Little Bald Hills Trail
This diverse and challenging point-to-point trail provides access to a backcountry campsite.
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Little Bald Hills Trail Details
The Little Bald Hills Trail is open to hiking, biking, and horseback riding. Beginning among the old-growth redwoods of Jedediah Smith State Park, this trails ascends through fir forests and tops out in a pine grove. It is 9.8 miles from one end to the other. From the trailhead on the east end of Howland Hill Road, you'll pass through fern-carpeted redwood groves before they fade into cedar and fir forests and, higher up, pine shrublands, and eventually prairies and fields. After 3.3 miles, you'll come to the Little Bald Hills backcountry campsite. At 4.8 miles you will leave the park, but the trail continues another 5 miles to an intersection with South Fork Road.
Difficulty
High
Distance
9.8 miles
Estimated time
6 hours
Region
N/A
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Nearby Points of Interest Around Little Bald Hills Trail
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0.7 mi away
Stout Grove
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Stout Memorial Grove Trail
A quick walk to some of the park's most extraordinary redwoods.
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Hiouchi Information Center
The park's northernmost visitor center.
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Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park
An astounding 7% of the worlds remaining old-growth redwoods can be found in this state park near the Oregon California border.
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Mill Creek Trail
This horse and hiking trail offers scenic views and traverses several human-impacted ecosystems.
