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The Avenue of the Giants is a scenic highway in northern California, United States, running through Humboldt Redwoods State Park. It is named for the coast redwoods that tower over the route. The road is a former alignment of U.S. Route 101 , and continues to be maintained as a state highway as State Route 254 ( SR 254 ).
The Avenue of the Giants offers visitors a 32 miles (51 km) drive through Humboldt Redwoods State Park with eight stops along an auto tour of park highlights. [11] The park has over 100 miles (160 km) of hiking trails. Visitors to the park can go horseback riding, mountain biking, fishing, and swimming in the South Fork Eel River. The park is ...
The Chandelier Tree in Drive-Thru Tree Park[1] is a 276-foot (84 m) tall coast redwood tree in Leggett, California with a 6-foot-wide (1.8 m) by 6-foot-9-inch-high (2.06 m) hole [2] cut through its base to allow a car to drive through. Its base measures 16 ft (4.9 m) diameter at breast height (chest-high).
Eureka, Trinidad, Avenue of the Giants [4] Unsolved Mysteries (Season 6 Episode 8) 1993 Willow Creek, Eureka: Outbreak: 1995 Ferndale, Bridgeville, Avenue of the Giants [4] Beach Patrol (TV series) 1996 Humboldt County: The Lost World: Jurassic Park: 1997 Sue-meg State Park, Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park [4] Almost Heroes: 1998
The Newton B. Drury Scenic Parkway is the 10 [5] -mile (16 km) long two-lane road through Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park in Humboldt County, California, named to honor his efforts in the creation of Redwood National and State Parks. This road had formerly been the route of US Route 101. Though shorter in distance, it is similar in quality to ...
The Avenue of the Giants Marathon is held annually in May along the Avenue of the Giants in Humboldt Redwoods State Park in Humboldt County, California, United States. The course, consisting of two out-and-back legs, is almost entirely under the canopy of redwood trees. Half marathon and 10K races are run concurrently.
Richardson Grove State Park is located at the southernmost border of Humboldt County, 75 miles (121 km) south of Eureka, California, United States, and 200 miles (320 km) north of San Francisco. The year-round park, which has approximately 2,000 acres (8.1 km 2), straddles US 101, causing the narrowest point of its entire distance.
The Valley of the Giants is a 51-acre (21 ha) forest preserve owned and managed by the Bureau of Land Management and is located in a remote portion of the Oregon Coast Range of Northwest Oregon in the United States, near the former company town of Valsetz. Receiving greater than 180 inches (4,600 mm) of rain annually, [1] the preserve is home ...