Backpacking Camps

California > Humboldt Redwoods and Vicinity

Humboldt Redwoods

Humboldt Redwoods’ backpacking camps aren’t anywhere near the big lowland redwoods that the park is famous for; they’re all on old logging roads in somewhat dull redwood uplands. They do, however, tend to be pretty quiet and little-used as a result.

★★★★

Whiskey Flat Trail Camp

Open all year · $5/person/night

In a small but very attractive old-growth redwood grove, this is the most scenic of Humboldt Redwoods’s trail camps.

★★★

Hanson Ridge Trail Camp

Open all year · $5/person/night

A quiet, remote trail camp well off the main trail to Grasshopper Peak.

★★

Bull Creek Trail Camp

Open all year · $5/person/night

An ever quieter and more remote trail camp in the least-visited part of Humboldt Redwoods.

★★

Grasshopper Trail Camp

Open all year · $5/person/night

Conveniently located just below Grasshopper Peak, under a spruce tree at the edge of a meadow.

★

Johnson Trail Camp

Open all year · $5/person/night

The most popular trail camp in Humboldt Redwoods. Used to have some cabins, but they’re now collapsed.

Other parks

★★★

Sinkyone Wilderness

Lost Coast Trail

Open all year · $5/person/night

The 18-mile-long Lost Coast Trail is remote, difficult to get to, and challenging to hike, but also incredibly scenic. On the trail is a series of backcountry camps, some remote, some near the trailheads and easily accessed by car.