Fern Trail & Redwood Peak Trail via French Trail is a 5.2-mile out-and-back in Reinhardt Redwood Regional Park near Eastport, CA. It climbs 1,526 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 38/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi922 – 1,385 ft · steepest grade: 23%5.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 37.82341, -122.18693
Nearest town Eastport, CA
Directions
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Fern Trail & Redwood Peak Trail via French Trail
5.2 mi · ▲ 1,526 ft · 2 hr 30 min
Elevation 923–1,385 ft
Out & Back · Reinhardt Redwood Regional Park
Trailhead: 37.82341, -122.18693
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:15 AM · sunset 8:16 PM
Horses allowed on the whole route · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Tres Sendas Trail, heading E.
- 0.9 miTurn right onto Redwood Peak Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left onto French Trail, heading S.
- 1.4 miSharp right onto Fern Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miReach Redwood Peak Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto French Trail, heading N.
- 1.4 miTurn right onto Redwood Peak Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Tres Sendas Trail, heading SW.
- 0.8 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
98% dirt2% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:15 AMSunset 8:16 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:56 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 8:16 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:45 PM.
Good to know
- Horses allowed on the whole route
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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