Mendocino National Forest · California

Travelers Home

8.3 mi of trail, end to end · trail No. 10W13 · the forest publishes the line only

Trailhead Travelers Home Trailhead Drive there

Travelers Home Trailhead the Forest Service's write-up

season January to

The first three miles of this trail are passable. Beyond that the conditions are unknown.

This trail starts about 12 miles out of Covelo at a logging landing trailhead on Road 24N21 signed "Travelers Home Trail" and ends in the Wild and Scenic area of the Middle Fork Eel River. This trail is a bit hot and muggy during summer, but it's a nice low elevation day hike in the fall, spring, and winter. There are plenty of picnic spots as the trail passes through stands of conifer, oak, glades, and meadows. There are some long, steep grades so pack plenty of water.

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About this trail's facts

The lines are the US Forest Service's National Forest System trails layer (public domain), read 2026-10-16 and simplified for the map; the length is the line's, end to end, and the class, surface, grade and tread width are the forest's own entries where it publishes them - a forest that publishes the centreline alone has none. The trailheads and the points along the way are the Service's recreation points, and the write-ups its own recarea text, unedited. Heights come from USGS 3DEP through Terrain Tiles on AWS (Mapzen/Tilezen), read along each line and rounded; a short trail on steep ground can be off by a few tens of feet. Closures change: check the forest's own site before you go.