California · National and State Parks trail

Lady Bird Johnson Nature Trail Beginning

in California

Welcome to the Lady Bird Johnson Grove Nature Trail This 1.5mile (2.4km) loop winds through an old-growth redwood forest. This grove, like many others in Redwood National and State Parks, stands as a reminder of the extensive redwood forests that one blanketed the Pacific Coast from southern Oregon to Big Sur, California. Intense logging from 1850 through the present reduced these once endless forests to a fraction of their original expanse.

Today, less than four percent of the old-growth redwood forests remain. Remnant old-growth forests persist. They persist because water, wind, fire, and light shepherd the forest through infinite centuries of birth, growth, death, and regeneration - without human interruption.

Enter a place where time is measured in centuries and millennia. Here, majestic redwoods stand as regal as they did when our ancestors first gazed skyward into the dark canopy. The forest changes slowly here, yet it is forever reborn.

States: California
Trail type: National and State Parks trail
Centroid nearest city: Eugene, OR · 196 mi · ~6 hr drive
Centroid coords: 41.3041°, -124.0182°

About Redwood National and State Parks

National and State Parks

This trail is inside Redwood National and State Parks, a national and state parks managed by the U.S. National Park Service. Conditions, road status, trail closures, and reservation requirements are published on the park's NPS page — check it before driving in, especially in winter or during major weather events.

Official NPS trail page: https://www.nps.gov/places/lady-bird-johnson-nature-trail-welcome.htm

Park homepage: https://www.nps.gov/redw/index.htm

Plan your hike

Practical notes

Maps + permits: long-distance trails like this often require permits for through-hiking, backcountry camping, or specific sections (especially in National Parks). Check with the maintaining organisation listed above and the relevant land manager before booking travel.

Water + supplies: water sources vary seasonally on most U.S. trails. Carry a filter and consult current trail-condition reports — through-hiker journals (PCT-L, AT Reddit, etc.) and the maintaining organisation publish regular updates.

When to go: hiking seasons vary widely with elevation, latitude, and snowpack. Through-hikers traditionally start the AT in March-April (Springer northbound) and the PCT in late April (Campo northbound). High-elevation western trails (CDT, JMT, Wonderland) generally aren't passable until July.

If you've hiked Lady Bird Johnson Nature Trail Beginning and have current notes (water sources, trail closures, permit changes), tell us at /contact — we update pages as we learn.