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Rockefeller Forest Loop Trail
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| Rockefeller Forest Loop Trail | |
| Trailhead: | Lower Bull Creek Flats parking lot |
| Location: | One and one half miles west of the Avenue of the Giants on the Mattole Road. Five and one half miles from Humboldt Redwoods State Park Visitor Center. |
| Hiking time: | ½ hour |
| Distance: | ½ mile loop |
| Difficulty: | Easy |
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| Seasonal bridge access: | Yes - summer only access to Women's Federation Grove or river trail south (approximately June-September). |
| Description: | |
| This trail gives you a glimpse of what much of the North Coast looked like hundreds of years ago. The preservation of this forest was made possible by a gift from John D. Rockefeller, Jr. In 1927, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. presented a gift of $1 million to the Save-the-Redwoods League to purchase over 10,000 acres of redwood forest. | |
