RandyMac

You-all are talkin' about my backyard, I've spent most of my life in Humboldt and Del Norte counties. I live in Crescent City. There are a few untouched places were pockets of superb groves exist. Most remain "hidden" to keep the public from screwing them up. Folks wandering around the bases have caused soil compaction, several popular trees have suffered greatly, some are dying. Fortunately, the average tourist won't go 50 yards from the car. I know of trees that surpass the "public" giants, there is a Redwood (coastal) that taped out at 26' dbh, it lives in Del Norte. I participated in the falling of a stovepipe that was close to 25' dia. @ the stump. In the '50s, Redwood Valley, near Orick, record sized trees were logged often enough, to have the companies cover up what went on there.
As far as Humboldt goes, you had better hurry, the condition of the Bull Creek Redwoods is deteriorating fast, climate changes due to logging around the park has caused irreversable damage. Humboldt Redwoods State Park is an island in a sea of clearcuts, most of which date back to the '40s and '50s. The heavily mechanized logging of that era, through the '60s, took the bulk of the timber, there was little concern for anything but getting the timber out.
The best of what is left, is in northern Humboldt and Del Norte.

RandyMac