Arcata Community Forest
City of Arcata (Redwood Park) · near Arcata · North Coast
Hiking
At a glance
- Difficulty
- easy
- Route type
- loop
- Distance
- 3 miles
- Elevation gain
- 300 ft
- Time needed
- day
- Best season
- Year-round (muddy in winter rains)
Permits and booking
- Permit required
- No
- How the permit works
- City of Arcata municipal forest - free, no permit, dawn to dusk. Trailheads at Redwood Park and neighborhood access points.
- How hard the permit is to get
- 0 of 5
What is here
- Features
- Second-growth (and some old-growth) redwoods within city limits · First city-owned community forest in the US · 10+ miles of interconnected trails · Family-friendly; shared hike/bike network
Worth knowing
- Dogs
- Allowed
- Good for a first timer
- Yes
Hiking detail
- Intl tip
- A redwood trail network right in town - the first city-owned community forest in the US, minutes from the Arcata Plaza. Build a loop of any length; dogs on leash welcome. Free, dawn to dusk. Shared with mountain bikers.
The guide
The Arcata Community Forest is a rare thing - a lush redwood forest laced with trails right at the edge of town, and the first …
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Arcata Community Forest — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 40.8707, -124.07