



Peters Creek Trailhead
La Honda
Skip the tourist-packed redwood spots and hike Peters Creek for towering old-growth groves, moss-draped branches, and actual solitude. The descent winds through ferns and cascades before reaching the majestic trees.
Old-growth redwoods
Hidden waterfall hike
Mossy forest trails
Uncrowded escape
Tips
🌲"one of the Bay Area's most pristine old-growth redwood groves" (Save the Redwoods League)
🥾sturdy shoes essential—trail gets steep and rooty
📵cell signal very weak, download maps beforehand
Peters Creek Trailhead
La Honda




Skip the tourist-packed redwood spots and hike Peters Creek for towering old-growth groves, moss-draped branches, and actual solitude. The descent winds through ferns and cascades before reaching the majestic trees.
Old-growth redwoods
Hidden waterfall hike
Mossy forest trails
Uncrowded escape
Tips
🌲"one of the Bay Area's most pristine old-growth redwood groves" (Save the Redwoods League)
🥾sturdy shoes essential—trail gets steep and rooty
📵cell signal very weak, download maps beforehand