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Mendocino Redwoods

Mendocino Redwoods are forests of trees that are some of the tallest living things on earth. Ancient trees can be seen in the Mendocino Redwoods.

The Coastal Redwoods tower over any other tree in the world. The tallest of these trees reach heights of over 370 feet.

Mendocino Redwoods can be seen all over Mendocino County. One of the best locations to see Mendocino Redwoods is in Montgomery Woods State Reserve near Ukiah, California.

These Coastal Redwoods are some of the remaining forest of Redwoods that at one time covered 2,100,000 acres along much of coastal California. Logging of these tall trees began in the 1850′s. Coast redwood lumber is highly valued for its beauty, light weight, and resistance to decay. Its lack of resin makes it resistant to fire. Because of the woods resistance to decay the lumber was used often for fencing and railroad ties & trestles. Many feel that the buildings that did survive the fire created by the San Francisco earthquake did so because of their redwood framework.

Coast redwoods occupy a narrow strip of land approximately 470 miles in length and 5–47 miles in width along the Pacific coast of North America; from the most southernly grove in Monterey County, California to groves that exist in southwestern Oregon.

This Mendocino Redwoods photograph was taken in one the more remote groves that is protected. Montgomery Woods State Reserve is known not only for the tall Coastal Redwoods but also for the ferns on the ground cover of the forest. The trail into the forest follows Montgomery Creek. The forest has never been logged. These Mendocino Redwoods thrive on the stream flats of Montgomery Creek. The Mendocino Redwoods of the reserve were protected by a nine acre donation by Robert Orr. Purchases and donations of land by the Save the Redwoods League added to the preserve.

Mendocino Redwoods are an excellent location to experience the solitude, quiet and scenery of California’s Coastal Redwoods.