10) Fern Canyon, Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park, Humboldt County
Fern Canyon can be found in the Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park in Humboldt County and is an international biosphere reserve protected by the UNESCO world network for its balanced relationship between people and nature. But what Fern Canyon is really famous for is for Steven Spielberg’s use of it as a location for The Lost World: Jurassic Park. As if that wasn’t enough the BBC series Walking with Dinosaurs was also filmed here. Some of the fern species in Fern Canyon date back 325 million years and can be enjoyed by embarking on a short 0.5 mile hiking trail that follows the canyon and creek with one end of the trail connecting on to the James Irvine trail. It may have been here for millions of years but don’t miss out on your chance to see it for yourself.
