Consolidating Financial Statements Balance Sheets (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
CURRENT ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 199,644	$ 280,596	$ 78,603	$ 349,463
Accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts	94,956	100,359
Inventory	138,818	127,966
Current deferred tax assets	39,100	15,845
Prepaid and other current assets	46,576	41,508
Total current assets	519,094	566,274
TIMBER AND TIMBERLANDS, NET OF DEPLETION AND AMORTIZATION	2,049,378	1,573,309
NET PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT	860,821	707,038
INVESTMENT IN JOINT VENTURE	0	72,419
INVESTMENT IN SUBSIDIARIES	0	0
INTERCOMPANY NOTES RECEIVABLE	0	0
OTHER ASSETS	256,208	203,911
TOTAL ASSETS	3,685,501	3,122,951
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accounts payable	69,293	70,381
Current maturities of long-term debt	112,500	150,000
Accrued taxes	8,551	13,824
Uncertain tax positions	10,547	800
Accrued payroll and benefits	24,948	28,068
Accrued interest	9,531	7,956
Accrued customer incentives	9,580	10,849
Other current liabilities	24,327	17,840
Current liabilities for dispositions and discontinued operations	6,835	8,105	9,931
Total current liabilities	276,112	307,823
LONG-TERM DEBT	1,461,724	1,120,052
NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES FOR DISPOSITIONS AND DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS	69,543	73,590	80,893
PENSION AND OTHER POSTRETIREMENT BENEFITS	95,654	159,582
OTHER NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES	27,225	23,900
INTERCOMPANY PAYABLE	0	0
TOTAL RAYONIER INC. SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY	1,661,170	1,438,004
Noncontrolling interest	94,073	0
TOTAL SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY	1,755,243	1,438,004	1,323,073	1,251,582
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY	3,685,501	3,122,951
Rayonier Inc. (Parent Guarantor) [Member]
CURRENT ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents	130,181	252,888	0	0
Accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts	0	0
Inventory	0	0
Current deferred tax assets	0	0
Prepaid and other current assets	0	0
Total current assets	130,181	252,888
TIMBER AND TIMBERLANDS, NET OF DEPLETION AND AMORTIZATION	0	0
NET PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT	0	0
INVESTMENT IN JOINT VENTURE	0	0
INVESTMENT IN SUBSIDIARIES	1,627,315	1,445,205
INTERCOMPANY NOTES RECEIVABLE	228,032	213,863
OTHER ASSETS	3,689	4,148
TOTAL ASSETS	1,989,217	1,916,104
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accounts payable	0	0
Current maturities of long-term debt	0	150,000
Accrued taxes	0	0
Uncertain tax positions	0	0
Accrued payroll and benefits	0	0
Accrued interest	3,047	3,100
Accrued customer incentives	0	0
Other current liabilities	0	0
Current liabilities for dispositions and discontinued operations	0	0
Total current liabilities	3,047	153,100
LONG-TERM DEBT	325,000	325,000
NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES FOR DISPOSITIONS AND DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS	0	0
PENSION AND OTHER POSTRETIREMENT BENEFITS	0	0
OTHER NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES	0	0
INTERCOMPANY PAYABLE	0	0
TOTAL RAYONIER INC. SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY	1,661,170
Noncontrolling interest	0
TOTAL SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY	1,661,170	1,438,004
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY	1,989,217	1,916,104
Senior Exchangeable Notes due 2015 [Member] | ROC (Subsidiary Guarantor) [Member]
CURRENT ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents	304	3,966	8,977	29,759
Accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts	10	386
Inventory	0	0
Current deferred tax assets	0	0
Prepaid and other current assets	2,363	1,566
Total current assets	2,677	5,918
TIMBER AND TIMBERLANDS, NET OF DEPLETION AND AMORTIZATION	0	0
NET PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT	2,612	2,321
INVESTMENT IN JOINT VENTURE	0	0
INVESTMENT IN SUBSIDIARIES	1,837,760	1,677,782
INTERCOMPANY NOTES RECEIVABLE	0	14,000
OTHER ASSETS	32,519	27,779
TOTAL ASSETS	1,875,568	1,727,800
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accounts payable	1,522	2,099
Current maturities of long-term debt	0	0
Accrued taxes	4,855	485
Uncertain tax positions	5,780	0
Accrued payroll and benefits	11,382	15,044
Accrued interest	538	379
Accrued customer incentives	0	0
Other current liabilities	2,985	2,925
Current liabilities for dispositions and discontinued operations	0	0
Total current liabilities	27,062	20,932
LONG-TERM DEBT	0	0
NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES FOR DISPOSITIONS AND DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS	0	0
PENSION AND OTHER POSTRETIREMENT BENEFITS	91,471	129,156
OTHER NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES	11,493	16,432
INTERCOMPANY PAYABLE	118,227	116,075
TOTAL RAYONIER INC. SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY	1,627,315
Noncontrolling interest	0
TOTAL SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY	1,627,315	1,445,205
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY	1,875,568	1,727,800
