Drury-Chaney Loop Trail

California State Parks publishes three different lengths for this loop, and all three are live on its own site right now: 2.4 miles on the Park Adventures page and both recent printed info sheets, 1.7 miles on the hiking page, and 1.67 miles in the accessibility survey. Two of those are the same measurement rounded. The 2.4 figure is roughly 44% longer and appears on the newest paperwork. Duration is given as 1.25 hours next to both numbers, which can't be true of both.

Plan for somewhere between 1.7 and 2.4 miles of flat walking and you'll be fine either way.

It sits at the far north end of Humboldt Redwoods, just off the Avenue of the Giants, on old-growth alluvial bench. State Parks describes the cooler temperatures and heavier fog up here producing a lush carpet of greenery under the redwoods — this end stays green and damp when the rest of the Avenue has dried out.

The accessible rating is about the tread, not the site. Surface is compacted soil, 5 feet wide on average with a 3-foot minimum, grade generally under 5%. But cross slope reaches 13% at several armored creek crossings, which State Parks says may challenge some users, and there is no accessible parking and no restroom at the trailhead.

Dogs are barred from the trail. That catches people out, because it reads exactly like a stroller-and-wheelchair path.

Coming south on 101, take the Avenue of the Giants / Pepperwood exit, number 674. No official source puts this trailhead at Redcrest — Pepperwood is the only town State Parks names for it.

It's one of five trails the park lists as accessible, with Gould Grove, Fleischmann Grove, Founder's Grove and Rockefeller Loop.