Redwood National and State Parks
Prairie Creek Road & Rhododendron Trail
3.2 mi · ▲ 320 ft · 1 hr 14 min
Prairie Creek Road & Rhododendron Trail is a 3.2-mile out-and-back in Redwood National and State Parks near Berry Glenn, CA. It climbs 320 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 13/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Prairie Creek Road & Rhododendron Trail
3.2 mi · ▲ 320 ft · 1 hr 14 min
Elevation 140–470 ft
Out & Back · Redwood National and State Parks
Trailhead: Rhododendron Trail · 41.37135, -124.00628
Weather Aug 3: Overcast, high 77°F / low 49° · precip 0% · wind 2 mph · sunrise 6:14 AM · sunset 8:32 PM
No dogs on part of this route
- Start on Rhododendron Trail, heading SW.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Cathedral Trees Trail, heading SW.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Prairie Creek Road, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Cathedral Trees Trail, heading W.
- 150 ftBear left onto Prairie Creek Road, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 400 ftReach Rhododendron Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 400 ftBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 100 ftBear right onto Cathedral Trees Trail, heading N.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Prairie Creek Road, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Cathedral Trees Trail, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Rhododendron Trail, heading E.
- 0.7 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- No dogs on part of this route
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