Trees of Mystery

Address:	15500 US-101, Klamath, CA 95548, USA
Phone:	+1 707-482-2251
Site:	treesofmystery.net
Rating:	4.5
Working:	9AM–4PM 9AM–4PM 9AM–4PM 9AM–4PM 9AM–4PM 9AM–4PM 9AM–4PM

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Reviews 5

Matt Soltys

If you have kids, they will like the gondola ride. But if you want to see ancient redwoods as they are in a real forest, go to the nearby Redwood State & National parks, a very short drive from here. At Trees of Mystery you will see a smattering of big trees amid a second-growth recovering clearcut. The only hike available was closed when we went there, and several parts of the audio story on the Paul Bunyan walk didnt work. The main reason Im giving this place one star is that its portrayal of Native people is messed up. At the main gate is a huge wooden statue of a dead or defeated Native person on a horse. This is a sad image, and to place it right at the front gate, and above the front door and elsewhere, gives one the impression this is to be celebrated. This dead Indian motif is made much worse when combined with this places celebration of the logging culture that was an intrinsic part of the genocide that killed off so many Native people. There is a trail you can walk with wooden statues carved by chainsaw, telling the Paul Bunyan story. It is kind of funny and odd, but it is not critical of the massive clearcut logging that destroyed 95% of the ancient redwoods. It has the effect of implicitly supporting this, even believing it was necessary and worth it to bring civilization. I am sure the owners will argue that they support Native people, as evidenced by their well-equipped museum. Any museum on Native people run by white people should be regarded with healthy suspicion. I am sure the main collector of this museum is a good person with a good heart, but really, give these things back to the people whos they were. There are Native-run visitor centers nearby in Klamath and elsewhere, run by Native people themselves. If people are interested in real live Native people, go there and talk with them and learn about all they are doing to protect their watersheds and recover their languages and culture.

Yessenia Diaz

Trees of Mystery.... lets see where do I start. I have some mixed feelings, It offers really nice views. The feel to the actual tours and voice boxes is a bit old and cheesy, but if you tune that out its actually nice. If you are lucky to go when its not so busy like we did this past weekend you can really take in the beauty of the giants in this park! I took some really nice pictures of the view at the top of the Sky tram, the view was breath taking! The tram itself does seam a bit dangerouse but We are still alive!! The tree carvings of the tale of Paul Bunyon are nice but the story is quite long and by the time we where halfway we just bypassed the rest. You walk into the gift shop to the right there is a fudge shop. We where asked a couple of times if we wanted a free sample and since she would not stop asking we took a piece. While she was trying to cut it, it seamed she wanted to cut a paper thin layer and couldnt so had to give me a tad bit more. It was too sweet! so we said thank you and walked away, I noticed she had a sour look on her face. You walk into the gift shop and honestly we did a run through and walked out. If I wanted to buy overpriced items made from China I would not travel 400 miles to do so! This was a huge pet peeve for me while visiting the gift shops on the side of the road through 101, most items all say Made in China! I have no problem buying the items made there but not when you have such a rich local history, with plenty of local tribes and craft artist around. Was a big let down for me. I would suggest trying out the real artist shops and not buying the items at this or other tourist trap locations.

Steve Wygant

Yes, do it. The Sky Trail was fun to do with the family. A short 0.4mi hike through huge beautiful trees or take a golf cart ride to the gondola and walk the trail back. The Sky Trail gondola ride was 120+ feet in the air at the tree tops! Hop off at the top for as long as you like. Unless you closed your eyes, they provided a couple binoculars at the top for looking inland and out at the ocean. Catch a family photo with a Sasquatch (statue) in one of the back rooms of the gift shop. And a photo out front with the huge Paul Bunion and Blue Ox statue. Nice restroom area too. The gift shop is huge and has nice stuff. A star missing here because of breakables... signs around the gift shop say youll pay 50% cost of item if you break it. Breakables and glass and ceramic nick nack gifts everywhere and theyre pretty neat. Theyre also easily reachable by small children and easily broken if dropped. So keep a hand on your little ones or youll own a broken souvenir. :) For the Sky Trail, I think the adult $15 price was ok, while the cut off age for a young adult was 12 yr for $8. Id rather see them keep up the maintenance so this neat attraction stays around for a long time. The lift is very nice and safe and looks well maintained. I think its great someone spent the time and money to build it. Overall, Id do this one again with the family.

lary reiche

This place is truly beautiful and awesome in the true sense of the word. For anybody who might be dissuaded by certain reviewers who may be too PC for their own good, there is not any kind of motif or recurring theme of dead people. And there certainly are no celebrated themes to that effect either. The statue in question, and the carvings from which it is based, was designed by one of the Yurok people and it is intended to show the hunter and his horse bowing in reverence to the forest. As to said reviewers claims about the museum, Im sure all of the items procured through the decades were not stolen from anybody so please dont be suspicious of an entire race of people. I think most people know how a museum works. That being said - my family and I had a great time here. The gondola ride was breathtaking, the scenery was incredible, and the museum was quite impressive(it is free to everyone as well!).The people were all very friendly without exception.The facilities were very clean. The next time we are in that part of the country we will definitely be stopping by again and I would confidently recommend this place to anyone.

Dena Mellick

ALWAYS CALL FIRST BEFORE EVERY VISITING THIS PLACE! We havent driven to Disneyland in over 25 years but our family of 9 decided to rent a van and make the trip. We wanted to stop at the Trees of Mystery, just like we did when I was little. I checked the times and the website said summer hours were June-August and closed later than 4:30. We got up at 3 AM to make it in time. We passed on the Lava Caves in Bend, Oregon to visit the Trees of Mystery. Due to traffic we got there just after 4:30 but before 5 PM, which I didnt think was a problem being the place was in summer hours. Apparently June 4th doesnt count as June-August. We were told they were closed and the Trees of Mystery can change the time without prior notification due to a disclaimer on their web page. So all our effort got us nothing. I was very angry. I recommend to always CALL! CALL! CALL! first before visiting. You cant trust their hours of operation. False advertising!! So much for trying to visit it and make memories for my grand kids.