Humboldt Redwoods State Park

If you ever wondered what Mother Nature smelled like then this is the place to be! Not only do the redwoods make you feel small but it also gives you a funny tummy sensation called «love» for nature.
If there is anything worth saying to get you and your family/​significant other/​pet (s)/ride-or-die partner here then it is my testimony:
«I drove 300+ miles to get here and I do not regret a single mile!» — Benson M.
Word of advice — visit the Visitor Center right away to get a free copy or two of the state park map. This way, you’ll not only be in possession of a life saving tool but also be able to get help deciding which of the wonderful trails to take.

A little piece of Heaven on Earth. Rats! I just let the world know! Burlington camp is right near the visitor center, and well located for touring the Avenue of the Giants. Albee Creek camp is for the more adventurous, a five mile bumpy road that is probably not the best choice for RVers. Nice, clean, well maintained facilities at both camps.

Love this special place among the canopy of the grand and majestic Redwood trees. Love Emily, the park interpreter. She lead us on a walk in the dark in the Albee creek campground. This is the cleaniest, friendliest campground. The kiosk staff really welcomes you. The nature trails are accessible for wheelchairs. At the time, 25 cents per minute for shower.

One of the cleanest campgrounds I’ve ever experienced. Majestic views of hundred year old redwoods! This is truly a must for campers! I stayed here in early August and the mosquitoes were non existent.

Such an amazing little park. Tons of Redwood trees, very nice people, and an overall peaceful atmosphere. We came to this park to let my dog play in the grass, and ended up leaving with a new puppy from a litter that the people were giving them away. Such a blessing! Great energy here and great memories.

53,000 acres… Sounds big but I’m not great with units of land area. The Avenue of Giants runs through the park. It was tranquil driving through the 31 mile county road. There are multiple attractions along the way. My friends and I also stopped and hiked a few trails. Nature lovers would appreciate their experience here.

The park is other worldly. Camped at Burlington campground and although the spaces are close to the Ave. of the Giants, the huge trees made it seem like the road was not there.

It was a great place to spend my first night camping! Andrew the park ranger was helpful!

This park is amazing and has plenty to do! There are plenty of campgrounds, hikes, and areas to explore. The visitor center was extremely helpful too! I would definitely recommend stopping by and asking them what they suggest! They will know where to avoid, what works with your time schedule, and other helpful tips.
The Avenue of the Giants is a beautiful, scenic drive, but don’t just do the drive! Stop and do some hiking! It’s incredible!!! You will be blown away by the size of the redwoods.
The Mosquitos here are relentless so grab some repellent and candles to keep them away! We spent 3 days/​3 nights here which was probably a day too long for us. Next time we would explore some of the other redwood areas.

2 avid hiker peeps for 2 nights.
Loop: Burlington
Clean, good camping area.
I don’t typically expect to shower when I camp but there were showers that were not consistently warm. In fact, they were cold. They take up to 15 quarters. 50 cents for 5 minutes etc.
Potable water near the rest rooms/​showers, cabinets, tables, fire pits at every site and cords of wood for $ 10 for sale at the entrance. We ended up purchasing 4 cords for 2 nights.
Downfall: Their map is very inaccurate so I would suggest bringing your own map for hiking and such.

It doesn’t get any better than this! If there is a God he or she lives in the redwoods! Take a walk (or two or three) and see them up close.
AMAZING PLACE TO VISIT!

Driving on Avenue of the Giants, you go through this majestic park. There are plenty of places to stop, park, and take a lovely redwood walk. Next time, I think I will spend more time exploring. We didn’t stray too far off the main road.
Absolutely splendid.

This State Park area holds some of the best Redwood old growth on the continent. There are several old beauties well over the 300′ mark in this area. You realize just how small you really are standing under these amazing living behemoths.
The Avenue of the Giants, Founders Grove and Giant Tree can all be visited while in the area, Giant Tree tops out at over 360′ and is wider across at its base than most homes. Park, get out and take the brief walk (5 minutes) back into the forest from the parking area and you will walk through groves of trees that mere words can truly not describe. The ferns at the bases of these multi century old trees are often taller then you are.
The avenue is a driving auto tour that parallels the 101 — weaving in and around these magnificent trees, there are several places along to route in which you can stop, get out and view. You can enter and exit the avenue in a couple off place along the route to reach the 101 again. Everyone should drive the Avenue of the Giants at least once in their lives.
Founders Grove holds some of the most amazing Redwoods in the entire area, and has the easiest access of all to the trees from the highway. The fell Dyerville Giant can be viewed here as well — this huge specimen laying a football fields length across the forest floor.
The best time to visit — early in the morning before the traffic picks up and during the off season — Winter months — where these amazing trees shoot skyward out of an unusually dense and beautiful layer of redwood sorrel that looks a lot like a plush carpet; the sorrel is in turn covered with a sparse layer of ferns — the winter time always seems peaceful by comparison and my favorite time to be in the big trees.
Despite often daily fog, the summer months can be unusually hot and dry for a north coast redwood forest, and the grove can become somewhat dry and lack luster by the end of late summer, visit in the off season if you can.
This is a great State Park area with lots of places to pull off and get out into these amazing old growth trees. Well worth the effort to get to and one of the things that makes the California north coast behind the Redwood Curtain the wonderful and special place that it is… there are redwoods and then there is the Humboldt Redwoods in a league all by themselves.
A Solid 5 Stars
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Absolutely a gorgeous, magical place. If you have a chance, drive along the Avenue of the Giants and stop and walk through the groves. My husband and I entered the Avenue via the North Entrance and picked up a guided tour. It was a fantastic (30+ mile) drive.
Tips:
1. Stop in Miranda and fuel up at the end of your drive (if you entered from the North).
2. Truly if you do not have the time to stop at every grove indicated in the auto tour, stop in the «Founders Grove».
3. Poison oak: you will be fine, just like the rhyme says: «Leaves of three, let them be». Also, poison oak is bright red about this time of year (October).

