Eureka

• 🌍 Morris Graves Museum of Art, 636 F St, ☏ +1 707-442-0278. W-Su Noon-5PM. This is a very respectable museum for a smaller area, and the architecture itself is quite artistic. The structure was the first Carnegie library in California and was completely renovated in the late 1990s. The Museum today houses seven galleries including a Courtyard Sculpture Garden, a Museum Store, classroom facilities, an Arts Resource Center and a Performance Rotunda. Adults $5, Students/Seniors $2, Children (17 & under) Free. Also free the 1st Saturday of each month. Admission temporarily suspended during COVID-19. (updated May 2018)
• 🌍 Sequoia Park Zoo & Redwood Sky Walk, 3414 W St, ☏ +1 707-441-4263. In operation since 1907, the Sequoia Park Zoo is the oldest zoo in California has long been considered one of the most important cultural facilities in the area. It also features the Redwood Sky Walk, an approximately 0.25-mile long sky walk suspended 100 feet above the ground that provides visitors a chance to view coastal redwoods above ground level. Adults $24.95, Seniors/Military $22.95, Children (3-12) $12.95, Children 2 and under Free. Discounts for Humboldt County residents. 
• 🌍 Carson Mansion, 143 M St. Regarded as one of the most extravagant Victorian-style homes in the United States, the Carson Mansion was constructed in 1884 and served as the home for local lumber baron William Carson. Members of the Carson family sold the mansion in 1950 to the Ingomar Club. Not open to the public, although visitors are permitted to photograph the house and surrounding garden. 
• Old Town. The historic heart of Eureka. Home to beautiful Victorian era buildings, which house dozens of locally owned and operated stores ranging from beads to coffee to clothing. A must-see for those traveling via 101. 

• 🌍 Eureka Books, 426 Second St (in Old Town across from the gazebo), ☏ +1 707 444-9593. Open 7 days. Eureka Books is one of the last classic antiquarian bookstores on the West Coast, offering new, used, and rare books, along with an extraordinary selection of vintage photographs, prints and maps. Located in the heart of Old Town in an elegant Victorian storefront built in 1879, Eureka Books is truly a destination bookstore. 
• Two Street Music, 124 Second St, ☏ +1 707-445-3155. Two Street Music has been serving Humboldt County's musical needs for over 25 years. 
• 🌍 Bayshore Mall, 3300 Broadway, ☏ +1 707-444-3856. (updated Nov 2021)

• Lost Coast Brewery, 617 Fourth St, ☏ +1 707 445-4480. 11AM-1AM. Located in a 100-year-old building, a restored wood frame structure built in 1892. 
• Samoa Cookhouse, 511 Vance Road. This is the last remaining lumberjack style cookhouse in America. There is no menu. You get what the cook serves and you can eat all you want. Dinners usually consist of soup, salad, fresh bread, and either porkchops, fried chicken, beef, plus desert (usually pie). In Samoa, California right across the bridge from Eureka. 
• Ramone's Bakery and Cafe, 209 E St, ☏ +1 707 445-2923. Awesome local cafe in Old Town. Been going there for decades. $. (updated Mar 2018)

• The SpeakEasy, 411 Opera Alley (in Old Town's Opera Alley between E and F, between 2nd and 3rd), ☏ +1 707 444-2244. 4-11. New Orleans inspired bar that hosts live blues music, burlesque, and other prohibition themed fun; located in a 120 year old building which no doubt served the same purpose during the real days of prohibition. No food is served, 21 and over only. Beautiful ambience, perfect for a romantic meeting or a nightcap after a long day's travel. Plenty of local beer selection as well as an extensive drink menu. Open every day at 4! $$. 

• Best Western Bayshore Inn, 3500 Broadway St, ☏ +1 707 268-8005, toll-free: +1 888-268-8005, fax: +1 707 268-8002. 
• Best Western Humboldt Bay Inn, 232 W 5th St, ☏ +1 707 443-2234, toll-free: +1 800-521-6996, fax: +1 707 443-3489. 
• Motel 6, 1934 Broadway St, ☏ +1 707 445-9631, fax: +1 707 444-3217. 

Due to its small population, Eureka and the surrounding area are very safe with low crime rates. Normal travel safety precautions should be exercised.

Humboldt County is the center of the U.S. marijuana industry and many illegal operations are in the surrounding rural areas. Some are well-guarded and armed. As a result, while it is unlikely a traveler would encounter one, avoid anything that may seem suspicious when outside the Eureka urban area.

When venturing into the surrounding forest areas and wilderness, stay on marked or well-traveled paths and take extra water and maybe a portable charger with you. Due to the dense vegetation, it is easy to become lost or encounter aggressive wildlife and cell phone reception may be spotty or nonexistent.

• Arcata - Arcata is a college town immediately to the north of Eureka and home to Humboldt State University. As no chain stores are allowed within city limits, the numerous shops, restaurants, and art galleries are all locally-owned, with most centered around the downtown plaza.
• Trinidad - A charming beach town about 20 miles north. Numerous rock formations jut out of the surrounding ocean just off the beaches of town, the largest being Trinidad Head which offers hiking trails and views.
• Redwood National Park - 40 miles north, this national park complex preserves the largest concentration of old-growth coast redwood forest which include the world's tallest trees. Numerous hiking trails and campsites are scattered along turnoffs of Highway 101, which runs through the park. Four visitor centers (of which the Thomas H. Kuchel Visitor Center is closest to Eureka) provide maps, park information, souvenirs, and services.
• Fort Bragg - A seaside town roughly 130 miles south, Fort Bragg is also another former logging town which offers historic and natural attractions such as the unique Glass Beach and Skunk Train.
• Ukiah - The other regional center of the North Coast, albeit located inland about 150 miles south of Eureka. Home to the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas, the largest Buddhist temple in the Western Hemisphere and numerous wineries in the vicinity.