Tall Trees Grove
Redwood National Park · near Orick / Trinidad · North Coast
Hiking
At a glance
- Difficulty
- moderate
- Route type
- out-and-back
- Distance
- 4.5 miles
- Elevation gain
- 800 ft
- Time needed
- day
- Best season
- Year-round (driest May–October)
Permits and booking
- Permit required
- Yes
- How the permit works
- Free vehicle permit required to drive the gated access road to the trailhead — reserve on Recreation.gov (limited daily quota). This protects one of the grandest groves of the world's tallest trees.
- How hard the permit is to get
- 2 of 5
What is here
- Features
- Some of Earth's tallest living things · Quiet, permit-limited grove · Redwood Creek flat · Cathedral silence
Worth knowing
- Dogs
- Not permitted
- Good for a first timer
- Yes
Hiking detail
- Intl tip
- Reserve the free vehicle access permit on Recreation.gov before you go — the daily quota is limited and it's required to drive the gated road. The grove is on a creek flat, so the hike is downhill in and uphill out; save energy for the return climb. The tallest trees aren't marked (to protect them) — the whole grove is the attraction.
The guide
Tall Trees Grove protects some of the tallest living things on Earth — coast redwoods soaring over 350 feet, in a hushed grove …
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Tall Trees Grove — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 41.201, -124.014