Redwood National and State Parks · California

West Prairie Trail

0.5 mi of trail, end to end · about 20 ft of climbing · 126 ft–150 ft · native surface · hiking

Visitor centers

Along the way Prairie Creek Visitor Center

Trailhead Elk Prairie Trailhead 133 ft Drive there

On the parks map

Other trails from the Elk Prairie Trailhead

Elk Prairie Trail · 1.6 mi
Elk Prairie Day Use Trail · 0.1 mi

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About this trail's facts

The lines are the National Park Service's public trails layer, the trailheads and the waterfalls, views, peaks and historic places along them the Service's public points of interest, read 2026-10-16 and simplified for the map; the length is the line's, end to end. The write-ups are the Service's own "things to do" text, unedited. Heights come from USGS 3DEP through Terrain Tiles on AWS (Mapzen/Tilezen), read along each line and rounded; a short trail on steep ground can be off by a few tens of feet. Closures change: check the park's own site before you go.