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Children's Forest Trail
Summer access
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| Children's Forest Trail | |
| Trailhead: | River Trail sign at Williams Grove Day Use Area. Follow the trail down to the beach and cross the summer bridge. The Children's Forest Trail is on your left. |
| Location: | Across the river from Williams Grove Day Use Area on the Avenue of the Giants. Three miles south of Humboldt Redwoods State Park Visitor Center. |
| Hiking time: | 2 hours |
| Distance: | 2.4 miles round trip. |
| Difficulty: | Moderate, there are a few short, steep slopes on this trail before you reach the Children's Forest Trail. |
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| Seasonal bridge access: | Yes - seasonal bridge over river at Williams Grove (approximately June-September). |
| Description: | |
| This grove was dedicated in 1941 as a memorial to children.
The plan of the Children's Forest was to have those individuals who had lost children of
their own, or children of others dear to them, contribute to units in the Kerr Creek
grove. This area was described as: "A grove which children would fancy, and in which one can fancy children, not too dense a grove, but one carpeted with oxalis and ferns, with shafts of sunlight and a playful stretch of river bank." This trail will take you along the river through a dark second growth redwood forest, and through a hillside Douglas fir forest. When you reach the Children's Forest Loop Trail, you will see a memorial sign that states: "To Dedicate a Redwood Forest as a common memorial to Children is to establish for all time a living monument and thereby make the remembrance immortal." |
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| Notes: No bikes or horses allowed on this trail. | |
