Debt 4.50% Senior Exchangeable Notes issued August 2009 Narrative (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended			1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended			12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Aug. 31, 2009 Senior Exchangeable Notes due 2015 at a fixed interest rate of 4.50% [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Senior Exchangeable Notes due 2015 at a fixed interest rate of 4.50% [Member] note_holder	Dec. 31, 2013 Senior Exchangeable Notes due 2015 at a fixed interest rate of 4.50% [Member] redemption		Dec. 31, 2012 Senior Exchangeable Notes due 2015 at a fixed interest rate of 4.50% [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Senior Exchangeable Notes due 2015 - Settlements 1 and 2 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Trading Day Threshold						20 days
Issuance date of debt instrument				August 2009
Face amount				$ 172,500,000.0		$ 130,973,000		$ 172,500,000
Fixed interest rate				4.50%		4.50%	[1]
Debt Instrument, Exchange Price the Stock Price Must Exceed, Percent						130.00%
Terms of conversion feature				The principal will be settled in cash and any excess exchange value will be settled at the option of the Company in either cash or stock of Rayonier. Note holders may convert their notes to common stock of Rayonier, subject to certain provisions including the market price of the stock and the trading price of the convertible notes. The current exchange rate is 30.55 shares per $1,000 principal based on an exchange price of $32.74.
Conversion ratio (per $1,000 principal)				30.55
Option indexed to issuer's equity, indexed shares				5,169,653
Conversion premium				22.50%
Effective conversion premium				46.00%
Effective conversion price				$ 39.10
Option indexed to issuer's equity, strike price				32.74
Exercise price of warrants or rights				39.10
Number of note holder groups					3
Principal amount redeemed					41,500,000
Number of redemptions settled						3
Loss on extinguishment of debt	$ 3,974,000	$ 0	$ 0						$ 4,000,000
Number of consecutive trading days for stock price						30 days

[1] Our Senior Exchangeable Notes maturing in 2015 were discounted by $3.2 million and $6.7 million as of December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively, but upon maturity the liability will be $131 million.