Humboldt Redwoods Backroads
Avenue of the Giants / Bull Creek · near Weott / Myers Flat · North Coast
Gravel & Bikepacking
At a glance
- Difficulty
- intermediate
- Best season
- Spring–fall (wettest in winter)
What is here
- Terrain
- forest
- Amenities
- World's tallest old-growth redwoods · Avenue of the Giants · State park campgrounds · Quiet river-valley roads
- Best for
- Awe-inspiring, mellow redwood riding
- Features
- Ride beneath the world's tallest trees · Avenue of the Giants · Mattole Rd & Bull Creek · State park camping
Worth knowing
- Hazards
- Damp, mossy pavement/dirt · Some traffic on the Avenue · Limited services on backroads · Winter flooding/mud
- Good for a first timer
- Yes
Gravel & Bikepacking detail
- Ride types
- day-gravel · bikepacking
- Surface
- mixed
- Remoteness
- 2
- Riding
- Quiet paved-and-dirt roads winding through the world's tallest trees — Mattole Road and Bull Creek under a cathedral canopy of old-growth coast redwoods
- Terrain note
- Low elevation river valleys; shaded, damp; services along the Avenue of the Giants
- Camping
- Yes
- Intl tip
- Ride beneath the world's TALLEST trees — old-growth coast redwoods in Humboldt Redwoods State Park. The low-traffic Avenue of the Giants links quiet paved-and-dirt backroads (Mattole Rd, Bull Creek) through cathedral groves. Mellow and accessible (a good intro to the North Coast), with state park camping. Roads stay damp/mossy; winter floods. Awe-inspiring rather than adrenaline — one of the most beautiful mellow rides anywhere.
- Trip lengths
- day · overnight · multi-day
The guide
Humboldt Redwoods State Park protects the largest stand of old-growth coast redwoods on Earth — the tallest living things anywh…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Humboldt Redwoods Backroads — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 40.32, -123.93