Best Things to Do in Eureka, California
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- čas přidán 13. 06. 2024
- Filled to the brim with cultural charms and outdoor activities, Eureka, California is a superb place to visit. Eureka is the principal city and county seat of Humboldt County in the Redwood Empire region of California. The city is located on U.S. Route 101 on the shores of Humboldt Bay, 270 miles north of San Francisco and 100 miles south of the Oregon border. At the 2010 census, the population of the city was 27,191, and the population of Greater Eureka was 45,034.
Eureka is the largest coastal city between San Francisco and Portland, Oregon, and the westernmost city of more than 25,000 residents in the 48 contiguous states. The headquarters of both the Six Rivers National Forest and the North Coast Redwoods District of the California State Parks System are in Eureka. An array of stores, art galleries, and museums can be found in the town, as well as several popular attractions such as Fort Humboldt State Historic Park. So when there’s so much to do and see, it can be tough to know where best to spend your days for a first-time visitor. Well, you need not worry. We’ve put together a list of the fourteen best things to do in Eureka, California.
For example, The Redwood Highway. This stunning scenic drive along the coast of California is named after the magnificent California coast redwood trees that can be found all along the route. The Redwood Highway, also known as Highway 101, travels the coastline to the Oregon border. It features numerous state parks, including Humboldt Redwoods State Park, Smithe Redwoods State Reserve, and Azalea State Reserve. Needless to say, the many breathtaking views make it a must-do experience when visiting Eureka. So sit back and relax. All you need to do is book your ticket, and head on over to the beautiful Eureka.
14 Best Things to Do in Eureka, California
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Yes!!!! Sequoia park is seriously so magical. Unlike anything I’ve ever been to. I lived in eureka years ago (now live in SoCal) when I was a child and have always felt a connection to it. I revisited just last year and it’s even more gorgeous than I remembered.
There’s something incredibly special about that park and is worth the trip alone. I tell all of my friends to check it out.
8:32 Although it belongs to a closely related species, the General Sherman Tree is not a coastal redwood and is nowhere near Eureka. It is hundreds of miles southeast of Eureka in Sequoia National Park in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, not Sequoia Park Forest and Garden.
Love this area. Used to live in Bay Area and visited a few times. Now, we have moved to India, but last year visited a close friend’s at his cabin in the woods near Eureka with my son - and it was nostalgic! Beautiful place, nature & ppl.
Fun stuff, thanks for sharing! How is India so far?
We live in the far East Bay Area and Eureka is always a part of out RV experience...We leave home, travel up I-5 to Portland to visit daughter...From there we head to the Oregon Coast and Tillamook/Garibaldi to visit son....From that point we head all the way down Hwy 101 along the coast to the Oregon/Calif border and on into Crescent City to visit father in law....From Crescent city we take short ride into Eureka and almost always spend a nite or two in the area dry camping in the RV at Blue Lakes Casino or just down the road in Loletta at Bear River Casino....We often visit Lost Coast Brewery to eat and pick up some Great White beer (My favorite) while there...The Nooner cafe is ok, but not one of our favorites ....Two places to eat not mentioned here are the old SAMOA COOKHOUSE which is an old all you can eat logging camp thats been there over 100yrs..It all you can eat but only for what they are serving that day....If your into seafood, highly recommend the SEA GRILL as we have never had a meal we didnt love there....
I live and was born in Eureka Ca. We are not "murder mountain". we have art, beautiful trees, and 18 beaches within a 60 mile radius. We are no more violent than any other town or city. Feel free to visit and see for yourself.
I lived there for about 5 years from 2007-2012 and is honestly love it there. I didnt reize how much I loved it till I moved back to the east coast. Now.ill just wanna go back just for a visit. Inwotked the banquets department at the Red Lion from 2008-2011 so you may have seen me there.
i lived here my hole life :)
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I lived in the area for about 20 years and never heard it called Murder Mountain.
