Debt Covenants (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended						12 Months Ended					1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2013 Covenant EBITDA to Consolidated Interest Expense [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Subsidiary Debt as a Percentage of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 RFR Cash Flow Available for Fixed Charges to RFR Fixed Charges Ratio [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Matariki Forestry Group [Member]	Aug. 31, 2011 April 2011 Line of Credit [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 April 2011 Line of Credit as Amended October 2012 [Member] Covenant EBITDA to Consolidated Interest Expense [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 April 2011 Line of Credit as Amended October 2012 [Member] Subsidiary Debt as a Percentage of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Term Credit Agreement borrowings due 2019 at a variable interest rate of 1.71% at December 31, 2012 [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Installment note due 2014 at a fixed interest rate of 8.64% [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Installment note due 2014 at a fixed interest rate of 8.64% [Member] RFR Cash Flow Available for Fixed Charges to RFR Fixed Charges Ratio [Member]	Apr. 30, 2012 Installment note due 2014 at a fixed interest rate of 8.64% [Member] Reinvestment of Excess Timberland Sales Proceeds [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Installment note due 2014 at a fixed interest rate of 8.64% [Member] Reinvestment of Excess Timberland Sales Proceeds [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Installment note due 2014 at a fixed interest rate of 8.64% [Member] Reinvestment of Excess Timberland Sales Proceeds [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Senior Secured Facilities Agreement as Amended July 2013 [Member] Matariki Forestry Group [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Covenant Requirement, Percentage			15.00%		40.00%										40.00%
Maximum borrowing capacity						$ 450,000,000									$ 212,000,000
Covenant description					In connection with the New Zealand JV’s Senior Secured Facilities Agreement, covenants must be met, including generation of sufficient cash flows to meet a minimum interest coverage ratio of 1.25 to 1 on a quarterly basis and maintenance of a leverage ratio of bank debt versus the forest and land valuation below the covenant’s maximum ratio of 40 percent		interest coverage ratio based on the facility’s definition of EBITDA (“Covenant EBITDA”). Covenant EBITDA consists of earnings from continuing operations before the cumulative effect of accounting changes and any provision for dispositions, income taxes, interest expense, depreciation, depletion, amortization and the non-cash cost basis of real estate sold.	debt at subsidiaries (excluding Rayonier Operating Company LLC and TRS, which are borrowers under the agreement) is limited to 15 percent of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets. Consolidated Net Tangible Assets is defined as total assets less the sum of total current liabilities and intangible assets.	contains various covenants customary to credit agreements with borrowers having investment-grade debt ratings. These covenants are substantially identical to those of the credit facility		RFR may not incur additional debt unless, at the time of incurrence, and after giving pro forma effect to the receipt and application of the proceeds of such debt, RFR meets or exceeds a minimum ratio of cash flow to fixed charges. RFR’s ability to make certain quarterly distributions to Rayonier Inc. is limited to an amount equal to RFR’s “available cash,” which consists of its opening cash balance plus proceeds from permitted borrowings.		An asset sales covenant in the RFR installment note related agreements requires the Company, subject to certain exceptions, to either reinvest cumulative timberland sale proceeds for individual sales greater than $10 million (the “excess proceeds”) in timberland-related investments or, once the amount of excess proceeds not reinvested exceeds $50 million, to offer the note holders prepayment of the notes ratably in the amount of the excess proceeds.
Face amount										112,000,000
Covenant compliance	the Company was in compliance with all covenants
Date of repayment offer												April 2012
Debt Covenant Requirement, Limit of Non-reinvestment of Excess Timberland Sales Proceeds												50,000,000
Limit of non-reinvestment of excess timberland sales proceeds										10,000,000
Amount of repayment offer												59,900,000
Excess timberland sales proceeds after repayment offer												0
Excess timberland sales proceeds													$ 0	$ 0
Debt Covenant Requirement, Ratio		250.00%		250.00%	125.00%										125.00%