Maybe you haven’t heard of Weott, named for the Native American Wiyot Indians who lived in the Northern California coastal region for thousands of years, hunting, fishing for salmon and gathering roots for medicine, food and basketry. Today, Weott enjoys beautiful surroundings and a bounty of things to do that include many of the same activities that have been popular for thousands of years… fishing, hiking, etc.
Weott is located along Highway 101 in the majestic California Redwood forests 45 miles south of coastal Eureka. This small town is situated in a valley surrounded by the tall trees that have existed and grown for several thousand years.
Adjacent to Weott is Humboldt Redwoods State Park along the scenic Avenue of the Giants. It encompasses 52,000 acres, including over 17,000 acres of ancient old-growth coast redwood forest. The State Park is located 45 miles south of Eureka along the Avenue of the Giants and 20 miles north of Garberville. The area receives 60 to 80 inches of rain each year, mostly in October through May.
This park is California’s largest Redwood state park and includes the Rockefeller Forest, the largest remaining contiguous old-growth coast redwood forest in the world. The trees are thousands of years old and have never been logged with the forest looking much as it did 100 years ago.
A natural Coast Redwood forest is a perfect recycling system. The soil (like that in any high-rainfall climate) contains few nutrients; most of the substance necessary for life is in the trees themselves, living and dead, and in the other plants and animals of the forest. If trees are removed from the forest instead of being allowed to die and decay naturally, many nutrients are lost from the cycle. Read more about Weott
