Tribal artist brings craft to redwood state parks
onYurok Tribal artist creates stools for redwood parks
League helps lead prescribed burn in Humboldt County
onLeague conducts prescribed burn in Humboldt County.
Fort Humboldt State Historic Park
on19th-century logging equipment reveals a piece of redwoods history Fort Humboldt State Historic Park Brochure Park Information HIGHLIGHTS: This former military post on a bluff overlooking Humboldt Bay has a particular allure for local-history buffs. It was established in 1853 …
A League of Their Own: The Women Who Started Saving the Redwoods
onOn August 8, 1919, Save the Redwoods League founders Madison Grant and Stephen Mather spoke to a packed auditorium in the Northern California mill town of Eureka. They had driven up from San Francisco, where the League had just held its first Board meeting, and they called for local support of the League’s mission to protect the redwoods. To their great surprise, they received a wildly enthusiastic response. Why were hundreds of citizens of Humboldt County, the epicenter of redwood logging operations, so receptive to this message of conservation?
John B. Dewitt Redwoods State Natural Reserve
onAncient redwood grove with access to Redwood Creek.
Van Duzen County Park
onRedwoods, fishing, camping, swimming, picnicking. Park has 2 parts: Swimmers Delight and reservation-only group campground, Pamplin Grove. Fishing.
Redwood National and State Parks
onPart of Redwood National and State Parks. Ancient redwoods in Tall Trees Grove, Ladybird Johnson Grove.
Patricks Point State Park
onOcean views, agate beach, whale-watching, lush forest, native plant garden, re-created Native American seasonal village.
Headwaters Forest Reserve
onOld-growth near the headwaters of South Fork Elk River and Salmon Creek. Northern spotted owls, marbled murrelets, coho salmon.
Benbow State Recreation Area
onSummer swimming and picnicking along the South Fork of the Eel River. Winter salmon, steelhead fishing. Hike to old mill site.
Make a Big Splash Among the Big Trees
onSweltering summers are perhaps the best time all year to experience the redwood forests in Humboldt County the way locals do, as natural water parks. The Eel River, a federally designated Wild and Scenic River along the Avenue of the Giants, and Redwood Creek, which is surrounded by the world’s tallest trees in Redwood National Parks, have plenty of kid-friendly swimming holes.
Richardson Grove State Park
onAbout a 4-hour drive north of San Francisco on Highway 101, Richardson Grove State Park is the gateway to the North Coast Redwoods.
Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park
onDeep in California’s wet and wild northwest corner Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park Park Information Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park Brochure HIGHLIGHTS: Fifty miles north of Eureka, Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park offers sandy beaches and open meadows grazed by …
Harry A. Merlo State Recreation Area
onHarry A. Merlo State Recreation Area is adjacent to Humboldt Lagoons State Park and offers access to Big Lagoon – the largest of Humboldt’s coastal lagoons and a popular spot for fishing, where salmon, trout and many other fish species live.
Humboldt Lagoons State Park
onPart of a string of lagoons between Eureka, California, and the Oregon border, Humboldt Lagoons State Park includes Big Lagoon Beach, Dry Lagoon (which is actually a marsh) and portions of Stone Lagoon.
Humboldt Redwoods State Park
onToday Humboldt Redwoods State Park covers about 53,000 acres-including 17,000-acre Rockefeller Forest, which is the largest continuous stretch of old-growth redwoods in the world. Save the Redwoods League has protected more than 50,000 acres in this park.
Grizzly Creek Redwoods State Park
onNestled farther inland than most of California’s coast redwood forests, Grizzly Creek is home to spectacular ancient groves.