@@Caitycat19922 you left off the "w" dear. whole and not hole.
Love Eureka, almost moved here but decided to move to the East Coast instead. The city is very beautiful and especially the downtown.
We're happy to know that you love Eureka! One of our favorite places too.
You should thank every god each day that you didn't move to that god forsaken place.
I was born and raised in Crescent city and had to go to eureka to do clothes shopping before they closed Montgomery wards. Between eureka and c.c. it's beautiful between there. Lots of movies have been there.
Fun stuff, thanks for sharing! Any hidden spot you would like to share?
Hello iam from Spain i not write un englihs well but i know the reason For Eureka have this name lock at global globe and when you know the tornaviaje return to América from comercial travel in Phillipines The exact point of return its Eureka. Eureka its an expresión of hapines like allelujah. Like California so much hasta la vista baby 😎
After living in Eureka and the surrounding area for 30 years, I would put Old Town as #1 since many of the places listed in this video are in that area. That being said, if you go to Lost Coast Brewery, don't forget to try their famous Halibut & Fries = the best ever! They get their Halibut FRESH and it is delicious!
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Yes sir old town is so cool.
Just visited eureka for the first time. Besides the homeless, it was a great experience.
A lot of them or just a few of them ?
@@sonnysjsu kinda depends. Some areas there was a lot of them. Other areas were completely free of them
@@sonnysjsu really downtown was trash. Everything else was gorgeous
Stationed there in 1997 in the USCG..very beautiful place. I loved visiting the cheese factory since I loved Cheese so much.
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Beatiful place.
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This is cool. I live in Humboldt. Much love
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Wow, would love to go there.
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Thinking about moving here . This helped
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Arcata is just 6 mi north. Much preferable and safer. Housing is tight but lots of rentals open up in June when college students vacate. Best town I ever lived in !
Enjoy the outdoors! Great sand dunes and beautiful forests, eccentric people, music and art.Forget these snobby eateries full of aging hipsters! But jobs are hard to come by. Lotsa old folks rummaging about and probably people escaping LA/ SF bringing their way of life with them, trying to lord over the locals with big money and cars.
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Moonstone Beach 😊
Awesome video! Displayed alot of fun activities in Humboldt. Being a local realtor to Humboldt County I would say check out Humboldt Bay, Samoa Beaches, Trinidad(college cove), loleta (table bluff). I ❤️ the beaches here.
For dinner - Mazottis in Arcata, Salt in Arcata, Sea Grill in Eureka, 511 in Eureka, DD steak in Fortuna.
Ask me about Humboldt County Activities! Happy to direct😊
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@@OnViewCation surfing video would be cool!
If you want to score speed or heroin, Old Town is a great place to visit. Be sure to stop by St. Vincent De'Paul's Free Dining Facility and grab some lunch whilst making new friends.
The Library is actually very nice as well and has views of the water through these huge beautiful windows. I actually have a long list of negatives also but the pros outweigh the cons
I was born in Eureka and I've only been back once. The town has changed a lot since then I assume. All the bars I used to love as a baby aren't there anymore.
Well thats a good thing.
Best view of EurTweaka is seeing it in the rear view mirror
Awesome
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I've been to Lost Coast Brewery many times. I like it a lot. There are a lot of great restaurants around there. My information is a little old now, but if anyone wants a list (restaurants or otherwise), I'll answer.
Cool..
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theres a statistical 200% chance to be a victim of crime in eureka had to leave after getting car windows smashed twice and tires stolen. the only thing that was stolen inside the car because I was expecting them to break in was a handful of sea shells. my car has been vandalized many times by homeless, its been keyed, smashed with metal pipes and baseball bats and its body damage is extensive now my car looks like it has hail damage but its all homeless people. I lived in old town the farther you get away from old town the better I would recommend seeing headwaters forest its beautiful.