Redwoods are gorgeous. When aren’t they? But I have to admit that I enjoyed the Redwood parks up north even more. This one is quite a bit more crowded.
Interestingly, the redwood forest here has quite a different feel than the ones up north. Less undergrowth, more open. Also because it is further south we unexpectedly came upon poison oak while walking under the trees. Lots and lots of poison oak. So be careful of that.
Since when does poison oak grow under redwoods? Maybe we should call it poison redwood now.
The river runs right beside the road in many places. We were planning to stop and swim with the kids, but decided not to. Good thing too. We later learned once we arrived at our cabin that toxic algae is now growing in the river because of the drought and they are strongly recommending not to touch the water at all.
Climate change is so awesome.

I was here in April 2014 for one night and again for 2 nights in September.
Downside:
In between two major roads so you do hear traffic. Lots of people if your looking to escape that.
Upside:
Easy access to get to lots of things close by.
Well maintained sites and amenities such has showers, bathrooms.
Vehicle camping $ 35 a night
Cyclist or hikers $ 8 a night
Firewood available for purchase at $ 8 a bundle.
For me personally this is a nice place but not exactly my style of camping as I’d rather be off in the woods away from roads and people off a lake or river

Lots of fallen trees for you to climb on. Beautiful as the rest of the forest… stop here if you can.

I was like redwoods, schmedwoods. I’ve been to Sequoia/King’s Canyon and I live in SF where there are redwoods all over the countryside. What more is there to see?
Well, turns out there are redwoods and then there are REDWOODS. Not only are these super tall (300+ ft) but there are just groves and groves of them and nothing else. It really is like a forest of giants inside the park.
*** Tip: do make the effort to walk the short ½ mile loops to really see the big ones. They aren’t by the side of the road.
Best part is that this place just isn’t as popular. Not like Mt Tam which is crawling with people on the weekends. We were here on July 4^th weekend and oftentimes felt like we had the place to ourselves, even on these short walks. All my photos (below) are from these short walks in the Rockefeller Grover, Founders Grove and the walk next to Albee Campground.
We’d biked in from Honeydew and Albee Campground was the first one on our route (there are environmental camps but no one was up for camping without water or showers). Though officially they hike/​bike sites are along the Avenue of Giants we’d heard that Albee, though less popular, was the nicest site set in the redwoods. Luckily they had a site open (and several reserved which no one showed up for) that we could cram into if we fit (we made sure to fit) at $ 5 per person.
The campground was nice and quiet. Mostly families (we went around to beg for beer but hardly anyone had any!). Bathrooms were clean with single private toilets w/​sinks and separate private showers (50¢ for 5 min). Each site had a food locker (there are bears who wander through the meadow for berries), picnic table and fire ring. There’s trash bins and recycling and (tasty) running water. Since it was mostly families we didn’t have any noise issues at night.
*** Tip: the sites do have lots of poison oak (baby plants) and they’re all along the trails so be careful!

This review is for the park and Albee Creek Campground. We stayed there during the July 4^th weekend and stayed for a night. Reached the campsite around 3PM. It was easy enough to find after we got off the 101 and headed on the Bull creek flats road. Directions were very clear.
Once we reached the campsite, we dropped our stuff and headed for a 7 mile hike on the north bull creek trail. The trail follows the road closely and meanders through some of the tallest redwood trees in north america (especially in the Rockefeller grove). My only quibble here is that the trail gets back on the road every now and then which is not ideal.
The campsite itself was stellar. The site was clean and well shaded. We were able to buy firewood right there. They had coin operated hot showers (actually hot) which were very clean. The best part was even though it was the long weekend, it was very quiet. We hardly heard a peep after 9PM. And the meadow near the entrance is a great spot to watch the stars.
Overall, it is my new favorite campground in America (at least among the 15+ Natl and State parks that I have been to).

Camped here with some friends during mid June — we stayed at the Hidden Springs campgrounds.
These Redwood trees are amazing … reminds you just how insignificant we really are … these trees have been around long before we were ever around … and (hopefully) will be around long after we’re gone! The campgrounds are all drive up — and are actually much closer /​denser than I’m typically used to. Each area has a wooden food box, picnic table and big metal pit for fire. They sell bundles of firewood for $ 8.00 (and it’s open till 10:30).
Bring mosquito repellant and even if you’re just going to crawl into your tent for a 15 minute nap, put your food away! We are missing a loaf of bread.
The bathrooms and showers ($.25 per 2 minutes) are all very well maintained and clean! The campground allows dogs — but you must keep them on leash.
Those of you with AT&T — give up all hope of finding reception in about 80% of the campgrounds … Verizon on the other hand had enough bars to search google.