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Features Birding · River/Creek · Wildflowers · Wildlife

Need to Know

The Heritage Grove trailhead parking lot is small (6-7 cars) and does not have a bathroom. While this is a seldom visited area, the small parking lot can fill on weekends. The main parking area for Sam McDonald park off of Pescadero Creek Road is larger and has a bathroom and other facilities, but would involve a longer hike (~4 mi out-and-back) along the Heritage Grove Trail to access the grove.

Description

If parking at the Heritage Grove parking lot, trail is accessed by a short walk (0.1 mi) along the Heritage Grove Connector (which involves a bridged crossing over Alpine Creek).

The Lower Heritage Grove Trail is a short, flat, and beautiful trail that weaves between giant old growth redwoods in the Heritage Grove. It follows Alpine Creek until the trail ends where an old bridge was washed out.

Flora & Fauna

Old growth coast redwoods, California banana slugs, ferns, black berries, thimble berries, broad-leaf forget-me-nots, pacific trillium, sorrel, and many fungi.