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Avenue of the Giants Parkway - 50 WAYS TO CELEBRATE

50th Anniversary | History | Download Auto Tour

  1. Drive along the Avenue. You can either download our auto tour to your MP3 player or get a hard copy at the visitor center. Listen to Stroll in Founders Grove

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  2. Stroll in Founders Grove. Listen to Stroll in Founders Grove

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  3. Support a state initiative to increase funding for Humboldt Redwoods and other California state parks.
  4. See if you can find a "goose-pen" (a hole burned inside the base of a standing tree) as you walk from the Founder’s Tree to the Dyerville Giant. Listen to Goose Pen

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  5. Imagine the day in 1991 when the Dyerville Giant crashed to the forest floor. Listen to Dyerville giant

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  6. Get your bearings at Humboldt Redwoods State Park Visitor Center. Listen to Humboldt Redwoods SP Visitor Center

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  7. Enjoy a program led by a docent or ranger. Listen to Nature Programs

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  8. Gaze up. Listen to Gaze Up

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  9. Gaze out. Listen to Gaze Out

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  10. Look down. Listen to Look Down

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  11. Admire the largest contiguous expanse of old-growth coastal redwoods in the world: Rockefeller Forest.
  12. Hike the Drury-Chaney Loop Trail in April, in honor of Newton Drury’s birthday. Who was Newton Drury? Learn more.
  13. Find your own favorite trail. Listen to Favorite Trail

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  14. Notice Bull Creek’s clarity, a sign of the successful restoration of logged lands upstream. Listen to Bull Creek

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  15. Cool off in the river that follows the Avenue of the Giants, the South Fork of the Eel.
  16. Warm up beside the South Fork of the Eel River at architect Julia Morgan’s four-sided fireplace. Listen to Julia Morgan

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  17. Better yet, get married at the historic hearth or elsewhere in Humboldt Redwoods.
  18. Bounce between biomes. Listen to Biomes

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  19. Float down the Eel River. Listen to Float down the Eel River

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  20. Sign up for an interpretive canoe hike on the South Fork of the Eel River (spring only).
  21. Hush... Listen to Hush

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  22. Hear the hoots of a spotted owl. Listen to Spotted Owl

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  23. Thrill to the piercing sound of the varied thrush. Listen to Varied Thrush

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  24. Admire an audacious river otter. Listen to River Otter

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  25. Locate an albino redwood. Listen to Albino Redwood

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  26. Find a talking tree (but keep your distance!). Listen to Talking Tree

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  27. Enjoy the springtime parade of trilliums, milkmaids, Indian warriors, fairy lanterns, ladyslippers, calypso orchids, redwood lilies, and other flowers.
  28. Hunt for mushrooms. (Photograph, but don’t pick!) Listen to Mushrooms

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  29. Introduce someone young to something old. (Save the Redwoods League’s Redwoods Teacher Toolkit makes it easy!) Listen to Children

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  30. Camp in an orchard: Albee Creek Campground, open mid-May through mid-October. Listen to Albee Creek Campground

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  31. Camp under giants: Burlington Campground, open all year. Listen to Burlington Campground

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  32. Get away from it all: Two "environmental camps," open mid-May through later September. Listen to Get Away

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  33. Find backpacking bliss on Humboldt's 100 miles of trails. Rest up at its five trail camps.
  34. Camping with horses: Cuneo Creek Horse Camp, open mid-April to mid-October. Listen to Camping With Horses

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  35. Ride, ride, ride. Listen to Ride, Ride, Ride

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  36. Run, jog or walk the Avenue of the Giants Marathon and/or the Humboldt Redwoods Marathon.
  37. Bicycle beside redwoods in the Tour of the Unknown Coast.
  38. Time travel in a local museum. Listen to Museums

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  39. Support redwood-related businesses. Some of the attractions include the "immortal tree," the "drive-through tree," and the "tree house." Listen to Local Businesses

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  40. See how redwoods measure up. Check out a list of the tallest redwoods in the world. Sixty-eight out of the top 100 are in Humboldt Redwoods State Park.
  41. Learn how redwoods hydrate their highest branches.
  42. Watch a movie featuring Save the Redwoods League executive director Ruskin Hartley about how these forests may be affected by climate change.
  43. Be a proud state park "litter-getter."
  44. Learn about volunteer opportunities at Humboldt Redwoods State Park. Listen to Volunteer

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  45. Dedicate a tree or a grove or plant a seedling in Humboldt Redwoods State Park.
  46. Donate to Save the Redwoods League and the Humboldt Redwoods Interpretive Association.
  47. Send a Save the Redwoods League e-card describing your adventures on the Avenue.
  48. Learn about Humboldt Redwoods' place in history in State Parks of California by Joseph H. Engbeck, Jr.
  49. Read a riveting non-fiction adventure about climbing the loftiest redwoods: The Wild Trees by Richard Preston.
  50. Dazzle your friends with a Save the Redwoods widget on your website or Facebook page.

 

Sounds:
Varied thrush, spotted owl: courtesy California Library of Natural Sounds, Oakland California

Audio Production:
Joan Hamilton, Audio Guides to the Outdoors

Voices:
Sandy Bartlett, Visitor Center Manager, Humboldt Redwoods State Park (6)
Michelle Gardner, Sector Superintendent, Humboldt Redwoods State Park (44)
Ruth Hoke, Mounted Assistance Unit Volunteer (10, 18, 35)
Mike O’Hara, Board Member, Humboldt Redwoods Interpretive Association (13)
Susan O’Hara, President, Humboldt Redwoods Interpretive Association (8, 29, 30, 31, 32, 38)
Ruskin Hartley, Executive Director, Save the Redwoods League (1)
Maralyn Renner, Treasurer and Mounted Assistance Unit Volunteer, Humboldt Redwoods Interpretive Association (25)
John O’Rourke, Supervising Ranger, Humboldt Redwoods State Park (19, 21, 39)
Emily Peterson, Ranger, Humboldt Redwoods State Park (7, 13, 34)
Dave Stockton, Executive Director, Humboldt Redwoods Interpretive Association: (1, 2, 4, 5, 9, 14, 16, 24, 26, 28)

 

 

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For more than 90 years, Save the Redwoods League has been dedicated to protecting the ancient redwood forests so all generations can experience the inspiration and majesty of redwoods. In 1850, there were nearly 2 million acres of ancient coast redwood forests in California. Today, less than 5 percent remains and faces threats from unsustainable logging practices, poorly planned development and global climate change. Since its founding in 1918, the League has completed the purchase of more than 189,000 acres of land.