Visitors to Redwood National Park are permitted to ride horses along designated trails. Redwood Creek Buckarettes offers guided horseback tours through Redwood National Forest. The company offers three tour options. The Goose Pen Ride is a quick trip up the mountain to take pictures. The Majestic Ride is a two-hour trip through the park's old growth forest. The tour includes a ride 600 feet up the mountain. The Picnic Ride is a four-hour trip through the Redwood Forest and includes lunch. Riders must be at least 6 years of age to participate in a Buckarettes horse tour.
Redwood Creek Buckarettes
1000 Drydens Rd.
Orick, CA 95555
707-499-2943
redwoodcreekbuckarettes.com
Visitors to Redwood National Park can bicycle through the forest in designated areas. The park offers six trails for visitors who wish to travel the park via bike. Each trail has varying degrees of difficulty, and visitors are cautioned that cycling the forest is not an easy task.
Western Spirit Cycling offers a five-day family bike tour through the park. The trip includes a guided bike ride through the Redwood Forest and ample time for strolling, hiking, swimming and camping. The trip provides easier rides for children and adults and then provides age-appropriate activities for children while the adults embark on longer, more difficult routes. The tour also includes a ride to the California coast for a view of the Pacific Ocean. Fees for this trip include experienced guides, meals, park entry fees, support vehicles and shuttles. Participants must bring or rent bikes and camping gear.
Western Spirit Cycling
478 Mill Creek Dr.
Moab, UT 84532
435-259-8732
westernspirit.com
Redwood National Park has seven paved and unpaved roads for visitors who wish to take in the park's scenery from the road. The Coastal Drive is a trip over a mostly gravel eight-mile road. This ride is one to two hours each way and provides views of the ocean and Klamath River. The Newton B. Drury Scenic Parkway is a 10-mile drive through the forest's old growth in Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park. The drive takes 15 to 30 minutes each way. The Davidson Road route is a narrow, unpaved, eight-mile road through the young redwood forest to Gold Bluffs Beach. The route is 30 minutes each way and largely isolated.
