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Trailhead near the day use area.
Following the Big Tree Trail necessitates some manageable fording of the South Fork Eel River.
River views from the trail.
Into the woods.
Coast redwoods along the Big Tree Trail.
Make sure to check out the Miles Standish Tree, just a stone's throw off of the Big Tree Trail.
The Miles Standish Tree is thought to be over 1,200 years old.
The base of the Miles Standish Tree.
Big Tree Trail.
Five finger fern (Adiantum aleuticum).
Big Tree Trail.
Big Tree Trail.