Senior Exchangeable Notes due 2015 [Member] | Rayonier TRS Holdings Inc. (Issuer) [Member]
CURRENT ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents	10,719	19,358	59,976	283,258
Accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts	2,300	0
Inventory	0	0
Current deferred tax assets	681	0
Prepaid and other current assets	6	691
Total current assets	13,706	20,049
TIMBER AND TIMBERLANDS, NET OF DEPLETION AND AMORTIZATION	0	0
NET PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT	0	0
INVESTMENT IN JOINT VENTURE	0	0
INVESTMENT IN SUBSIDIARIES	1,148,221	1,452,027
INTERCOMPANY NOTES RECEIVABLE	20,659	19,831
OTHER ASSETS	3,739	5,182
TOTAL ASSETS	1,186,325	1,497,089
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accounts payable	1,564	33
Current maturities of long-term debt	112,500	0
Accrued taxes	0	0
Uncertain tax positions	0	0
Accrued payroll and benefits	0	0
Accrued interest	2,742	3,197
Accrued customer incentives	0	0
Other current liabilities	0	0
Current liabilities for dispositions and discontinued operations	0	0
Total current liabilities	116,806	3,230
LONG-TERM DEBT	847,749	718,321
NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES FOR DISPOSITIONS AND DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS	0	0
PENSION AND OTHER POSTRETIREMENT BENEFITS	0	0
OTHER NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES	0	0
INTERCOMPANY PAYABLE	0	0
TOTAL RAYONIER INC. SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY	221,770
Noncontrolling interest	0
TOTAL SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY	221,770	775,538
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY	1,186,325	1,497,089
Senior Exchangeable Notes due 2015 [Member] | Non-guarantor [Member]
CURRENT ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents	58,440	4,384	9,650	36,446
Accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts	92,646	99,973
Inventory	138,818	127,966
Current deferred tax assets	38,419	15,845
Prepaid and other current assets	44,207	39,251
Total current assets	372,530	287,419
TIMBER AND TIMBERLANDS, NET OF DEPLETION AND AMORTIZATION	2,049,378	1,573,309
NET PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT	858,209	704,717
INVESTMENT IN JOINT VENTURE	0	72,419
INVESTMENT IN SUBSIDIARIES	0	0
INTERCOMPANY NOTES RECEIVABLE	0	0
OTHER ASSETS	216,261	166,802
TOTAL ASSETS	3,496,378	2,804,666
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accounts payable	66,207	68,249
Current maturities of long-term debt	0	0
Accrued taxes	3,696	13,339
Uncertain tax positions	4,767
Accrued payroll and benefits	13,566	13,024
Accrued interest	22,816	1,280
Accrued customer incentives	9,580	10,849
Other current liabilities	21,342	14,915
Current liabilities for dispositions and discontinued operations	6,835	8,105
Total current liabilities	148,809	130,561
LONG-TERM DEBT	288,975	76,731
NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES FOR DISPOSITIONS AND DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS	69,543	73,590
PENSION AND OTHER POSTRETIREMENT BENEFITS	4,183	30,426
OTHER NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES	15,732	7,468
INTERCOMPANY PAYABLE	125,921	137,797
TOTAL RAYONIER INC. SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY	2,749,142
Noncontrolling interest	94,073
TOTAL SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY	2,843,215	2,348,093
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY	3,496,378	2,804,666
Senior Exchangeable Notes due 2015 [Member] | Consolidating Adjustments [Member]
CURRENT ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents	0	0	0	0
Accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts	0	0
Inventory	0	0
Current deferred tax assets	0	0
Prepaid and other current assets	0	0
Total current assets	0	0
TIMBER AND TIMBERLANDS, NET OF DEPLETION AND AMORTIZATION	0	0
NET PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT	0	0
INVESTMENT IN JOINT VENTURE	0	0
INVESTMENT IN SUBSIDIARIES	(4,613,296)	(4,575,014)
INTERCOMPANY NOTES RECEIVABLE	(248,691)	(247,694)
OTHER ASSETS	0	0
TOTAL ASSETS	(4,861,987)	(4,822,708)
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accounts payable	0	0
Current maturities of long-term debt	0	0
Accrued taxes	0	0
Uncertain tax positions	0
Accrued payroll and benefits	0	0
Accrued interest	(19,612)	0
Accrued customer incentives	0	0
Other current liabilities	0	0
Current liabilities for dispositions and discontinued operations	0	0
Total current liabilities	(19,612)	0
LONG-TERM DEBT	0	0
NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES FOR DISPOSITIONS AND DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS	0	0
PENSION AND OTHER POSTRETIREMENT BENEFITS	0	0
OTHER NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES	0	0
INTERCOMPANY PAYABLE	(244,148)	(253,872)
TOTAL RAYONIER INC. SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY	(4,598,227)
Noncontrolling interest	0
TOTAL SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY	(4,598,227)	(4,568,836)
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY	(4,861,987)	(4,822,708)
Senior Notes due 2022 at a fixed interest rate of 3.75% [Member] | ROC (Subsidiary Guarantor) [Member]
