Free entry, free admission days and free hours from every section.
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Section: Free and Budget-Friendlypark
Redwood National and State Parks
Free
Coast redwood parks open year-round with no entrance pass required; some day-use areas charge fees. Cell service is limited and GPS can misdirect, so carry a park map.
Hours
Open year-round; visitor centers and campgrounds keep seasonal schedules
Cost
No entrance fee (some day-use areas charge); Prairie Creek Redwoods SP charges a fee to drive to Gold Bluffs Beach/Fern Canyon; developed campgrounds $35
Parks, trails, beaches, gardens and nature reserves.
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Section: Outdoors and Naturestate park
Del Norte Coast Redwoods State Park
6,400-acre park, about half old-growth coast redwood, with eight miles of wild coastline, 7 miles south of Crescent City. Parts of the Mill Creek area are closed for road construction and forest rehabilitation.
Hours
Call the park: (707) 464-6101
Cost
Vehicle day use $8
Dogs
Dogs not allowed on trails (service animals excepted).
Coast redwood parks open year-round with no entrance pass required; some day-use areas charge fees. Cell service is limited and GPS can misdirect, so carry a park map.
Hours
Open year-round; visitor centers and campgrounds keep seasonal schedules
Cost
No entrance fee (some day-use areas charge); Prairie Creek Redwoods SP charges a fee to drive to Gold Bluffs Beach/Fern Canyon; developed campgrounds $35
Section: Free and Budget-Friendlypark