Uploaded December 2020 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Avenue of The Giants. Humboldt Redwoods State Park.
Driving from Miranda, CA to Eureka, CA - 4K
Road trip along the California the Pacific Coast

Humboldt Redwoods State Park is a state park of California, United States, containing Rockefeller Forest, the world's largest remaining contiguous old-growth forest of coast redwoods.

It is located 30 miles (48 km) south of Eureka, California, near Weott in southern Humboldt County, within Northern California, named after the great nineteenth-century scientist, Alexander von Humboldt.

The park was established by the Save the Redwoods League in 1921 largely from lands purchased from the Pacific Lumber Company. Beginning with the dedication of the Raynal Bolling Memorial Grove, it has grown to become the third-largest park in the California State Park system, now containing 51,651 acres (20,902 ha) through acquisitions and gifts to the state.

It is part of the Northern California coastal forests ecoregion and has 23,600 acres (96 km2) of old-growth forests.
17,000 acres (69 km2) are old-growth redwoods, comprising the entire Bull Creek watershed and the Rockefeller Forest.

Nearby U.S. Route 101, which generally follows the Eel River and its South Fork in this part of the North Coast, offers easy access to the park and nearby towns with connections to the scenic highway, Avenue of the Giants, also mostly located within or near park boundaries.

Redwoods

The park is famed for its coast redwoods (Sequoia sempervirens), many of which grow to over 300 feet (91 m) in height.

The forests on alluvial plains are almost pure redwood forest, but the forests on the slopes also contain Douglas-fir.

Over 100 of the 137 known trees over 350 feet (110 m) tall—all coast redwoods—occur in Humboldt Redwoods State Park.

It is home to the 4th-tallest measured living redwood, the Stratosphere Giant, which was measured at 112.94 metres (370.5 ft) in 2004. Stratosphere Giant was the tallest known living redwood until the discovery of three taller trees in Redwood National Park; the tallest, Hyperion, measuring 115.55 metres (379.1 ft) in September 2006.

Before the discovery of Hyperion, the tallest redwood ever measured was the Dyerville Giant, also in Humboldt Redwoods State Park.

It was 113.4 metres (372 ft) high when it fell in March 1991. It was estimated to be 1,600 years old.

The Dyerville Giant can be seen on Founders Grove Nature Trail, which honors the creators of Save the Redwoods League.

Also in this grove is Founders Tree, which is 346 feet (105 m) tall with circumference of 40 feet (12 m)


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Location:
Humboldt Redwoods State Park
17119 Avenue of the Giants, Weott, CA 95571
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Miranda, California

"Jacobsen's" redirects here. For other uses, see Jacobsen (disambiguation).

Miranda (formerly, Jacobsen's) is a census-designated place in Humboldt County, California.

It is located 2.5 miles (4 km) northwest of Phillipsville, in the heart of redwood country, at an elevation of 351 feet (107 m).
The population: 520

The name Miranda, was originally applied to the areas post office on August 26, 1905. One account states that it is not known whether the name giver had in mind a girl or the well-known Spanish place name and family name. Miranda means "admirable."

Miranda was known as jacobsen's Valley until the post office was established.

Another account states that Etta Coombs chose the name "Miranda" for the post office she started.

The town of Miranda is a five-minute walk from the south fork of the Eel River, and is located amidst giant redwood trees.

Miranda is located on the Avenue of the Giants between Myers Flat to the north and Phillipsville to the south.

Besides the post office, the town boasts one restaurant, a resort, market, and gas station (all owned by the Eldridge family), a small coffee shop


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