Best time to go
The campground stays open year-round, but reservation and first-come arrangements change with the season. Confirm the current booking rules before you travel rather than relying on a remembered shoulder-season date.
Overview
About Jedediah Smith Campground
Why stop
- A seasonal footbridge puts Stout Grove and Mill Creek Trail within a walk.
Heads up
- Highway noise carries into some loops, and privacy varies by site.
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- ClosureBald Hills Road, Mill Creek and 44 Creek restrictionsMentions Mill Creek, referenced in this guideUse caution on damaged Bald Hills Road and plan around Mill Creek and 44 Creek access restrictions.Official details
- CautionU.S. 101 construction traffic controlsExpect construction-related traffic stops and one-way controlled traffic on U.S. 101; allow extra time and drive cautiously. - NPS reports multiple stops between Orick and Crescent City; delays vary.Official details
The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Redwood Tour Guide
Your drive to Jedediah Smith Campground, narrated.
Parkwolf is a GPS audio tour guide for Redwood National Park. As you drive, it chimes in with what’s ahead: hidden gems, upcoming stops, history, geology, and wildlife, right through your car’s speakers.
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“You're coming up on Jedediah Smith Campground, where you can stay beneath old-growth redwoods year-round. It's an established campground beside the highway, so expect traffic noise in some sites and varying privacy.”
Plays as you drive up to Jedediah Smith Campground in the Parkwolf Redwood Tour Guide.
More stories near here in the app
- Jedediah Smith River Day Use Area
- Hiouchi Visitor Center
- Stout Memorial Grove
- Hiouchi Trail
- 85 audio storiesacross Redwood’s roads, triggered by GPS as you drive
- Wildlife heatmapsfor Black Bear, Elk, California Condor, and 13 more
- Works offlinemaps, 83 trails, 48 places, and audio download before you lose signal
- CarPlay readysimple controls built for the drive
“Fantastic app with many points of information… It’s great to just turn on while you’re driving and it gives you an audio tour of the national Park. We love it!!!!”
Guide
More about Jedediah Smith Campground
Camp beneath old-growth redwoodsJedediah Smith Campground is a developed campground with 86 sites beneath old-growth coast…
Jedediah Smith Campground is a developed campground with 86 sites beneath old-growth coast redwoods along the Smith River, just off Highway 199 about a mile west of Hiouchi. Choose it when you want the forest and river to be part of the overnight stay; swimming and fishing are among the things visitors come here to do. The campground is open year-round.
Expect an established campgroundThis is not a remote, silent camp.
This is not a remote, silent camp. Highway 199 runs alongside the loops, traffic can carry into some sites, and privacy varies. There is a lower riverside terrace as well as loops closer to the road, so the setting changes from site to site.
Walk to Stout Grove in summerA seasonal footbridge across the river connects the campground on foot with the Stout Grove…
A seasonal footbridge across the river connects the campground on foot with the Stout Grove area and Mill Creek Trail. It is a useful way to reach those redwood walks without driving, but the bridge is seasonal, not a year-round shortcut.
Check your vehicle sizeThe internal lanes are narrow and have tight curves.
The internal lanes are narrow and have tight curves. The maximum is 25 feet for an RV and 21 feet for a trailer, so check the full vehicle and trailer length before booking if you are near those limits.
Wildlife
Wildlife in Redwood
256 sightingsBlack BearMost seen around 7 PMSighting map
2,389 sightingsElkMost seen around 6 PMSighting map
62 sightingsCalifornia CondorMost seen around 1 PMSighting map
60 sightingsCalifornia Sea LionMost seen around 11 AMSighting map
216 sightingsHarbor SealMost seen around 10 AMSighting map
13 sightingsMountain LionMost seen around 7 PMSighting mapSighting maps show where each species has been reported across Redwood. Wildlife moves, so no sighting is guaranteed.
