Rockefeller Forest & Bull Creek Flats
Humboldt Redwoods SP (Avenue of the Giants) · near Weott · North Coast
Hiking
At a glance
- Difficulty
- moderate
- Route type
- loop
- Distance
- 9 miles
- Elevation gain
- 100 ft
- Time needed
- day
- Best season
- Full loop summer–early fall (seasonal Bull Creek footbridges); Rockefeller Loop year-round
Permits and booking
- Permit required
- No
- How the permit works
- No permit; free roadside parking on Mattole Road. The full loop needs the summer footbridges over Bull Creek (winter high water blocks crossings).
- How hard the permit is to get
- 0 of 5
What is here
- Features
- Rockefeller Forest - largest old-growth redwood forest on Earth · Trees over 1,000–2,000 years old · Bull Creek Flats loop through giants · Adjacent to the Avenue of the Giants
Worth knowing
- Dogs
- Not permitted
- Good for a first timer
- No
Hiking detail
- Intl tip
- The largest old-growth redwood forest on Earth - do the short Rockefeller Loop if pressed, or the full ~9-mile Bull Creek Flats loop in summer when the footbridges are in. Pair with the Avenue of the Giants drive. No dogs.
The guide
Humboldt Redwoods holds the largest contiguous old-growth coast redwood forest left on Earth - the Rockefeller Forest - and wal…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Rockefeller Forest & Bull Creek Flats — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 40.352, -123.938