Highway access → arrival
Arrival: Nature Loop trailhead across from the campground entrance station.
Approach: Turn from US-101 onto signed Mill Creek Campground Road in Del Norte Coast Redwoods State Park. Use authorized visitor parking and cross to the signed nature trail.
Seasonal campground gate controls vehicle access. No highway-shoulder parking alternative is asserted when the gate is closed.
Official directions & access ↗A one-mile interpretive loop across from the Mill Creek Campground entrance station, introducing redwoods and associated madrone, alder, tanoak, and maple forest. It is within the seasonal campground access area.
Access details
- Parking
- Use the campground's designated parking and marked Nature Loop trailhead only when current gate and park access permit.
- Viewpoint
- Interpretive signs explain the varied forest around Mill Creek.
- Trail
- NPS lists a one-mile loop with some steep non-level grades.
- Public water access
- No public swimming or launch entrance is represented from this loop.
- Water conditions
- This shares a map point with its campground because no distinct verified entrance coordinate is published.
Plan from the official source
Redwood National and State Parks is the manager or primary source for this entry. Check its current page for changing hours, fees, reservations, road restrictions, and closures.
Open NPS trails north of the Klamath River ↗