The Great Redwood Trail Agency on Wednesday made public the draft master plan for the northern stretch of the project — the 231 miles of trail within Mendocino, Trinity, and Humboldt counties.

The beloved Ben Johnson trail, in the Muir Woods National Monument, is one of the most popular routes in the area, leading hikers through 5.2 miles (8.4km) of scenic redwood forest and gaining ...

Begin your journey through ancient redwoods on the James Irvine Trail, located in Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park, California. This 4.5-mile (one-way) trail starts at the Visitor Center and leads to ...

The rugged coastline of the newly aquired Shady Dell now stretches a mile further south of the lost coast trail, in Usal, Ca. on Wednesday November 02, 2011. Save the Redwoods League is working ...

Colonizers engaged in gold mining and cattle ranching, then timber logging, which became the dominant economic engine of the region by the late 1800s. The Great Redwood Trail would be built alongside ...

The Redwood Creek Challenge Trail is like a real working forest-ranger playhouse, and if you don’t look at the balconies of the Grand Californian Hotel in the background, you can pretend you ...

Redwood National Park, CaliforniaByRobert Earle Howells June 3, 2011 Redwood Creek Trail When to Go: June to September Round-Trip: 16 Miles, 2 Days Level: Moderate Backpacking Trip ...

The Great Redwood Trail idea is nature’s way of telling us something’s right. The past is a sometime thing. Some dismiss it most of the time, others part of the time - or part of the past. Let ...

The redwood forests remained until 1845, when the first lumber mill was built. Gold and redwood trees soon turned California into the Saudi Arabia of the 19th century, helping it become a state.