Patricks Point State Park
Patricks Point State Park is a 640-acre park in the coast redwood country of California. It offers stunning natural beauty, including breathtaking coastal views, forests, and diverse wildlife. Spruce, hemlock, pine, fir, and red alder woods blanket an ocean headland in this park, with beautiful meadows brimming with wildflowers.
Explore tidal pools, look for agates and driftwood, and see whales, sea lions, and magnificent sunsets along a stunning coastline that ranges from large sandy beaches to towering cliffs that soar far above the Pacific Ocean. There are miles of trails to explore, a re-created Yurok Village, a native plant garden, a visitor centre, and several camping options for hikers, bikers, families, and large groups.
Trails At Patricks Point State Park
Patrick’s Point State Park features two notable trails for visitors to explore. The Octopus Tree Trail showcases an impressive ancient redwood tree, while the Rim Trail offers scenic views of Trinidad Head and Big Lagoon.
Octopus Tree Trail
Octopus Tree Trail loops through an old-growth forest of Sitka spruce trees. Two pathways lead to vantage points along the coast that are accessible to everyone. When the water level dropped, it exposed ancient sea stacks like Ceremonial Rock and Lookout Rock, and they can be climbed to their summits by following a couple of short trails that are relatively steep.
Hikers travelling down the trail in certain sections of the park are shielded from view and separated from one another by walls of foliage due to the abundant plant life in those sections.
Rim Trail At Patricks Point State Park
The Rim Trail at Patricks Point State Park is about a 4-mile round-trip from Palmers Point to Agate Beach Campground. Despite its proximity to redwood trees, the park’s rocky outcrops are dominated by Sitka spruce, Douglas fir, and red alder.
The park was named for Patrick Beegan, who 1851, cleared this heavily wooded peninsula for settlement. The Yurok people have harvested clams, sea lions, game, and berries on Abalone Point for millennia. The old Indian Rim Trail offers Trinidad Head and Big Lagoon views.
Sumeg Village
See typical Yurok dwellings, such as a sweat house, changing houses, a redwood canoe, and a dancing house, at the Sumeg Yurok village reconstruction. Other highlights include a redwood canoe. Yuroks from the surrounding area use the village to teach their culture to outsiders and educate the community’s younger members.
A native plant garden can be found right next to Sumeg Village. In this garden, you may see native plants that were once utilized to make baskets and for food and medicinal.
Native American Plant Garden
This garden, available to the public since 1997, specializes in Native American plants and displays Yurok ceremonial and medicinal plants. Medicinal, basketry, ceremonial, and recreational drug plants are all represented in the garden via symbolic plantings. The Yurok Indian Village and the Native American Plant Garden share a boundary to the garden’s east.
Address: 4150 Patricks Point Dr, Trinidad, CA 95570, United States
Opens-Closed: 9 am-8 pm
Phone: +1 707-677-3570
Management: California State Parks
Area: 259 ha
