Redwood Scenic Parkway
Parking areas along the way provide easy access to trails.
Newton B. Drury Scenic Parkway is the scenic alternative to Hwy 101. This ten-mile (16-km) drive through old-growth redwood forest in Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park, takes just a few more minutes and avoids the steep grades of the park bypass.
Along the way, look for access to numerous trailheads such as Big Tree and Ah Pah. Be sure to keep an eye out for the wild elk herds that roam the park.
Take a side trip on Cal Barrel Road, and stop at the Elk Prairie visitor center at the southern entrance to the Parkway, hub of numerous trails.
Cal-Barrel Road (30 minutes one way) Travel this 3-mile (5 km) narrow and winding road through old-growth forest in Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park. The turnoff is located north of the Prairie Creek Visitor Center on Newton B. Drury Scenic Parkway. Trailers or motorhomes prohibited and this is not a through road.
Directions: Newton B Drury/Elk Prairie Exits:
Begins six miles north of Orick or four miles south of Klamath.
No commercial vehicles permitted.