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Skunk Cabbage Trail

Trail on Pacific Ocean, Skunk Cabbage Creek, Johnson Creek in Redwood NP, Klamath Mountains, Coast Ranges in Orick, CA

Although this enjoyable trail doesn’t have any redwoods (except for a few at the very beginning), the rich greens and the lushness of its woods gives it a certain resemblance to the lowland trails of Prairie Creek. The trail climbs gently through a strikingly lush and richly green ravine forested with moss-covered spruce trees and covered with ferns before reaching a coastal bluff and descending to an exceptionally scenic beach.

Although at least some parts of the trail have been logged, there are few signs of logging other than a short stretch of stumps about two miles in. It’s likely that much of the area is naturally devoid of redwoods. The trail certainly doesn’t have the dismal, obviously-logged look of Davison Road. The interpretive sign at the trailhead indicates that parts of the trail are old-growth, but it’s hard to tell which parts, except that the appearance of the forest seems to improve slightly as you get further in.

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