Armstrong Redwoods (East Ridge / Pool Ridge)
Guerneville, Sonoma County · near Guerneville · SF Bay Area
Hiking
At a glance
- Difficulty
- moderate
- Route type
- loop
- Distance
- 5.5 miles
- Elevation gain
- 1,300 ft
- Time needed
- day
- Best season
- Year-round · Cool in summer, lush in winter
Permits and booking
- Permit required
- No
- How the permit works
- State Reserve; ~$10 day-use (walk/bike in free from outside the gate). Dogs on paved picnic areas only, not trails.
- How hard the permit is to get
- 1 of 5
What is here
- Features
- True old-growth coast redwoods · Colonel Armstrong Tree (~1,400 yrs) · Parson Jones Tree (~310 ft) · Fern canyon
Worth knowing
- Dogs
- Not permitted
- Good for a first timer
- Yes
Hiking detail
- Intl tip
- Do the easy grove loop first for the giants, then decide if you want the ridge climb; the biggest trees are near the entrance.
The guide
The Bay Area region's most accessible old-growth redwoods — 1,000-plus-year-old giants in a hushed river-valley grove near Guer…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Armstrong Redwoods (East Ridge / Pool Ridge) — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 38.5343, -123.0055