Visit our local parks and beaches to fully experience the beauty that is Northern California!
Redwood National and State Parks has 5 visitor centers to provide park orientation, information, and trip-planning advice. The parks have rangers on duty, and the visitor center bookstores offer books, maps, gifts, and more. Locations are listed below, or you can visit their website here.
Crescent City Information Center
(1.2 miles from Redwood Harbor Village)
Information, exhibits, bookstore, live video feed from Castle Rock National Wildlife Refuge, passport stamps, restrooms, picnic area, Junior Ranger Activity Booklet.
Located at: 1111 Second Street, Crescent City, CA
Jedediah Smith Visitor Center
(5.9 miles from Redwood Harbor Village)
Information, exhibits, bookstore, passport stamps, restrooms, picnic area, trail heads, ranger-led activities and programs (summer only), Junior Ranger programs (summer only) and Activity Booklet.
Located at: 1440 US Hwy 199, Hiouchi, CA
Hiouchi Visitor Center
(6.1 miles from Redwood Harbor Village)
Information, back-country permits, exhibits, park film, passport stamps, restrooms, picnic area, ranger-led activities and programs (summer only), Junior Ranger programs (summer only) and Activity Booklet.
Located at: 1600 US Hwy 199, Hiouchi, CA
Prairie Creek Visitor Center
(27.6 miles from Redwood Harbor Village)
Information, exhibits, passport stamps, bookstore, restrooms, pincic area, trail heads, ranger-led activities and programs (summer only), Junior Ranger programs (summer only) and Activity Booklet.
Located at: 127011 Newton B. Drury Scenic Parkway, Orick, CA
Thomas H. Kuchel Visitor Center
(42.5 miles from Redwood Harbor Village)
Information, back-country permits, exhibits, bookstore, park film, passport stamp, restrooms, picnic area, beach access, ranger-led activities and programs (summer only), Junior Ranger Activity Booklet.
Located at: 119441 US Hwy 101, Orick, CA
Trails to Hike in the Redwood National and State Parks
Maps of the hiking trails in the area can be found at all of the park visitor centers and at the kiosks at the park campgrounds. For online information, check out Redwood Hikes to see all of the trails available in the Redwood National and State Parks.
Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park
(all mileage is round trip)
Hatton Loop Trail – Easy – 0.5 miles
Nickerson Ranch Trail – Easy – 1 mile
Simpson Reed-Peterson Loop – Easy – 1 mile
Stout Grove – Easy – 0.5 miles
Boy Scout Tree Trail – Moderate – 5.5 miles
Hatton Trail to Hiouchi Trail – Moderate – 4 miles
Hiouchi Trail – Moderate – 4 miles
Leiffer-Ellsworth Loop Trail – Moderate – 2 miles
Mill Creek Trail from Howland Hill Rd/Hiouchi Trail – Moderate – 6 miles
Little Bald Hills Trail to NPS Boundry – Strenuous – 10 miles
Del Norte Coast Redwoods State Park
(all mileage is round trip)
Nature Loop Trail – Easy to Moderate – 0.4 miles
Trestle Loop Trail – Easy to Moderate – 1.1 miles
Alder Basin Trail – Moderate – 0.6 miles
Saddler Skyline Trail – Moderate – 1.7 miles
Damnation Creek Trail – Strenuous – 4.2 miles
Hobbs Wall Trail – Strenuous – 3.4 miles
Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park
(all mileage is round trip)
Ah Pah Interpretive Trail – Easy – 0.4 miles
Brown Creek Trail – Easy – 1.2 miles
Elk Prairie Trail – Easy – 1.3 miles
Fern Canyon Loop – Easy – 0.6 miles
Prairie Creek Trail – Easy – 4.3 miles
Cathedral Trees Trail – Moderate – 1.4 miles
Clintonia Trail – Moderate – 1.4 miles
Davison Trail – Moderate – 2.8 miles
Fern Canyon/Friendship Ridge/West Ridge/Coastal Trail – Moderate – 7.0 miles loop
Foothill Trail – Moderate – 2.2 miles
James Irvine Trail – Moderate/Strenuous – 4.5 miles
Miner’s Ridge Trail – Moderate – 4.1 miles
Ossagon Trail – Moderate – 1.6 miles
Rhododendron Trail – Moderate – 7.8 miles
West Ridge Trail – Moderate – 6.8 miles
Carruthers Cove Trail – Strenuous – 1.0 miles
Hope Creek/Ten Taypo Trails – Easy/Strenuous – 3.6 miles
South Fork Trail – Strenuous – 0.9 miles
Beaches to Explore in Del Norte County
Below is a list of local beaches that are perfect for exploring! Whether you are walking, surfing, fishing, hunting for seashells, or watching the kids play, each beach has something to enjoy!
(Beaches are listed from the most southern to the most northern)
Enderts Beach
Crescent Beach
South Beach
Crescent City Harbor Beach
Battery Point Lighthouse Beach
Pebble Beach
Point St. George Beach
Lake Earl Wildlife Area
Kellogg Beach
Tolowa Dunes State Park, South Section
Tolowa Dunes State Park, North Section