This year, visit the impressive and magnificent wood Humboldt Park, which offers the largest remaining stand of ancient redwoods in the world – over 17,000 hectares. It is also home to some of the oldest recorded Coastal Redwood trees, some of which are over 2,200 years.
I bet you did not know that an acre Humboldt Redwoods State Park was found to contain a higher density of organic matter contained in the Amazon jungle – The Humboldt Redwoods Interpretive Association and others – in fact, seven times.
The park is located 45 miles south of Eureka, California, 20 miles north of Garberville, and may be available in each direction from the Avenue of the Giants some impressive scenic stretches from the Gulf of St. Francisco California, Redwood National Park.
For more than 30 km, Avenue of the Giants passes 51,222 hectares of softwood forest remaining in Humboldt Redwoods State Park.
Years softwood log
But remember – Avenue of the Giants, you will see not only well protected redwoods big and dangerous, but also a number of private land, which was saved from logging. The contrast between small and large trees growing second park of ancient redwoods is moving.
Many of the old growth redwoods were cut during the gold rush and later, as many Americans west. In fact, nearly 95% of virgin redwoods covered the west coast of southern Oregon to San Luis Obispo almost disappeared.
These days, there is a strong movement to significantly reduce Brazil prohibits cutting wood and one of the few remaining mature redwoods not in parks or reserves. As you read this, environmentalists probably lived in trees to prevent unwarranted remaining rainforest red to be cut.
Yes, today, only 5% of the original forests remain Redwood, who is one of the reasons you see redwoods Humboldt Redwoods State Park so special.
Swimming, hiking, canoeing, camping and more
In addition to the impressive coastline Redwood ancient forests, the park has over 100 miles of trails for hiking, fishing, swimming and boating on the River Eels, Cycling, seasonal interpretive programs, including Nature Walk and discussions led by a park naturalist variety of topics such as forest ecology and animal tracking.
Instead of booking a hotel near the Avenue of the Giants, camping, generally well in this area, from early May to October. The park offers camping environment developed areas, golf courses and equestrian trails. Temperatures are mild heavy rain is unlikely, and you find some mistakes. Will be among those great trees.
A walk in the park can be long and difficult, short and easy, as you prefer. Here are my favorite songs from Avenue of Giants, each lasting an hour or less, and offer gentle slopes:
* Drury-Chaney Trail
* Founders Grove Loop Trail
* Rockefeller Forest Loop Trail
* Area of large trees with large trees, giant trees and tree trails Iron
You can pick up maps at the Visitor Center, which is open every day of the year. See also the website at Humboldt Redwoods State Park, maps and directions about online.
Drury-Chaney Trail – my favorite
If you have time for a unique feature in each red park, hiking Drury-Chaney. This is one of the most beautiful trails in the park, a walk in space and time, in all weather conditions.
You can walk as straight or circular path, and each path is clear.
Do not be fooled by the sign to discuss other forest near the park. These large trees is that time is recorded forest. Rather, it is part of growing up virgin, most beautiful and majestic in Humboldt Redwoods State Park.
Unlike many redwood groves, where trees block the light promotes lush vegetation, land cover dynamics Drury that particularly beautiful region.
A few years ago, the Rangers finished all trucks Drury-Chaney Trail. In winter, a heavy rain can create multiple canyons and a branch or two might fall, but usually people with powerful weapons reasonably able to smooth the path of good.
Founders Grove Loop Trail
In this way, the names of the founders Save the Redwoods League, sometimes crowded, but always enjoyable. Founders Grove is an area of very large trees, including founder’s tree, which is about 346 centimeters tall and aged between 1300 and 1500.
You will find that Humboldt Redwoods coastal redwoods State Park, as the founder of Grove, grow at lower altitudes along rivers and streams, including Eel River South Fork.
This loop trail, called also founders Grove Nature Trail, you can easily reach in less than 30 minutes.
Rockefeller Forest Loop Trail
Mountain Bike Loop Rockefeller Forest, the largest forest in Humboldt Redwoods State Park, was named after John D. Rockefeller, Jr., who donated $ 1 million to preserve 10,000 acres of trees in 1927 Brazil wood on site .
Very slowly – and the federal government even more slowly – in order to protect these magnificent trees. Over the years, the park developed mainly from grants and other clubs, families, groups and small garden protection, and not through public procurement. So thank Rockefeller and other great philanthropists who helped preserve our natural heritage.
Rockefeller Loop Trail is not well marked, like the others, so stay on the main routes taken. But he knows he can not go too far down the road, as the circuit is limited by the Eel River, Bull Creek Road and Matto.
Large trees on paths
With regard to large trees, has 10-3 minute walk three magnificent trees.
* Rockefeller tree forest high – Waist: 42 meters Height: 359 meters, measured in 1957.
* Tree giant – Waist: 53 meters Height: 363 meters, called “Champion Coast Redwood” in 1991.
* Iron Giant fallen tree – diameter in one direction: 7.5 m in diameter, in the other direction: 17.5 meters, dropped in January 1995.
But statistics can not capture what makes the Humboldt Redwoods Redwoods State Park so impressive. The combination of size and age evoke a sense of dignity and quiet – almost wisdom – I wonder if you can not find anywhere else. (My mother called these areas the cathedral.)