A cedar forest sanctuary on Cedar Ridge — quiet trails, a woodland lodge, and restoration that leaves the canopy thicker than we found it.
Cedar Ridge
Fern Hollow is a forest sanctuary and woodland lodge in an old cedar grove on Cedar Ridge. We keep the trails quiet, replant slopes that lost their cover, and leave the canopy thicker than we found it.
Stay in a cabin under the moss, walk with a ranger, or spend a weekend planting along the creek — from the nursery beds to the ridge where deer still cross at dusk.
Trails Kept Open
Through old growth, creek, and ridge
Seasons Restored
Bare slopes green again
Trees Returned
Planted on volunteer weekends since first thaw
Wildlife Corridors
Linking the sanctuary to the high ridge
Stay and explore
Guided trail walks, woodland cabins, and hands-on restoration for a sanctuary that is still growing back.
Guided walk
Ranger-led trails through cedar, fern, and creek, paced for looking rather than rushing.
Woodland cabin
Cabins set back from the trail, with moss on the roof and owls in the trees after dark.
Creek repair
Willow staking and replanted banks that keep the creek clear for trout and the trail beside it.
Night walk
After-dark walks to hear owls, frogs, and nightjars without lighting the ridge.
Seed nursery
Shade-grown saplings raised here, then planted on slopes that lost their trees.
Wildlife corridor
Quiet habitat so deer, fox, and birds can still cross from the hollow to the high ridge.
Trail guide
Three ways through the sanctuary, from an easy fern path to the ridge after dark.
2.4 km · Easy · Fern and creek
A ranger sets the pace through cedar and fern, with time to stop where the creek keeps the bank green.
1.6 km · Uneven · After dusk
A short ridge walk with the lights kept low, for owls, frogs, and nightjars.
3.1 km · Moderate · Reopened trail
The storm-cut path is walkable again, with ferns filling the banks on either side.
Restoration
Trails, creek banks, and night habitat in the sanctuary that look fuller than they did a few winters ago.
Fern path
Cedar Ridge Conservancy
A washed-out trail through the sanctuary is walkable again, with ferns filling the cuts the storm left behind.
Dusk walk
Moss Lantern Guild
Small groups follow marked lanterns through the cedar grove and stay on the path.
Creek repair
Hollow Creek Stewards
A collapsing bend was staked and replanted, then left alone until the trout came back.
Night notes
Nightjar Listening Circle
Nightjar calls rose after we dimmed the lodge lights and kept the ridge path dark.
Partners
Field journal
Practical notes on owls, shade-grown trees, and the creek work bringing this woodland back.
Read note
The ridge goes quiet after rain — that is when the owls are easiest to hear.
Read note
Young trees last longer when the old canopy is left standing over them.
Read note
Willow stakes, a replanted bank, and the first trout in that bend in years.
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