Itinerary ideas needed: northern California

We were in the area this spring and spent a few days at Klamath River RV park right off the 101. Great campground all grass sites and you are on the Klamath River. We also spent a couple of days in Grants Pass and went up to Crater Lake, awesome, and took a jet boat ride on the Rogue River. Love the area.

geoedgerton wrote:
Consider visiting Ferndale which is SW of Fortuna---great Victorian houses and neat historic downtown. The old town part of Eureka is worth taking a look at.

A good campground just north of Eureka in Arcata is Mad River Campground. A good place to visit in Arcata is Holly Yashi jewelry factory. And, old downtown Arcata is worth taking a look at--there is a central park "square" ringed with old shops. There is also an old logging cookhouse---Samoa cookhouse- west of Eureka that has very good food served in a family style setting.

As you proceed south of Eureka look for the Avenue of the Giants hwy. It parallels hwy 101 and has many redwood groves with walking trails that are truly spectacular. A good campground at the north end of the Avenue of the Giants is the "Ancient Redwoods" RV park. Nice setting and a very nice store with lots of burls, etc.

X2!

The Big Sur drive is beautiful. If you make it as far south as Monterey, visit the Monterey Bay aquarium on Cannery Row and pop over to Pepple Beach on 17 Mile Drive in Carmel.

Thanks guys keep the ideas coming.
We could push our stay to 10 days if need be.

Josh

Stop at that Redwoods info center in Crescent City, and pick up info on the National and State parks. They extend all the way south to the CA1 turn off.

Consider visiting Ferndale which is SW of Fortuna---great Victorian houses and neat historic downtown. The old town part of Eureka is worth taking a look at.

A good campground just north of Eureka in Arcata is Mad River Campground. A good place to visit in Arcata is Holly Yashi jewelry factory. And, old downtown Arcata is worth taking a look at--there is a central park "square" ringed with old shops. There is also an old logging cookhouse---Samoa cookhouse- west of Eureka that has very good food served in a family style setting.

As you proceed south of Eureka look for the Avenue of the Giants hwy. It parallels hwy 101 and has many redwood groves with walking trails that are truly spectacular. A good campground at the north end of the Avenue of the Giants is the "Ancient Redwoods" RV park. Nice setting and a very nice store with lots of burls, etc.

A week is not a lot of time to enjoy that area. Just the drive alone is worth the trip. You may see herds of Elk, tall Redwoods, beautiful rivers and some amazing cliffs.

The Rogue River mail run if fun.