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Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park is a state park, located in Humboldt County, California, near the town of Orick and 50 miles (80 km) north of Eureka. The 14,000-acre (57 km 2) park is a coastal sanctuary for old-growth Coast Redwood trees.
Prairie Creek is the Redwood Creek tributary drainage basin including the inland portion of Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park.Prairie Creek drains southerly through a Plio-Pleistocene non-marine sedimentary and metasedimentary formation to a confluence with Redwood Creek approximately one mile upstream of Orick, California.
The other parks include the Del Norte Coast Redwoods State Park, Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park, and Redwood National Park. The 10,430-acre (4,220 ha) park was established in 1929 [2] and designated part of the California Coast Ranges International Biosphere Reserve in 1983. [3]
In 2003, the state of California spent about $3 million to buy 1,800 acres on the north side of the buttes, including an idyllic stretch of emerald called "Peace Valley."
Kayakers and canoeists frequently travel the Smith River, [172] which is the longest undammed river remaining in California. [171] Visitors can fish for salmon and trout in the Smith and Klamath rivers, and the beach areas offer opportunities to catch smelt and perch. A California sport fishing license is required to fish any of the rivers and ...
Crab Cove Visitor Center at Crown Memorial State Beach: Alameda: Alameda: Exhibits about the marine life environment and importance of San Francisco Bay, aquarium, local history, 2.5 mile beach CuriOdyssey: San Mateo: San Mateo: Formerly the Coyote Point Museum, experiential science and wildlife center with many live animals, native garden
Fern Canyon is a canyon in the Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park in Humboldt County, California, western United States. The park is managed in cooperation with other nearby redwoods state parks and Redwood National Park. It is named for the ferns growing on the 50-foot (15 m) high walls, through which runs Home Creek.
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.