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Fern Canyon Trail

Fern Canyon Trail is a roughly 1.1-mile out-and-back foot trail in Redwood National and State Parks, California. Difficulty: easy, from Trailbound's popular-hike list. That is the full hike: the mapped trail line covers only 0.78 mi of it, so don't plan from the map line alone.

• 0.55 mione way
• 1.1 miround trip
• 0.78 mimapped segment only
• 150 fthigh point
• Easydifficulty

From the National Park Service

Walk the Fern Canyon Loop Trail
Read the official NPS description

Plan this hike

Open Fern Canyon Trail on Trailbound's interactive map to see the full route, the elevation profile, today's forecast and any park alerts for Redwood. Redwood has permits or reservations for some areas: see the Redwood page for what's needed.

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