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Route |
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Lat/Lon:
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41.76850°N / 124.1101°W |
Route Type:
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Hiking |
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Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter |
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Time Required:
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Half a day |
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Difficulty:
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Hike |
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Overview
Boy Scout Tree Trail is a 3 mile long trail in northern California’s Jedidiah Smith Redwoods State Park. The trail starts on Howland Hill Road and goes on a plain through a beautiful old growth forest. It then drops into Jordan Creek drainage and goes further to end at a less than spectacular waterfall near the western border of the park. A spur path close to the end of the trail takes you to a large tree known as Boy Scout Tree.
Getting There
Trailhead is on Howland Hill Road, a narrow dirt road though the forest as shown on the map. In dry conditions, the road is passable by any car.
Route Description
| Hike Length | 6.1 miles Roundtrip |
| Highest Elevation | 535 ft |
| Lowest Elevation | 120 ft |
From Howland Hill Road Trailhead, the trail heads northwest through an old growth forest slowly going up in elevation.
After a high point, the trail begins to descend rather steeply into Jordan Creek drainage.
A large tree and its huge base.
A very short spur path goes up steeply to Boy Scout Tree (See my hiking poles for scale, hard to take a picture of a tree several hundred feet tall).
The trail ends at this water cascade.
