Stout Grove
Jedediah Smith Redwoods SP · near Hiouchi · North Coast
Hiking
At a glance
- Difficulty
- easy
- Route type
- loop
- Distance
- 0.6 miles
- Elevation gain
- 75 ft
- Time needed
- day
- Best season
- Year-round (grove can flood in heavy rain); summer footbridge to Mill Creek
Permits and booking
- Permit required
- No
- How the permit works
- No permit or fee. Unpaved Howland Hill Road access.
- How hard the permit is to get
- 0 of 5
What is here
- Features
- Cathedral grove of massive, widely-spaced redwoods · On the Smith River flat, minimal understory · Famously photogenic · Seasonal summer footbridge to Mill Creek Trail
Worth knowing
- Dogs
- Not permitted
- Good for a first timer
- Yes
Hiking detail
- Intl tip
- The most awe-per-step in the redwoods - a flat half-mile loop among giants. Go early or late for light and solitude. No fee; unpaved Howland Hill Road access. Extend across the summer footbridge to Mill Creek Trail. No dogs.
The guide
Stout Grove is the most beautiful half-mile in the redwoods - a short, flat loop through a cathedral of enormous, widely spaced…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Stout Grove — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 41.7897, -124.0847