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Inside Redwood National Park
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Lady Bird Johnson Nature Trail Stop #6
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<b>Towering Patriarchs</b><br /> <br /> Gazing up the immense trunk to the highest reaches of a redwood tree gives us a powerful sense of our own smallness. Capable of ascending to heights over 360 feet, coast redwoods tower over all living things on the planet. Most of its soaring height is gained in its first 100 years. With adequate sunlight, a redwood can grow more than 30 feet in its first 20 years. If shade, drought, or fire does not inhibit its growth, it will grow two to three feet per year, reaching the forest canopy on its 200th birthday.<br /> <br /> Once a redwood reaches the canopy and the uppermost foliage is exposed to direct sunlight, strong winds, and lower humidity, its upward growth slows to two to three inches a year. Turning its energy to its core, after 400 years the trunk of an old-growth redwood averages five to seven feet in diameter; at 700 years old, 10-15 foot diameter trunks are possible. Seedlings sprouting today begin their lives next to those born centuries ago.
Lady Bird Johnson Nature Trail Stop #5
~0 min drive
<b>Living with the Wind</b><br /> <br /> Wind is the great gardener of this ridgetop community. The quiet whisper of summer breezes give way to the powerful gusts of winter storms that can snap the highest branches, sending “widowmakers” plummeting hundreds of feet to the fore…
Blue Lake
~30 min drive
Easy 1.16-mile hike to a scenic alpine lake with 272 ft elevation gain.
Red Mountain Lake
~30 min drive
Short alpine lake hike with steady elevation gain and mountain views.
Forks of Blue Creek
~41 min drive
Moderately challenging 15+ mile creek-side trek through California backcountry.
Lady Bird Johnson Nature Trail Stop #7
~0 min drive
<b>A Forest Protected</b><br /> <br /> By the 1960s, aboriginal redwood forests that had stood for millennia vanished in less than a century. Logged, milled, and shipped elsewhere, the redwoods of northern California built the homes and infrastructure of an expanding nation. T…
Fish Lake
~31 min drive
Easy 1.32-mile alpine lake hike with 592 ft elevation gain.
East Fork Blue Creek
~32 min drive
Moderate creek-side hike with 696 ft gain near Blue Creek drainage.
Prospect Hill
~43 min drive
Moderate 9.12-mile foothills hike with 1,353 ft elevation gain.
Lady Bird Johnson Nature Trail Stop #12
~0 min drive
<b>Rebirth</b><br /> <br /> Like newborns clinging to their parents, new forest life clings in abundance to this fallen redwood. Salal, huckleberry, rhododendron, spruce, and hemlock all arise from this slowly deteriorating giant. A new redwood reaches out from its burled base…
Mc Clendon Ford
~43 min drive
Steep 1.95-mile foothill climb with 879 ft elevation gain.