Rockefeller Loop — Attraction in Fortuna

We discovered this hike through the EDventure website, which added to the enjoyment with a fun little scavenger hunt. It was a bit hard to find, we ended up passing it and had to turn back around to find it, but it was well worth the trouble. The loop is just over a half a mile and full of big, beautiful redwoods to appreciate. There is an option to get down to the little river which has a bridge, but was also low enough to be easily crossed at some points. We enjoyed playing in the rocks and splashing before getting back to the trail. There were other trails linked at this point, but we didn't have time to check them out. There is a good sized parking lot with a secure trash can. The trail apparently does not allow dogs, but we didn't discover this until we got to the end. We were the only people there at the time and kept our dogs on the leash and on the path at all times, and are always careful to clean...

Easy hike, beautiful majestic trees. Felt like I was in Star Wars on the planet Endor. I was hoping to run into n Ewok, but that didn't happen... lol 😆 but I still had an amazing experience. If you are driving through, be sure to stop here. It's kind of a hidden turn off the avenue of the giants. But just keep going till you get to the parking lot. It is worth the drive and hike. Be sure to see all 3 trees here. The tallest the widest and the fallen flat iorn tree. The first tree is close to the parking garage, with about 100 yards. The other, two, are on the opposite side of the river, but don't worry, there is a bridge to take you across the water. The water was so clear and had litter fish...

Rockefeller Loop is an easy trail to walk and is sadly too short for how beautiful it is. You should do this loop twice in a row at least. If you stopped at the Information Center/Gift shop the volunteers can give you good directions and tell you about certain trail closures for weather conditions and things like that. Google maps could give you directions but it doesn't know those other conditions like the rangers do. One of the volunteers showed us how the forest impressed Rockefeller so much that he wrote a million dollar check to support it and did it again the next year. Back in the 1920s a million dollars was worth much more. It really...