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Avenue of the Giants (California)
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Avenue of the Giants (California)

32 stops· 47 min· 30.5 mi· narrated by Ranger Quinn

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Highlights include
  • Welcome — The Avenue of the Giants
  • Boone Rides Along, South
  • Onto the Avenue
  • What You're Actually Looking At
  • Why They Grow Here and Nowhere Else
  • The Men Who Stood in Front of the Saws
  • The Eel River
  • The Forest Floor
The route

Driving route · 32 stops. Live GPS playback and turn-by-turn pins are in the app.

Every stop

What you'll see and hear

32 narrated stops along the way — waterfalls, overlooks, history, and Ranger Boone's campfire tales.

  1. Welcome — The Avenue of the Giants
    01

    🥾 Welcome — The Avenue of the Giants

    The southern start of the Avenue of the Giants (CA-254) at Phillipsville — 31 miles of old-growth coast redwoods through Humboldt Redwoods State Park.

  2. Boone Rides Along, South
    02

    🎧 Boone Rides Along, South

    Ranger Boone Merrick rides along on the Avenue, with the tales this valley tells on itself.

    Boone Rides Along, South guide →
  3. Onto the Avenue
    03

    🌲 Onto the Avenue

    Onto the Avenue — a stop on the Avenue of the Giants.

    Onto the Avenue guide →
  4. What You're Actually Looking At
    04

    🌲 What You're Actually Looking At

    Coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) — the tallest tree species on earth, reaching over 350 feet and living 2,000 years.

    What You're Actually Looking At guide →
  5. Why They Grow Here and Nowhere Else
    05

    🌲 Why They Grow Here and Nowhere Else

    Why They Grow Here and Nowhere Else — a stop on the Avenue of the Giants.

    Why They Grow Here and Nowhere Else guide →
  6. The Men Who Stood in Front of the Saws
    06

    🔥 The Men Who Stood in Front of the Saws

    How did a road full of giants escape the mills? This tale goes back to nineteen seventeen, when three conservationists were sent north to see what the logging was doing to the old coast redwoods. What they found convi…

    The Men Who Stood in Front of the Saws guide →
  7. The Eel River
    07

    🌲 The Eel River

    The South Fork of the Eel River, which the Avenue follows for its entire length — the reason the big trees grow on these flats.

    The Eel River guide →
  8. The Forest Floor
    08

    🌲 The Forest Floor

    The Forest Floor — a stop on the Avenue of the Giants.

    The Forest Floor guide →
  9. The Man Who Took a Redwood on Tour
    09

    🔥 The Man Who Took a Redwood on Tour

    Charles Kellogg, a vaudeville bird singer raised in California, carved a house on wheels from a fallen Bull Creek redwood in 1917 and took the case for the big trees on the road. The Travel Log now rests at the park v…

    The Man Who Took a Redwood on Tour guide →
  10. The Little Towns of the Avenue
    10

    🎧 The Little Towns of the Avenue

    Phillipsville, Miranda, Myers Flat, Weott, Redcrest, Pepperwood — the small settlements strung along the old highway.

    The Little Towns of the Avenue guide →
  11. The World Three Hundred Feet Up
    11

    🌲 The World Three Hundred Feet Up

    The World Three Hundred Feet Up — a stop on the Avenue of the Giants.

    The World Three Hundred Feet Up guide →
  12. Laura Mahan and the Three Telegrams
    12

    🔥 Laura Mahan and the Three Telegrams

    Laura Perrott Mahan, an artist and rancher's daughter, led Humboldt County's women in the fight to save Dyerville Flat and Bull Creek. The tale follows that fight from a November morning in 1924 to a packed courthouse…

    Laura Mahan and the Three Telegrams guide →
  13. Myers Flat Underpass
    13

    🎧 Myers Flat Underpass

    A direction cue at the Myers Flat interchange, where the Avenue of the Giants passes under Highway 101 and drivers stay on the Avenue past the freeway ramps.

  14. The Drive-Thru Tree
    14

    🎧 The Drive-Thru Tree

    The Shrine Drive-Thru Tree in Myers Flat ranks among the oldest tourist stops on the Avenue of the Giants. Drivers have been easing through this redwood since the nineteen twenties, by way of an opening said to have b…

    The Drive-Thru Tree guide →
  15. Fire, Flood, and Why They Don't Die
    15

    🌲 Fire, Flood, and Why They Don't Die

    Fire, Flood, and Why They Don't Die — a stop on the Avenue of the Giants.

    Fire, Flood, and Why They Don't Die guide →
  16. The Night the River Came
    16

    🔥 The Night the River Came

    Boone's account of the Christmas flood of nineteen sixty-four, when warm rain on heavy snow sent the Eel River through the valley. Myers Flat, Weott and Pepperwood were among the riverside communities destroyed, and s…

    The Night the River Came guide →
  17. The Boom, and What It Took
    17

    🌲 The Boom, and What It Took

    The Boom, and What It Took — a stop on the Avenue of the Giants.

