Highway 299 Redding to Eureka
Anyone taken this road in a 40’ RV and towing a car ??
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299 or 199 ???? depends a lot on where your coming from and where your trying to get to and if you have lots of time or are in a hurry. To condemn hwy 299 as a bad road and unsafe for RV travel is just plain foolish likewise to claim that 199 is a super highway is also foolish.
299 from Redding to Arcata, 299 does not go to Eureka, is a very good 2 lane paved highway with many pullouts and passing lanes. There are however 4 mountain summits to pull up, over, and down but the highest one is only about 4800 feet and 6% is the worst grade.
The only steep down grade (6%) is the west side of Oregon Mountain west of Weaverville just take it slow and there is no reason for worry, Semi trucks travel this route daily.
Lots of scenery and interesting sites to see and visit along the way. Old Shasta State park, historic mining city just west of Redding. The Joss house park in Weaverville, a tribute to the chinese culture and miners in early California.
Don't miss lunch at the Straw House in Big Flat, sit on the patio overlooking the river.
199 from Grants pass only takes you over one summit at Hays Hill and you wind along the Smith River canyon then wonder through the Redwood Park before coming to highway 101. Just as windy and slow as some stretches of 299.
Have driven and pulled my TT over both routes many times, 299 would be my first choice based on my statement in the first paragraph.
Born and raised in these mountains I can remember when 299 was a gravel road and it took most of a day to travel from Willow Creek to Arcata, so I just sort of chuckle to myself when I see people complain about the terrible roads that we have now.
Either route you choose you will have some beautiful scenery so take your time and enjoy it.
Tinbender
299 from Redding to Arcata, 299 does not go to Eureka, is a very good 2 lane paved highway with many pullouts and passing lanes. There are however 4 mountain summits to pull up, over, and down but the highest one is only about 4800 feet and 6% is the worst grade.
The only steep down grade (6%) is the west side of Oregon Mountain west of Weaverville just take it slow and there is no reason for worry, Semi trucks travel this route daily.
Lots of scenery and interesting sites to see and visit along the way. Old Shasta State park, historic mining city just west of Redding. The Joss house park in Weaverville, a tribute to the chinese culture and miners in early California.
Don't miss lunch at the Straw House in Big Flat, sit on the patio overlooking the river.
199 from Grants pass only takes you over one summit at Hays Hill and you wind along the Smith River canyon then wonder through the Redwood Park before coming to highway 101. Just as windy and slow as some stretches of 299.
Have driven and pulled my TT over both routes many times, 299 would be my first choice based on my statement in the first paragraph.
Born and raised in these mountains I can remember when 299 was a gravel road and it took most of a day to travel from Willow Creek to Arcata, so I just sort of chuckle to myself when I see people complain about the terrible roads that we have now.
Either route you choose you will have some beautiful scenery so take your time and enjoy it.
Tinbender
