Top Trails: Northern California's Redwood Coast: Top Trails

Redwood Coast Trails Table
The Redwood Coast Map
Using Top Trails
Introduction to Location
On the Trail
Mendocino

• Big Hendy Loop
• Montgomery Woods Trail
• Fern Canyon & Pygmy Forest Loop
• Chapman Point & Spring Ranch Headlands
• Big River Haul Road
• Mendocino Headlands
• Russian Gulch Loop
• Point Cabrillo Light Station
• Ecological Staircase Trail
• Chamberlain Creek Falls Loop
• Ten Mile Beach

Lost Coast

• Needle Rock to Bear Harbor
• Needle Rock to Whale Gulch
• Hidden Valley to Nicks Camp
• Black Sands Beach to Gitchell Creek
• Lightning Trail to King Peak
• Mattole River to Sea Lion Gulch
• Lost Coast Headlands Trails

Humboldt

• Franklin K. Lane Loop
• Stephens Grove Loop
• Nature Trail Loop
• Founders Grove & Mahan Loop
• Rockefeller Grove Loop
• Big Tree Loop
• Big Tree & Homestead Loop
• Bull Creek Flats & Big Tree Loop
• Allens Trail
• High Rock River Trail
• Girdled Tree
• Drury-Chaney Loop
• Cheatham Grove
• Elk River Trail

Redwood National Park & Vicinity

• Trinidad Head Loop
• Agate Beach & Rim Trails
• Stone Lagoon
• Redwood Creek Trail
• Lady Bird Johnson Grove
• Tall Trees Grove
• Emerald Ridge Loop
• Dolason Prairie Trail
• Lyons Ranch Loop
• Coastal Trail: Skunk Cabbage Section
• Trillium Falls Loop

Prairie Creek

• Fern Canyon Loop
• Irvine & Miners Loop
• Big Tree Loop
• Brown Creek Loop
• West Ridge & Prairie Creek Loop
• Hope Creek & Ten Taypo Creek Loop
• Ossagon Trail

Del Norte Coast Redwoods

• Coastal Trail: Hidden Beach to Klamath Overlook
• Yurok Loop & Hidden Beach
• Damnation Creek Trail
• Coastal Trail: Crescent Beach Overlook to Enderts Beach

Jedediah Smith Redwoods

• Boy Scout Tree Trail
• Stout Grove Loop
• Leiffer & Ellsworth Loop
• Simpson-Reed & Peterson Loop
• Myrtle Creek Trail

Appendix 1: Top-Rated Trails
Appendix 2: Campgrounds & RV Parks
Appendix 3: Hotels, Lodges, Motels, & Resorts
Appendix 4: Major Organizations
Appendix 5: Useful Resources
Index
Author and Series Creator

Mike White was raised in the southeast suburbs of Portland, Oregon, in the shadow of Mount Hood (whenever the Pacific Northwest skies cleared enough to allow such things as shadows). As a teenager, Mike began hiking, backpacking, and climbing in the Cascades of Oregon and Washington and then honed his outdoor skills while attending Seattle Pacific University. After acquiring a BA in political science, Mike and his wife, Robin, relocated to Reno, Nevada, where he discovered the joys of exploring the Sierra Nevada.
After leaving his last “real” job, Mike began a full-time writing career. He is the author or coauthor of 24 outdoor guidebooks, including Top Trails: Northern California’s Redwood Coast and Top Trails: Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. Along with many other books for Wilderness Press, he has written seven guides for University of Nevada Press and one for University Press of Colorado. He has also written articles for Sunset, Backpacker, and the Reno Gazette-Journal. A former community college instructor, Mike still resides in Reno with his wife, Robin. Their two sons, David and Stephen, also live in the area.