REDWOODS
In 1148 A.D. this tree began growing near Jorden Creek at the north end of the "Avenue of the Giants". It was 839-years old it fell in 1987. The height of the tree was 300 feet, the average diameter was 9 feet and it's weight was 325 tons.

Misty Morning in the Redwood Forest

Fog is the lifegiving substance of California's Coastal Redwoods. Condensing on the needles of trees and then dripping to the ground, it accounts for as much as seventy inches of moisture per year.

Battery Point Lighthouse was completed in 1865. Now a museum operated by the Del Norte County Historical Society. It can be reached by foot at low tide.

COAST REDWOODS

Clearing fog reveals chunky islands topped by firs in this picture typical of the Northern California coast.