CURRENT ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents	11,023	23,324	68,953	313,017
Accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts	2,310	386
Inventory	0	0
Current deferred tax assets	681	0
Prepaid and other current assets	2,369	2,257
Total current assets	16,383	25,967
TIMBER AND TIMBERLANDS, NET OF DEPLETION AND AMORTIZATION	0	0
NET PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT	2,612	2,321
INVESTMENT IN JOINT VENTURE		0
INVESTMENT IN SUBSIDIARIES	2,764,211	2,354,270
INTERCOMPANY NOTES RECEIVABLE	20,659	33,831
OTHER ASSETS	36,258	32,961
TOTAL ASSETS	2,840,123	2,449,350
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accounts payable	3,086	2,132
Current maturities of long-term debt	112,500	0
Accrued taxes	4,855	485
Uncertain tax positions	5,780	0
Accrued payroll and benefits	11,382	15,044
Accrued interest	3,280	3,576
Accrued customer incentives	0	0
Other current liabilities	2,985	2,925
Current liabilities for dispositions and discontinued operations	0	0
Total current liabilities	143,868	24,162
LONG-TERM DEBT	847,749	718,321
NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES FOR DISPOSITIONS AND DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS	0	0
PENSION AND OTHER POSTRETIREMENT BENEFITS	91,471	129,156
OTHER NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES	11,493	16,432
INTERCOMPANY PAYABLE	118,227	116,074
TOTAL RAYONIER INC. SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY	1,627,315
Noncontrolling interest	0
TOTAL SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY	1,627,315	1,445,205
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY	2,840,123	2,449,350
Senior Notes due 2022 at a fixed interest rate of 3.75% [Member] | Non-guarantor [Member]
CURRENT ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents	58,440	4,384	9,650	36,446
Accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts	92,646	99,973
Inventory	138,818	127,966
Current deferred tax assets	38,419	15,845
Prepaid and other current assets	44,207	39,251
Total current assets	372,530	287,419
TIMBER AND TIMBERLANDS, NET OF DEPLETION AND AMORTIZATION	2,049,378	1,573,309
NET PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT	858,209	704,717
INVESTMENT IN JOINT VENTURE		72,419
INVESTMENT IN SUBSIDIARIES	0	0
INTERCOMPANY NOTES RECEIVABLE	0	0
OTHER ASSETS	216,261	166,802
TOTAL ASSETS	3,496,378	2,804,666
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accounts payable	66,207	68,249
Current maturities of long-term debt	0	0
Accrued taxes	3,696	13,339
Uncertain tax positions	4,767	800
Accrued payroll and benefits	13,566	13,024
Accrued interest	22,816	1,280
Accrued customer incentives	9,580	10,849
Other current liabilities	21,342	14,915
Current liabilities for dispositions and discontinued operations	6,835	8,105
Total current liabilities	148,809	130,561
LONG-TERM DEBT	288,975	76,731
NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES FOR DISPOSITIONS AND DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS	69,543	73,590
PENSION AND OTHER POSTRETIREMENT BENEFITS	4,183	30,426
OTHER NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES	15,732	7,468
INTERCOMPANY PAYABLE	125,921	137,797
TOTAL RAYONIER INC. SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY	2,749,142
Noncontrolling interest	94,073
TOTAL SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY	2,843,215	2,348,093
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY	3,496,378	2,804,666
Senior Notes due 2022 at a fixed interest rate of 3.75% [Member] | Consolidating Adjustments [Member]
CURRENT ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents	0	0	0	0
Accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts	0	0
Inventory	0	0
Current deferred tax assets	0	0
Prepaid and other current assets	0	0
Total current assets	0	0
TIMBER AND TIMBERLANDS, NET OF DEPLETION AND AMORTIZATION	0	0
NET PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT	0	0
INVESTMENT IN JOINT VENTURE		0
INVESTMENT IN SUBSIDIARIES	(4,391,526)	(3,799,475)
INTERCOMPANY NOTES RECEIVABLE	(248,691)	(247,694)
OTHER ASSETS	0	0
TOTAL ASSETS	(4,640,217)	(4,047,169)
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accounts payable	0	0
Current maturities of long-term debt	0	0
Accrued taxes	0	0
Uncertain tax positions	0	0
Accrued payroll and benefits	0	0
Accrued interest	(19,612)	0
Accrued customer incentives	0	0
Other current liabilities	0	0
Current liabilities for dispositions and discontinued operations	0	0
Total current liabilities	(19,612)	0
LONG-TERM DEBT	0	0
NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES FOR DISPOSITIONS AND DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS	0	0
PENSION AND OTHER POSTRETIREMENT BENEFITS	0	0
OTHER NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES	0	0
INTERCOMPANY PAYABLE	(244,148)	(253,871)
TOTAL RAYONIER INC. SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY	(4,376,457)
Noncontrolling interest	0
TOTAL SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY	(4,376,457)	(3,793,298)
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY	$ (4,640,217)	$ (4,047,169)