The first meeting of the Redwood Area Camp was held for the local North Coast churches on a summer weekend in 1951 in Redwood Creek.
Meetings were held in Hammond Grove, from 1952 through 1975 on land which was rented from various owners including Georgia-Pacific, then Louisiana-Pacific, the Nature Conservancy, and eventually the County of Humboldt. Environmental activists eventually made the location unusable and the present site on Dyerville Loop Road was purchased in 1976 consisting of 50 acres.
In 1979 an additional 29.5 acres were purchased making a total of 79.5 acres. More campsites were made and more families continued to come. Permanent structures such as rest rooms were built and the water system was upgraded.
Additions and sales of land now leave the Redwood Area Camp with approximately 100 acres of land and about 1700 campsites. Storage facilities, vehicles, trailers, and other improvements make the Redwood Area Camp one of the nicest locations where Seventh-day Adventists from Northern California and the western United States can gather together and worship in God's sacred out-of-doors.
