There are two redwood groves here in southwest Oregon. Neither of these groves is as impressive as the groves we went to in California, but it was still nice to visit them. The first one we went to is the “Redwood Nature Trail” is about 7 miles NE of Brookings, Oregon. To get to it, here are directions:

From the bridge across the Chetco River in Brookings, turn onto North Bank Chetco River Road (following signs for Loeb State Park) for about seven miles, then go about a half mile farther to a small parking area on the left with the sign for “Redwood Nature Trail”. This is all paved road all the way. On the info board around the corner, there was only one brochure, which we took and then returned when we got back. It has small descriptions corresponding to numbered posts along the trail. If you want to take the trail in the order of the numbered descriptions, take a sharp left just before you cross the first bridge. We didn’t know that, so actually did the trail in reverse order. Talking to a couple of locals we met, they said they usually go in the reverse direction because it is a more gradual climb (527 feet) vs. taking the numbers in order.

The second grove, “Oregon Redwoods Trail”, is about 14 miles SE of Brookings, Oregon. To get to it, here are directions:

About 5 miles South of Brookings, Oregon on Hwy 101, turn East onto Winchuck Road, following signs for “Oregon Redwoods Trail”. After about 1.5 miles, turn right across a bridge onto Peavine Ridge Road. This will soon turn into a one lane gravel road, with plenty of potholes, for another 4-5 miles. There is a nice parking area at the end of this gravel road. Here you can take either a 1.8 mile trail with 383 feet of elevation gain, or a 0.75 mile “Interpretive Trail”, which is wheelchair accessible (with someone to help push in some areas). We actually just took the shorter trail.