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Updated information about trails, roads, and weather-related conditions.
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More Than Redwoods

Stand at the base of a coast redwood and the huckleberry bushes tower over you. Watch statuesque Roosevelt elk grazing in the prairies. Observe the tail of a female Chinook salmon heave skyward as she makes a nest for her eggs. Whether a morning or night person, you can hear the endangered marbled murrelets' keer across the treetops as they fly from sea to mossy nest.
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Mill Creek

Campgrounds

Redwood National and State Parks offer four developed campgrounds, three in the redwood forest and one on the coast. Reservations are required for most sites, so plan ahead to best enjoy this rewarding experience in a spectacular setting!
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Volunteers in the Parks

Volunteer-in-Parks

Volunteer amidst the tallest trees on earth and make a difference! Join the redwood team as a Volunteer-In-Park. Many opportunities await you: staff park visitor centers, teach children, build and maintain trails, host campgrounds, participate in field studies on plants or animals, conduct scientific library, research organize and maintain park library organize, and maintain park photo inventory, or conduct weed/invasive species control.
 
marbled murrelet chick

From Forest's Edge to the Edge of Extinction

Sheltered in a soft nest of moss and ferns, a marbled murrelet chick waits silently atop a massive redwood branch high above the forest floor. Its parents spend their day at sea, diving for small fish, returning at dusk to feed their solitary offspring. Like the fog that shrouds the forest, a murrelet’s life is connected to both forest and sea.
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Yosemite Valley

America's Best Idea

The National Parks: America's Best Idea is a six-episode series directed by Ken Burns and written and co-produced by Dayton Duncan. Airing nationally beginning Sunday, September 27th. For more information, please visit: www.pbs.org/nationalparks

 

 

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Redwood National and State Parks
1111 Second Street
Crescent City, California 95531

Phone

Visitor Information
(707) 464-6101

Fax

(707) 464-1812

Climate

The redwoods thrive in a temperate ecosystem and require lots of precipitation. The climate is 40 - 60 degrees year round along the wild redwood coastline.
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Communities Surrounding Redwood National and State Parks
Note: The times listed below are approximate driving times to the park.
Orick, CA (2 min. )
Crescent City, CA (6 min. ) Pop. 4,006
Trinidad, CA (15 min. ) Pop. 311
Fort Dick, CA (16 min. )
Klamath, CA (17 min. ) Pop. 651
Smith River, CA (19 min. )
Gasquet, CA (23 min. )
McKinleyville, CA (25 min. ) Pop. 13,599
Arcata, CA (29 min. ) Pop. 16,651
Bayside, CA (32 min. )
 Blue Lake, CA (33 min. ) Pop. 1,135
Brookings, OR (33 min. ) Pop. 5,447
Eureka, CA (36 min. ) Pop. 26,128
Samoa, CA (36 min. )
Cutten, CA (45 min. ) Pop. 2,933
Willow Creek, CA (1 hr.  4 min. ) Pop. 1,743
Hoopa, CA (1 hr.  17 min. )
Orleans, CA (1 hr.  40 min. )
Somes Bar, CA (1 hr.  48 min. )