Wd.love to go..never been
So many homeless people and drug people that come up to you
I wish to move up there. Moving from Sacramento
Why do you want to leave Sacramento for eureka
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@@OnViewCation I spent a month in Eureka just now. I moved down to Sacramento just recently. Eureka sucked. It kept raining and there’s pretty much nothing special about it except for old town which is filled with junkies
Is it true that it’s called Eurtweaka?
@@Rootwork6666 Who wouldnt want to go back to Eureka and leave this miserable town. I know if it werent for my kids here I would go in a heartbeat.
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Looks like a hipster town, the victorian homes and old downtown are gorgeous though *_(
not hipster, but hippie! some crossover but definitely a little different
😎kinda sounds supercool.
It is, but it was nice to live there for half a year. You learn to see things so differently. I definitely recommend visiting there
Mine n crazy Krissy now owns this place. All rights reserved Nathan's famous food system 19.16
Wow I wish I could live up there. I'm tired of San Francisco
Trust me it’s taken over by homeless and druggies don’t do it
Wich is the max. temperature at Summer?
I'd say id depends on if its a drought year or not. Most normal/ non-drought yrs it only gets into the mid 60s all summer and is usually overcast. Not great beach weather. But in dry yrs it can get into the low 80s but its great due to low humidity. Its not like the South or even East. (Btw, Inland temps dont really matter or affect the coast, so it can be roasting in Redding and cool in Humboldt.)
People still get missing in that county?we wanna move there but after watching murder mountain we got scared..eureka seems like a perfect place to live..
Is the town like the show
Did he say “Long Coast”?
Music business and concerts Woodley island baywalks I love the food and the people Chins chinese food 🥑🥝
Yep i live not to brag
a place for old people to retire....as a 19 year old that went to EHS there isnt nothing to do here but go to the marsh n smoke no good job opportunities currently moving to ukiah tomorrow
What is it like in Ukiah?
Good Luck in Ukiah!
@@snowprince5232 Boring a place as Willits.
Any bigfoot in the area ?
Yes.
If you walk around in the redwoods long enough you might see one. I know my sister and my cousin insist they saw bigfoot in back of our house in Larabee,
😂
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Not in eureka if you want your car broken into by heroin attics and hobos come to eureka if you want to sit in a fog belt and pay too much to eat come to eureka. You would like to learn how to speak Spanish come to eureka or the sound shrouding areas. In our little cities there is absolutely nothing to do but eat food and get drunk. If you like hiking camping and hunting you can at least get the hiking and camping done here in Humboldt county.😅😅😅😅😅😅#FGN...
What a thrilling comment.🤔
These seem like the best things to do if you have absolutely nothing to do and you have no creativity
Eureka was nice until the homeless and druggies took over
Really
there are homeless people everywhere in the country, fix your attitude or get tf out of my country
there is homeless and "druggies" everywere
@@RealJamesTheP yeah but eureka has it worse
@@mr.joshua204 No lol Eureka or all of Humboldt doesn’t have homeless camps off the freeway going as far as the eyes can see. You have a few campers by the slough and the same tweakers you see everytime you go out there might be like what 20-30 max? Go to Sacramento or Oakland lol you’ll come back to Humboldt thinking we got it pretty good.
Don't forget the most things you find in Eureka .Heroin addicts,Homelessness, dirty needles and with City leaders that don't mind it.Beware of car theft.
As with Lodi, Salinas, Oxnard, Santa Maria, Modesto and virtually every other Calif city, the best thing one can do is...leave.
What you dont like yr place being cased while youre gone at work and coming home to your door kicked in? Junkies passed out under the rhododendron bushes? Your comment is dead on bro From personal experience
Lived in Salinas, place is trash. And left. Santa Maria is just the same! Couldn’t agree more, places are trash
Bye 👋 ✌️
8:25 Although it belongs to a closely related species, the General Sherman Tree is not a coastal redwood and is nowhere near Eureka. It is hundreds of miles southeast of Eureka in Sequoia National Park in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, not Sequoia Park Forest and Garden.