Getting Here

Eureka is conveniently located:
One hour north of Humboldt Redwoods State Park 
One hour south of Redwood National & State Park (Prairie Creek Redwoods)

Driving distances in miles to Eureka, Humboldt County's largest city:
Crescent City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  ..84 miles      
Fort Bragg . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . .... . . .134 miles
Grants Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . ..166 miles      
Los Angeles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . 647 miles
Medford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... .. . .196 miles       
Oakland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...... 285 miles
Portland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . ..... . 414 miles       
Redding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . ...... . 150 miles
Reno . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   . . . . ...... 347 miles       
Sacramento . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . 309 miles
San Diego . . . . . . . . . .. . . . .  . .. . . .... . 766 miles     
San Francisco . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . ... . 278 miles
San Jose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . .....316 miles       
Seattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...... . 587 miles

Use Google Map for Driving Directions:
San Francisco to Eureka
San Francisco to Humboldt Redwoods State Park
Sacramento to Eureka
Sacramento to Humboldt Redwoods State Park (Google map)
Portland, OR to Eureka
Use any one of the above Google map links and substitute your city of origin.  

Although many of our visitors fly into a major airport in San Francisco, Sacramento, or Portland and drive to the parks, Humboldt County has a regional airport located just north of Arcata (ACV). For more information on this local airport, follow this link.

Click on this LINK to go to a website that will help calculate your mileage and gas.

AmTrack runs a passenger service from Martinez, CA to Arcata. Click here for details.