Perhaps the most frequently visited redwood forest in the world, Humboldt Redwoods State Park features the celebrated "Avenue of the Giants," a thirty mile trek through some of the largest trees in the world. Jack London called it "the most unthinkably glorious body of timber to be seen anywhere." In this gallery, a sample of the scenery.

(64K) 640 x 433	Here is Avenue of the Giants on an October morning, 1998. The fog on the hills provides much of the moisture needed by the forest.	(59K) 640 x 437	A lone trunk in a puddle in Bear Creek, by the side of the Rockerfeller Grove.
(78K) 640 x 444	A trail through Federation Grove, just off of Avenue of the Giants, near Matole Road.	(111K) 465 x 640	Another scene from Federation Grove.
(51K) 640 x 447	Railroad bridge for an unused railroad. This scene from a vista off of Avenue of the Giants, near the intersection of Matole Road.	(113K) 439 x 640	The trail to Grasshopper Peak, above Bear Creek and the central portion of Avenue of Giants.
(71K) 640 x 443	The Eel River, which runs along side the Avenue of the Giants.	(59K) 439 x 640	Avenue of the Giants, just south of Matole Road.
(81K) 440 x 640	A fish jumping in the Eel River, South Fork, just off of Avenue of Giants.	(94K) 428 x 640	Here's the mighty Founder's Tree, just off of Dyerville Loop Road, not far from the intersection of Matole and Avenue of the Giants.
(95K) 419 x 640	A long shot of the Founders Tree.