Road TripsSmith River Scenic Byway
US 199 branches off US 101 several miles north of Crescent City and immediately enters Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park. Following the Middle Fork of the Smith River, the byway traverses a spectacularly primeval setting: white-water rapids, riotous growths of ferns flourishing in the mild, damp climate, and old-growth redwoods as tall as a 35-story skyscraper.