Berry Glen Trail

Berry Glen was a Depression-era family store on the old Redwood Highway, known to travelers for its homemade berry pies. The store is gone. Its name carried over to the trail that climbs from Elk Meadow up to Lady Bird Johnson Grove, and that climb is 1,200 feet.

How long the trail runs depends on which NPS page you read. The current "Trails South of the Klamath River" listing says 3.5 miles one way; the 2010 news release announcing the opening called it a 3-mile trail. Berry Glen doesn't appear in the 2026 Visitor Guide hikes table or the park unigrid, so no published time estimate goes with either figure. NPS rates it moderate to strenuous.

Parking is the real payoff. Lady Bird Johnson Grove has a small lot at the top of Bald Hills Road that's typically full from 11am to 4pm in summer, no room for oversized vehicles or trailers, and shoulder parking along the road has been a ticket-and-tow offense since November 8, 2011. Elk Meadow, at the bottom, has auto, bus and RV parking, flush toilets, drinking water and picnic tables.

Much of the upper trail follows the alignment of the original Bald Hills Road — the route Yurok people and, later, gold seekers used through this country. Lower sections wind through forest that was never disturbed. The California Conservation Corps did much of the construction with federal stimulus funding, and the trail opened October 30, 2010.

Bears and elk both turn up around Elk Meadow. Stay 75 feet back and never approach on foot. Bald Hills Road is being repaved between the grove and the Redwood Creek Overlook, with 20- to 30-minute delays as of August 2026.