-wo-lew Section
★ 4.5 750 Lyons Ranch Trail
★ 1.2 100 Yurok Loop
Humboldt Redwoods and Vicinity
★ Headwaters Forest Reserve
★★ 2.8 530 Salmon Pass Trail
★ 10.7 1460 Elk River Trail
★★★ Grizzly Creek Redwoods State Park and Van Duzen County Park
★★★★ 0.7 10 Cheatham Grove
★★★★ Humboldt Redwoods State Park
★★★★ 2.4 110 Homestead and Big Trees Loop
★★★★ 1.8 70 Children’s Forest Trail
★★★★ 0.6 10 Big Trees Area
★★★★ 0.7 20 Rockefeller Loop
★★★★ 0.3 10 Grieg-French-Bell Grove
★★★ 10.0 300 Bull Creek Flats
★★★ 3.0 280 High Rock Trail
★★★ 2.4 30 Drury-Chaney Loop
★★★ 1.3 20 Founders’ Grove
★★★ 0.7 30 Stephens Grove Loop Trail
★★★ 0.0 0 Bolling Grove
★★ 10.5 2870 Peavine Ridge spur
★★ 3.4 450 River Trail
★★ 2.3 790 Allens Trail
★★ 1.3 100 Nelson Grove
★★ 0.9 0 California Federation of Women’s Clubs Grove
★★ 0.7 10 Gould Grove Nature Loop Trail
★★ 0.4 20 F.K. Lane Trail
★★ 0.4 40 Kent-Mather Loop Trail
★ 13.4 2610 Look Prairie and Peavine Ridge
★ 3.8 420 Garden Club of America Grove
★ 3.0 750 Dry Creek Horse Trail
★ 0.4 70 Chandler Grove
★ 16.2 3200 Grasshopper Summit and Johnson Camp
★ 16.9 3650 Grieg Road and Grasshopper Summit
★ 15.5 3170 Grasshopper Trail
★ 2.5 580 Addie Johnson Trail
★★ John B. Dewitt Redwoods State Natural Reserve
★★ 0.3 50 Whittemore Grove
★ 0.6 20 Holbrook Grove
★ Benbow State Recreation Area
★ 5.5 640 Thrap Mill and Pioneer Trails
★★★ Richardson Grove State Park
★★ 2.4 340 Lookout Point Trail
★★★ Sinkyone Wilderness State Park
★★★ 18.4 5290 Lost Coast Trail
★ 8.9 1850 Wheeler Trail
★ 0.5 250 Shady Dell
★ Smithe Redwoods State Natural Reserve
      Park has no trails
★ Standish-Hickey State Recreation Area
★ 1.7 130 Taber Nature Trail
★★ Drive-Thru Tree
      No trails
Overall Rating Distance, miles Climbing, feet Trail name
Mendocino and Sonoma Counties
★★★★★ Montgomery Woods State Natural Reserve
★★★★★ 1.6 220 Montgomery Grove Trail
★★★★ Hendy Woods State Park
★★★★ 1.4 20 Big Hendy
★ 2.7 270 Hermit Huts and Little Hendy
★★★ Armstrong Redwoods State Natural Reserve
★★ 1.3 50 Colonel Armstrong Tree loop
★ Grove of Old Trees
★ 0.6 50 Grove of Old Trees
★ Mailliard Redwoods State Natural Reserve
      Park has no trails
★ Admiral William Standley State Natural Reserve
      Park has no trails
★ Navarro River Redwoods State Park
      Park has no trails
San Francisco Bay Area
★★ Samuel P. Taylor State Park
★ 2.7 190 Pioneer Tree Trail
★★ 10.6 1200 Bolinas Ridge
★★ 5.8 1340 Barnabe Peak
★ Roy’s Redwoods Open Space Preserve
★ 3.0 400 Roy’s Redwoods Loop Trail
★★ Muir Woods National Monument and Mount Tamalpais State Park
★★★ 8.5 2080 Willow Camp and Steep Ravine
★★★ 4.7 930 Sun Trail
★★★ 3.9 890 Dipsea and Steep Ravine
★★ 5.2 1100 Ben Johnson Trail
★★ 2.0 120 Bohemian Grove Trail
★★ 1.4 410 Colier Spring
★★★ 0.6 30 Dad O’Roarke’s Bench
★★ Redwood Regional Park
★ 6.0 1130 French Trail Loop
★ Joaquin Miller Park
★ 4.4 960 Palos Colorados and Big Trees
★★ Purisima Creek Redwoods Open Space Preserve
★★★ 9.1 1600 Purisima Creek and Whittemore Gulch
★ Huddart County Park
★ 10.5 1860 Huddart – Phleger Loop
★ California Water Service Company land
★ 11.1 1030 Skyline Trail
★ El Corte de Madera Creek Open Space Preserve
★ 9.9 2500 Lower Park Loop
★★ Portola Redwoods State Park and Pescadero Creek County Park
★★ 0.5 80 Heritage Grove
★★ 11.5 1820 Peters Creek loop
★★ 5.8 1100 Coyote Ridge and Shingle Mill
★★ 3.8 880 Mount Ellen Loop
★ 13.1 2434 Butano Ridge
★ 10.6 1270 Tarwater - Pomponio - Brook - Canyon
★ 6.0 990 Heritage Grove Trail
★★ Butano State Park
★ 10.3 1820 Butano Fire Road and Doe Ridge
★ Big Basin Redwoods State Park
★ 5.2 870 Meteor Trail
★ 2.7 500 Dool Trail
★ 0.6 10 Redwood Loop Nature Trail
★ Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park
★★ 0.8 20 Redwood Grove Loop Trail
★★★ 6.6 1360 Four Crossings
★ 7.0 1480 Truck Trail and Fall Creek
★ 8.2 1760 Big Ben and Fall Creek
★ Wilder Ranch State Park
★ 10.2 1400 Engelsman and Enchanted Loops
★ The Forest of Nisene Marks State Park and Soquel Demonstration State Forest
★ 1.4 350 Old Growth Loop
★ 11.9 1370 Five Finger Falls
★ 9.5 1270 Soquel Demonstration State Forest
Big Sur
★★ Garrapata State Park
★ 2.8 530 Soberanes Canyon
★ Molera State Park
★★ 7.5 1300 Ridge, Panorama, and Bluffs loop
★★ 3.2 1390 East Molera Trail
★ 4.1 140 River Trail
★★★ Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park
★★ 2.2 560 Pfeiffer Falls and Valley View Trails
★★ 9.4 3050 Mount Manuel Trail
★★★ Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park
★★★★ 5.1 1450 Ewoldsen Trail
★★★ 6.3 1980 Tan Bark Trail
★★ Limekiln State Park
★★ 2.1 480 Limekiln, Limekiln Falls, and Hare Creek Trails
★★★ Los Padres National Forest
★★★★ 10.8 2360 Kirk Creek Trail

Pfeiffer Falls Trail, Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park

 

 

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