John B. Dewitt Redwoods State Natural Reserve
40.2989, -123.9218
- Nearest town
- Weott
- Map status
- Verified pin
- Visit conditions
- Check before travel
- Research reviewed
- Aug 17, 2026
Field guide
Know before you go
- What's there
- Three small old-growth redwood groves, per the only sentence State Parks publishes
- Size
- Not published
- Hours
- Not published
- Fee
- Not published. The California State Library Parks Pass is listed as accepted
- Trails
- None listed. State Parks doesn't say whether any exist
- Facilities
- None described. The page's parking, picnic and beach icons are unsupported by any text or map
- Restrooms
- Not published
- Dogs
- Not published
- Accessibility
- Not surveyed. The unit has no entry in the State Parks accessible features system
- Camping
- None listed
- Directions
- Not published — State Parks says to call the park
- Managing office
- North Coast Redwoods District, PO Box 2006, Eureka CA 95502-2006
- Phone
- (707) 445-6547
The place
About John B. Dewitt Redwoods State Natural Reserve
One sentence. That is the entire official description California State Parks publishes for this reserve: it "features three small old-growth redwood groves in Humboldt County."
Everything else is blank. No acreage. No hours, no fee, no trail, no dog policy, no accessibility survey, no campground. The state park page doesn't even give a nearest town — only the county and a PO box in Eureka. And on the question of how to get there, the page says outright: "Directions for this park are currently unavailable. Please call the park."
The page does show a small block of facility icons — parking, picnic areas, beach area. Nothing on the page supports them: no map, no directions, no descriptive text. They read as a generic template, and they're at odds with everything else about a unit this undeveloped. Don't plan around them.
Treat this as an undeveloped natural reserve with no published facilities and no published access. It's administered remotely from the North Coast Redwoods District office in Eureka, one of 22 units the district manages across more than 130,000 acres. Calling (707) 445-6547 is the only official way to establish how to reach it.
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Frequently asked
How do you get to John B. Dewitt Redwoods?
California State Parks doesn't say. Its page for the reserve reads, verbatim, "Directions for this park are currently unavailable. Please call the park." Call the North Coast Redwoods District at (707) 445-6547 — that's the only official route to an answer.
Is there a trail at John B. Dewitt Redwoods?
None is published. The reserve doesn't appear in any State Parks trail listing or in the district's accessible features survey. That isn't the same as a confirmed absence — State Parks is simply silent on it.
How big is John B. Dewitt Redwoods State Natural Reserve?
No acreage is published. It's absent from the State Parks unit page, the district page and the statewide park index, and Save the Redwoods League's guides don't cover it either.
Are dogs allowed at John B. Dewitt Redwoods?
No dog policy is published for this unit. Rules at neighboring State Parks units don't automatically apply here, so ask the district office at (707) 445-6547 before bringing one.
Are there restrooms or picnic tables?
None are documented. The state page displays parking, picnic area and beach icons, but no map, directions or description backs them up, and they appear to come from a standard icon block rather than a site inventory. Come prepared for an undeveloped reserve.
Official and supporting sources
Research reconciled 2026-08-17. Closures, fees, permits and hours can change.