Armstrong Redwoods State Natural Reserve
North Coast
parks
At a glance
- Size
- 752
- Established
- 1934
parks detail
- Hook
- Sonoma's cathedral grove — the 1,400-year-old Colonel Armstrong Tree minutes from the Russian River
- More
- Lumberman James Armstrong saved his own best grove in the 1870s — a conversion story the reserve tells beneath the 310-foot Parson Jones tree. The Forest Theater's stone amphitheater hosts summer concerts; connect through to Austin Creek's backcountry for the full day.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 38.536, -123.008