Day One

Leave SF by 8 AM and swing by Cafe Phoenix for lunch

• Diners love their fresh ingredients and healthy brunch menu
• Located at 1360 G Street in Arcata
• Open Tuesdays to Saturdays from 9 AM to 3 PM
• ​Last pit stop · Chevron - 101 Main Street in Trinidad

Arrive at Tall Trees Grove Trailhead

• You'll need a code to unlock the gate that accesses the trailhead so apply online for your backcountry permit. Redwood Creek Gravel Bar is the only area in Redwood NP where you can freely disperse camp.
• Once you've parked, hide or remove any valuable belongings from your car
• Hike 2.5 miles to reach the first seasonal footbridge, which is usually set up by early June through September. If you go during winter months, get ready for some creek crossings!
• Once you're at least 0.25 miles from Tall Trees Grove, you can camp anywhere you'd like. Stay at least 1.5 miles from Redwood Creek Trailhead as well.

Set up camp along Redwood Creek

• Find a soft, gravelly spot along the creek.
• Create a fire ring near your campsite and settle in for the evening

Cook up dinner and roast s'mores

• YAY! Soak up the stars overhead and chow on some s'mores
• Fully extinguish your campfire before you head to bed and store all of your food and scented items in a bear canister. Bears love to visit the creek at night too!

Car to camp - 3 to 4 miles with 276 feet of elevation gain - 2 to 3 hours

The CA Department of Parks and Recreation partnered with the National Park Service in 1994 to preserve RNSP: the four-park ecosystem we have today

Day Two

Make brekkie, pack a lunch, and day hike along Redwood Creek

• Fill up on water, bring your water filter, snacks, sunscreen, sunglasses, swimsuit, sun hat, towel, bug spray, down jacket, a book, and lunch!
• Leave any food and scented items in the bear canister back at camp
• It's an easy 7.3 mile round-trip hike, with 417 feet of elevation gain, to reach the second seasonal footbridge, but honestly, hike as far as you'd like
• Find a cool mid-way spot for lunch and chill for the rest of the afternoon

Return to camp and prep dinner

• Clean up from the day's hike

Make dinner, dessert, and hang around the campfire

• Savor your last night at Redwood National Park and spend the rest of the night stargazing around the campfire. More s'mores, plz.

Day hike - 7.3 miles with 417 feet of elevation gain - 3 to 4 hours

Thousands of years ago, the Tolowa, Yurok, Chilula, Wiyot, and Karok tribes lived in the North Coast region. The Yurok had around 55 villages and 2500+ inhabitants at one point

Day Three

Pack up and hike back to Tall Trees Grove Trailhead

• Depending on where you decided to camp, head south along Redwood Creek to return to the first seasonal footbridge, which is about 2.5 miles from the trailhead parking lot

Return to your car and grab lunch at Beachcomber Cafe

• Diners love their local, organic ingredients and fresh-baked goods!
• Located at 363 Trinity Street in Trinidad (next to the beach!)
• Open Fridays to Mondays from 8 AM to 2 PM

Head home!

Camp to camp - 3 to 4 miles - 2 to 3 hours

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When logging began in the 1850s, there were over 2 million acres of redwood forests, but by the 1960s, nearly 90% of all original redwoods were gone