Tall Trees Redwood Grove
Redwood National and States Park has been a popular location for many films. The Endor scenes for Star Wars Episode 6: Return of the Jedi were filmed in the Tall Trees Redwood Grove in the northern part of Humboldt County. Some scenes from The Lost World: Jurassic Park along with the movie Outbreak were filmed near Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park. The park was also used to represent Jurassic forest of Colorado in Walking with Dinosaurs in Time of the Titans and in Dinosaurs Alive.
The 4 mile round-trip Tall Trees Grove trail leads to the Tall Trees Grove, an alluvial flat next to Redwood Creek that hosts a former title-holder of world’s tallest tree. This former record-holder, discovered by a National Geographic survey team in 1963, in part spurred the creation of the National Park in 1968.
The tallest tree is no longer in Tall Trees Grove. After the discovery by the National Geographic survey team, the tree known as the Libby Tree, or Tall Tree, held the title until 1994 when the top died back, dropping it down to the 34th tallest tree on the planet. The current title-holder is nearby, but there is no trail out to the current tallest tree due to the fickle nature of the title. Usually the tallest redwoods are younger comparatively and once their tops break, they rarely can regain their original height.
