Best HIKING TRAILS Redwood National Park with KIDS!!!

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Today we are in Northern California at Redwood National and State Park with our kids. And we did our research on the best hiking trails in the Redwoods. And we came up with our top 3 Best Hikes to do in the Redwoods with kids. We took into consideration, the difficulty level, the lenght of the trail and how much fun it it! All three trails that made our list were majorly fun...More than just a walk in the woods, they had some element of fun. Creeks to walk through, hidden beaches, massive trees with hollows that could be forts. So here it is our top three list for the Redwood National Park with kids.

#3 Enderts Beach trail via the Coastal Trail
This trail is great for families with kids old enough to listen, because parts of this trail hug up to some coastal cliffs. But these cliffs is what make this trail so amazing. There is Blue Pacific Ocean as far as the eye can see. The Trail desends very quickly and it is an out and back trail. And the payoff at the end is incredible. Its Enderts Beach and my kids feel like they are the first people on earth to ever discover it, because of the work we had to do to get here. The rocky shoreline of Enderts Beach is a great place to discover and play in ocean Tide pools. My kids found so many crabs, barnicles and sea anenemies. A little tip for hiking this trail is conserve some energy for the trip back, because it is an all uphill hike.

#2 2 on the list goes to Fern Canyon! FYI reservations to access this trail is a MUST. This is a very popular trail and they try to keep it from getting over crowded. Plus when you arrive there is a $12 vehicle fee. But all this planning in advace will be well worth it. Fern Canyon is like nothing we have ever seen!!! it almost looks prehistorc. I'm guessing that is why Jurrasic Park 2 Lost World used this location for their movie. The Fern Canyon Trail is a lollypop loop trail that follows the bottom of a canyon. There are small wooden planks to walk on to help hikers from getting wet, but if you are hiking with kids, just plan on getting wet. The canyon walls all 30 feet high on both sides and are covered with moss and different species of ferns but the caves are just covered in green and wetness. The kids loved exploring and looking for Giant Pacific Salamanders, frogs and fish. When we finished the look we went back to the trailhead, and from there, there is access to Gold Bluffs Beach. Here the kids played in the waves of the Pacific ocean and watched as seals did the same.

Before we get to our number one spot we have an honorable mention that is not a hike at all but it is a touristy thing that must be done. It is a great way for the kids to see how MASSIVE these Redwood trees really are.

Our #1 spot had to go to Cathedral Trail. Prairie Creek Visitor Center
Located just off the Newton B. Drury Scenic Parkway - in the heart of Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park. This is where you can talk to a ranger about how to hike Cathedral Trail. What trail you should take to get to Cathedral and where to take the short detour to Big Tree. The 15th largest Redwood in the park.

The visitors center. Exhibits about the Civilian Conservation Corps and redwood ecology, park information, junior ranger program, bookstore and retail sales.

Cathedral trail is what I dreamed the Redwoods would be. The
groves of Redwood Trees are massive. This is where E.T. the movie was filmed and being here you believe in the magic of flying bicycles. This was a giant nature playground for my kids as they played on giant tree stumps and hollowed out trees.

All three of these hikes are unforgetable and perfect for family's

[SomeplaceOrAnother]

Wow 🤩 that fern place was cool 😎 actually they are all very cool 😎 I drove thru a tree too 🤪

[ATJHTRAVELS]

AMAZING sledgehammered that like button sharing out full watch Great video

[SantosChronicles]

This is our type of trails. We still have to go to the west coast with the whole family. Some great photo spots for sure. The Fern Canyon looks so cool and I bet it is cooler down there. Wow, didn’t realize it was a Jurassic Park filming location. I have great memories driving through that exact tree. You guys are way braver than our family. And ET. Filming locations makes everything so much better.

[adventuresintvland]

I’d love to go to the Redwoods. Ever since I was a kid and saw an illustration of the car driving through the tree

[adventuresintvland]

I think part of Return of the Jedi was filmed there, too