Bald Hills Scenic Drive is located roughly 2.0 miles north of Orick, off Hwy 101, in the Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park. The drive offers many opportunities for elk viewing in an area that features redwoods, magnificent oak woodlands and prairies. Here you will find outstanding views of the Pacific Ocean in the distance, spring wildflowers, Roosevelt elk, and black bear.
Luffenholtz Beach is a Humboldt County park just south of the small town of Trinidad. The park has a large scenic overlook on a rock that juts out into the surf with views toward Trinidad Head and the picturesque town. Luffenholtz Creek sometimes flows across this narrow dark sand beach which has large rocks in the surf and offshore to photograph.
One of Del Norte County's overlooked hiking gems, the Damnation Creek Trail offers visitors solitude among magnificent virgin coast redwoods and a scenic pathway to a nearly inaccessible stretch of rugged coastline. Located in Del Norte Coast Redwoods State Park 8 miles south of Crescent City, the trail meanders through massive old-growth redwoods before plunging 1,000 feet to open up on Damnation Cove and the Pacific Ocean.
