Jedediah Smith Redwoods
Crescent City · near Crescent City / Hiouchi · North Coast
Camping
At a glance
- Difficulty
- beginner
- Elevation
- 100
- Campsites
- 86 sites
- Season
- Year-round
- Fee
- ~$35/night
Permits and booking
- Reservation required
- Yes
- How to reserve
- Reserve on ReserveCalifornia (6 months ahead). The northernmost redwood park, on the gin-clear Smith River amid magnificent old growth (Stout Grove nearby). Showers, RV sites (no hookups).
What is here
- Setting
- forest
- Amenities
- Old-growth redwood sites · On the emerald Smith River · Stout Grove nearby · Showers
- Best for
- Redwoods + the wild Smith River
- Features
- Camp on the emerald Smith River · Stout Grove — a redwood cathedral · California's last undammed major river · Summer river swimming
Worth knowing
- Dogs
- Allowed
- Good for a first timer
- Yes
Camping detail
- Camp type
- developed · rv
- Intl tip
- Reserve on ReserveCalifornia 6 months ahead. Walk Stout Grove; swim the Smith River in summer. Combine with the Crescent City coast and the other redwood parks (Prairie Creek, Del Norte Coast). Showers; RV-OK (no hookups). Cool and often misty. The Smith is also world-class salmon/steelhead water (fishing guide).
The guide
Jedediah Smith Redwoods, the northernmost of the great redwood parks, pairs magnificent old-growth groves with the emerald wate…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Jedediah Smith Redwoods — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 41.796, -124.087