US 199 branches off US 101 several miles north of Crescent City and immediately enters Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park. Following the Middle Fork of the Smith River, the byway traverses a spectacularly primeval setting: white-water rapids, riotous growths of ferns flourishing in the mild, damp climate, and old-growth redwoods as tall as a 35-story skyscraper.
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