Discover Tasmania’s Tarkine rainforest – home to ancient temperate ecosystems featuring 3,000-year-old Huon pines and rare species such as orchids. It provides an exquisite habitat for both flora and fauna alike!
California’s Inyo National Forest features bristlecone pines reminiscent of Middle Earth vacation homes – including an estimated 4,841-year old named Methuselah!
Experience a Newfoundland Adventure
There’s nothing quite as captivating as tree camping in an old-growth forest to feel truly immersed in nature. Sleeping under 400 year-old mother nature’s care and hearing the subtle movements of its branches as it rocks back and forth every night as you fall asleep is truly magical!
Newfoundland offers camping travelers an unparalleled natural adventure. Explore Corner Brook’s Alexander Murray Trail to take in stunning gorge and waterfall views; or hike Brimstone Head for some of the best panoramas of its stunning coastline and landscapes.
Visit Ancient Forest/Chun T’oh Whudujut Provincial Park and Protected Area for stunning scenery and hiking opportunities! Established in 2016 to safeguard part of the world’s only temperate rainforest, this park features breathtaking landscapes with thousand-year-old western red cedars as well as various plants, mosses, and lichens thriving therein.
Camp in a Redwood Forest
As you step across a cushion of ancient forest soil, sunlight filters through cedar bows like an inky lace curtain while chipmunks chatter pleasantly greeting each other… welcome to camping in old-growth redwood forests.
Redwood National Park boasts 45 percent of the world’s remaining old-growth redwood trees, providing visitors with an amazing opportunity to experience nature at its finest.
Humboldt and Del Norte counties on California’s coast feature several developed campgrounds, such as Golds Beach Campground and Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park.
Ancient Forest/Chun T’oh Whudujut Park was established within Lheidli T’enneh traditional territory to protect a portion of the only temperate rainforest found inland worldwide, the sole one found inland temperate rainforest ecosystem in existence today. Home to thousands of western redcedar trees as well as many plants and animals such as Joe-Pye Weed fungus that only thrives here, it was established in 2016 to safeguard this unique environment.
Explore a Historic Forest
Savernake Forest offers abundant wildlife, breathtaking vistas and walking routes for exploration. Home to one of America’s oldest trees–Big Bellied Oak–Camp at Postern Hill for direct, unobstructed access to these ancient woods.
Crosstimbers ecosystems have been around since before America even existed, yet few examples remain as intact and pristine. Surviving fire, drought and cotton farming, this wilderness managed to avoid cotton farmers clearing its hills for agriculture or woodmill workers chopping it down for lumber production.
Experience camping like it was done back in the 1800’s at the Cradle of Forestry’s “Camping in Old Style.” Enjoy outdoor cooking using flint, steel and friction; discover traditional shelter building techniques; and watch expert campers demonstrate low-tech/high-skill camping during what some refer to as the Golden Age of Camping.https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZU03Kuvzbls