Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park is located in the Northwestern corner of California nine miles east of Crescent City in Del Norte County.

Wildlife of this State Park is both abundant and varied including such animals as black bear, deer, coyote, bobcat, mountain lion, skunks, fox, beaver, river otter, squirrels, chipmunks and many others. Some of the rare or uncommon examples of bird life identified include the bald eagle, spotted owl, pileat woodpecker and marbled murrelet. The Smith River and Mill Creek are especially known for the king salmon and steelhead trout runs in the fall an winter. Mill Creek is a spawning ground for these fish.

Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park is named after the intrepid explorer, Jedediah Stong Smith who was the first white man to explore the interior of northern California. His journey through the coast redwood belt was part of a remarkable two- year trapping expedition which began in 1826. Smith pioneered a trail southwest from the Great Salt Lake across the Mojave Desert through the San Bernadino Mountains into California.

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Park and campground is located 9 miles east of Crescent City, CA in Del Norte County on Hwy. 199

Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park
1375 Elk Valley Rd.
Crescent City CA 95531

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