Take the Newton B. Drury Scenic Parkway. The old-growth groves of Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park are connected by a network of trails. In August 1969, President Richard Nixon dedicated the grove to Lady Bird Johnson. Redwood Creek is in the southern part of the park and is accessed either by the Bald Hills Road or by the Redwood Creek trailhead. The old-growth redwood stands along Redwood Creek are impressive for their size and location.
Redwood Creek is a large drainage with sweeping mountainsides.
The rich soil along Redwood Creek has produced some of the tallest trees in the world. Tall Trees Access Road requires a free permit, obtained at the Redwood Information Center in nearby Orick. When you visit, notice the built-up sediment at the base of the trees. In the 1960s and 1970s, efforts to protect the surrounding Redwood Creek drainage from logging focused on the the Tall Trees Grove. Upstream logging threatened the grove by increasing sediment flow in the creek.