Russ Park

Bird watching in Russ Park includes 105 acres of closed-canopy forest bird sanctuary with more than 3 miles of hiking trails.  Despite its location in Ferndale, between California's Humboldt Redwoods State Park and the Redwood National Forest, Russ Park is a mature Sitka Spruce forest, which is more rare than Redwoods.  Sitka spruce - grand fir forest dominates much of the park, with Douglas fir on south facing slopes and red alder on ravine slopes. A few redwoods were planted about 1930.  Zipporah's pond, on an upper ridge, was excavated; it usually holds water except in late summer.