Drury - Chaney Trail

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Drury - Chaney Trail
Trailhead: At the Drury - Chaney Grove sign
Location: Ten miles north of the Visitor Center. At mile marker 43.8 on the Avenue of the Giants.
Hiking time: 1½ hours
Distance: 2¾ miles round-trip
Difficulty: Easy
Elevation gain/loss:
  • Starting elevation: 250 feet
  • Gain/loss: approximately XXXXXXX feet
Description:
This is one of the most beautiful trails in Humboldt Redwoods State Park. Many photographic opportunities can be found along this redwood forest trail. As you travel along the cool, shaded trail, you will discover a bench that was dedicated to Ralph W. Chaney for re-discovering the dawn redwood in China in 1948, and bringing the seeds to the United States.

Newton Drury and Ralph Chaney are past presidents of the Save-the-Redwoods League.

Drury Grove

  • Established: 1968
  • Size: 40 acres

Chaney Grove

  • Established: 1971
  • Size: 20 acres

 

 

 

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