Location: Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park
Trailhead: Marked trailhead and parking area is on north side of Howland Hill Road.
Mileage: 2.8
Difficulty Level: Moderate, some steep grades and switchbacks.
Description: Allow at least half a day to enjoy this outstanding trail, which leads you deep into the old-growth forest before concluding at Fern Falls. Slight changes in elevation give a different perspective on the redwoods and allow a peek into the dense canopy. At 2½ miles from the trailhead, an unmarked but prevalent spur trail leads up to the Boy Scout Tree (a double redwood), so named because of its discovery by a local troop leader.
Stout Memorial Grove
Location: Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park
Trailhead: Paved access road is on east end of Howland Hill Road. Summer seasonal bridge allows access from Jedediah Smith Campground.
Mileage: 0.5-mile loop
Difficulty Level: After the initial descent from the parking lot, the trail is easy and flat.
Description: Stout Grove, a majestic example of an ancient coast redwood forest, is often considered to be the heart of Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park. In 1929, Mrs. Clara Stout donated this 44-acre grove to the Save-the-Redwoods League to save it from being logged and to memorialize her husband, lumber baron Frank D. Stout. A walk along this loop trail reveals colossal redwoods thriving in rich soil deposited during periodic flooding of the Smith River. Here, waist-high sword ferns carpet the forest floor and normally flared tree bases stop short, covered in river soils. Flood waters inhibit the growth of understory trees and plants seen in other groves, leaving the 300-foot redwoods on display. A short spur trail leads you to the serpentine waters of the Smith River.
原定計畫要走的二個Trail，因為兒子的胸口受傷而遲疑了。擦傷的傷口雖然不深，流的血也容易止住，但是面積實在不小，走動時牽動到就特別痛，讓兒子不敢有大動作。
不願勉強兒子和我們一起走，又不能讓他在車上等我們太久，最後決定只走一個最短的Stout Grove Trail（0.5 Mile）淺嚐即止。
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