    The Boom, and What It Took guide →
  18. The Visitor Center — and the Flood Line
    18

    🎧 The Visitor Center — and the Flood Line

    The Humboldt Redwoods State Park Visitor Center sits on the Avenue of the Giants between Myers Flat and Weott, beside Burlington Campground, and it makes a natural place to plan a day in the park. The nonprofit Humbol…

    The Visitor Center — and the Flood Line guide →
  19. The Night the Giant Fell
    19

    🔥 The Night the Giant Fell

    Founders Grove lost its most famous resident in March of nineteen ninety-one, when the Dyerville Giant, once ranked among the tallest redwoods ever measured and an estimated sixteen hundred years old, crashed to the f…

    The Night the Giant Fell guide →
  20. Founders Grove — the One Stop to Make
    20

    🌲 Founders Grove — the One Stop to Make

    Founders Grove lies just off the Avenue of the Giants on Dyerville Loop Road, and its half-mile trail is the easiest way to stand among the park's largest trees. The accessible loop runs beside the Dyerville Giant, a…

    Founders Grove — the One Stop to Make guide →
  21. Dyerville Bridge
    21

    🎧 Dyerville Bridge

    A direction cue at the river bridge just north of Founders Grove, where the Avenue of the Giants keeps right past the Dyerville Overlook and southbound drivers find the turn for the grove.

  22. Rockefeller Forest — the Greatest of Them All
    22

    🌲 Rockefeller Forest — the Greatest of Them All

    Rockefeller Forest is the showpiece of Humboldt Redwoods State Park, which describes it as the largest remaining old-growth redwood forest in the world. It lies west of the Avenue of the Giants along Bull Creek, on a…

    Rockefeller Forest — the Greatest of Them All guide →
  23. What Bull Creek Gave Back
    23

    🔥 What Bull Creek Gave Back

    Bull Creek was once a farming settlement known for its apples. The flood of December 1955 changed the valley for good, and the tale follows what its families lost and how a few women kept the record of it.

    What Bull Creek Gave Back guide →
  24. How a Redwood Lives
    24

    🌲 How a Redwood Lives

    Redwood ecology — fog drip, fire resistance, burl sprouting, and the aerial ecosystems living hundreds of feet up in the canopy.

    How a Redwood Lives guide →
  25. How to Read a Second-Growth Forest
    25

    🌲 How to Read a Second-Growth Forest

    How to Read a Second-Growth Forest — a stop on the Avenue of the Giants.

    How to Read a Second-Growth Forest guide →
  26. The Widow's Grove
    26

    🔥 The Widow's Grove

    Small name signs line the Avenue, and each one has a history. This tale looks at the donors behind them and the idea of a living memorial, which began here with the Raynal Bolling Memorial Grove in nineteen twenty-one…

    The Widow's Grove guide →
  27. The Immortal Tree
    27

    🌲 The Immortal Tree

    The Immortal Tree stands beside the Avenue of the Giants north of Redcrest, and its name comes from what it has lived through. This coast redwood, about two hundred fifty feet tall and around a thousand years old, sur…

    The Immortal Tree guide →
  28. Who Else Lives Here
    28

    🌲 Who Else Lives Here

    Who Else Lives Here — a stop on the Avenue of the Giants.

    Who Else Lives Here guide →
  29. Why Any of This Is Still Here
    29

    🌲 Why Any of This Is Still Here

    The Save-the-Redwoods League, founded 1918, and the memorial-grove system that assembled Humboldt Redwoods State Park.

    Why Any of This Is Still Here guide →
  30. Making the Most of It
    30

    🌲 Making the Most of It

    Making the Most of It — a stop on the Avenue of the Giants.

    Making the Most of It guide →
  31. Boone Rides Along, North
    31

    🎧 Boone Rides Along, North

    Ranger Boone Merrick rides along on the Avenue, with the tales this valley tells on itself.

    Boone Rides Along, North guide →
  32. Welcome — The Avenue of the Giants (from the north)
    32

    🥾 Welcome — The Avenue of the Giants (from the north)

    The northern start of the Avenue of the Giants (CA-254) near Pepperwood — for drivers heading south toward Phillipsville.

Plan your visit

Good to know

How long is the Avenue of the Giants (California) tour?
The tour has 32 stops over about 30.5 miles with roughly 47 min of narrated audio. You set the pace — pause, linger, or skip ahead anytime.
Do I need cell signal to use the tour?
No. Download the tour before you go and it works completely offline — the audio plays by GPS even with no bars, which is exactly where most park tours lose signal.
How does a self-guided audio tour work?
You drive the route at your own pace and the Ranger Tales app plays the story for each stop automatically when you arrive, using your phone's location. No tapping, no reading while you drive. Ranger Quinn guides and Ranger Boone tells the campfire tales.
How do I get the tour?
Download the free Ranger Tales app from the App Store, then unlock this tour inside the app. The tour downloads to your phone so it's ready offline before you arrive.
Can I cancel or get a refund?
Change of mind? Full refund if you request it within 24 hours of purchase. If a verified technical issue prevents access, contact support within 7 days for a refund or credit. All requests are reviewed at our discretion and refunded to your original payment method.
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