Things to Do in Crescent City
Lighthouse tours at Battery Point, redwood drives on Howland Hill Road, Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park and a busy working harbor. Each guide covers hours, admission, time needed and RV parking.
Crescent City, California · Things to do
Guides
6 guides
Hours, fees & tips
Free to visit
2 of 6
Admission is on each guide
Elevation
Near sea level
Around the area
Best time
Jun–Sep
For getting out and about
Updated October 31, 2026 · Each guide covers hours, admission and RV parking
What to do
Things to do in Crescent City
Each guide covers hours, admission, time needed, RV parking and what’s nearby.
Battery Point Lighthouse
Wait for low tide, walk the sandbar to a lighthouse first lit in 1856, and tour the keepers’ house and tower, a short hop from Crescent City’s RV parks.
Crescent City Harbor
Watch sea lions and seals on the docks, see the crab boats come in and walk the Coastal Trail along a rebuilt working harbor, free and just off US-101.
Del Norte County History Museum
See a 1st-order Fresnel lens from St. George Reef Lighthouse, Tolowa and Yurok baskets and the old jail cells in Crescent City’s 1926 county jail, now a volunteer-run museum.
Howland Hill Road
Drive a narrow gravel road through some of the biggest old-growth redwoods on the coast, from Crescent City past Stout Grove.
Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park
Walk among ancient old-growth redwoods, drive the Howland Hill scenic road in your tow vehicle, and cool off in the wild Smith River, nine miles east of Crescent City.
Ocean World
Touch tide-pool creatures, pet a real shark and catch a seal and sea lion show on a 45-minute guided tour, right on US-101 by Crescent City’s harbor.
Thank you to the people behind these photos. Please support them by giving their work a look. Photos: Battery Point Lighthouse: T meltzer on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0); Crescent City Harbor: Carol M. Highsmith, Library of Congress, via Wikimedia Commons (public domain); Del Norte County History Museum: Brimstone667 on YouTube; Howland Hill Road: Tori Sloane on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0); Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park: Chmee2 on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0); Ocean World: Elementary Explorers on YouTube. The header photo is the Battery Point Lighthouse card image.
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