(Driving Directions)

Gold Bluffs Beach Campground and Fern Canyon are accessed by Davison Road, which is, located 3 miles north of Orick off of Highway 101. (source: www.parks.ca.gov)

Fern Canyon is a very narrow, very steep canyon, covered in lush ferns. You approach the canyon (which looks not so spectacular when you first see it) from the beach, and begin by following the creek upstream.

After a few bends of the stream, the canyon gets extremely narrow (fallen trees bridge bridge the top of the canyon), and extremely green. The beauty of the canyon is listening to the birds and the water, while you stand in the middle of the canyon, between two cliff faces covered in ferns. (source: www.localhikes.com)