Jun 17, 2017 — Starting from the Prairie Creek Visitor Center, follow a series of well-traveled trails until signs point you to the West Ridge Trail. Follow this super pretty trail up onto a ridge, where you'll find a fairytale aesthetic of redwoods on steep dropoffs on either side. It's really nice. Continue until the junction with the Zigzag Trail, which leads down to the road. Cross the street and locate the Rhodedendron Trail. Follow the Rhodedendron Trail for a few miles, past a small dirt parking area, and to the most interesting part of the day, where the trail zigzags through naturally-occurring holes in redwoods, under fallen trees and grottos formed by tree debris, and down back to the visitor center. This is a great tour of some really amazing redwoods.
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