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title: "Arcata Welcome Center & Visitor Information"
description: "Visiting Arcata? Stop by the Arcata Chamber’s Welcome Center, just off Highway 101, for maps, visitor guides, and advice on planning your Redwood Coast trip."
url: https://arcatachamber.com/committees/center/
---

![Two tall palm trees and street lamps along a path across the Arcata Plaza lawn, with downtown storefronts behind](https://arcatachamber.com/_astro/arcata-plaza-palms.D304JOsA_Z23ifxd.jpg)

Visitor information

# Arcata Welcome Center

Your first stop on the Redwood Coast. The Welcome Center is a program of the Arcata Chamber of Commerce, here to help you make the most of your time here.

[Get directions](https://maps.google.com/?q=791+8th+Street+Arcata+CA+95521)[Plan your visit](https://arcatachamber.com/#plan-title)

The Arcata Plaza · Photo: Peter Robbins

Stop in during your travels

## Friendly faces, minutes from the highway.

Whether you’re simply looking for quality maps or visitor guides, internet access, or advice on planning excursions, you’ll find support and friendly faces minutes from major highways.

-   Maps & visitor guides
-   Internet access
-   Trip-planning advice

## Find us

Centrally located in Humboldt County, just off Coastal Highway 101, just north of the junction with Highway 299.

-   [791 8th Street, Unit 7 Arcata, CA 95521](https://maps.google.com/?q=791+8th+Street+Arcata+CA+95521)
-   707.897.6004
-   Arcata@ArcataChamber.com

The Redwood Coast

## Redwoods, rugged coastline, and small towns with character.

It’s all within reach of Arcata. Tell us what you’d like to see and we’ll help you plan the day.

-   ![A hiker in a red jacket on a trail through a misty redwood forest lit by sunbeams](https://arcatachamber.com/_astro/redwoods-misty-sunbeams.Cw98Us-2_Z1deKgw.webp)

    Morning light in the redwoods

-   ![Aerial view of a small white lighthouse and a tall cross on a forested headland above turquoise water](https://arcatachamber.com/_astro/trinidad-head-lighthouse.TcF2JP7U_ZoCRpv.webp)

    Trinidad Memorial Lighthouse

-   ![A bull elk with large antlers standing in tall grass](https://arcatachamber.com/_astro/roosevelt-elk.DPdk8xET_1psELE.webp)

    Roosevelt elk

-   ![An ornate pink and white Victorian house with turrets and a lamppost-lined sidewalk](https://arcatachamber.com/_astro/eureka-pink-victorian.DXpsPsKu_Z150c32.webp)

    Victorian architecture in Eureka

-   ![Shoppers browsing fruit and vegetables under a green canopy at an outdoor farmers market](https://arcatachamber.com/_astro/farmers-market.BULzWtGd_2jk4fh.webp)

-   ![Fresh oysters on the half shell on a bed of ice with lemon wedges](https://arcatachamber.com/_astro/oysters-on-ice.C0lDLSDn_RxaIG.webp)

-   ![People walking on a wide beach toward rocky sea stacks and a forested headland on an overcast day](https://arcatachamber.com/_astro/coast-beach-sea-stacks.C8dicjGu_vcKpg.webp)

    A North Coast beach

-   ![A visitor with arms outstretched at the fence in front of an enormous redwood trunk](https://arcatachamber.com/_astro/redwoods-big-tree.DF700NBD_Z2lIdg3.webp)

    Big Tree, Redwood National and State Parks


Photos from [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/license) by Zetong Li, Renaldo Matamoro, Patrick Bigelow, Jim Witkowski, Remy Gieling, Mitili Mitili, Mitchell Valine, Clint McKoy.

Plan your visit

## Visitor resources

-   Read online

    ### [2024 Visit Arcata Brochure](https://issuu.com/ncjournal/docs/arcatachamberguide24)

    The Chamber’s visitor guide to Arcata, published on Issuu.

-   By mail

    ### [Request publications](https://business.arcatachamber.com/info/)

    Ask the Chamber to send you visitor information.

-   Trip planning

    ### [Visit Arcata](https://visitarcata.com/)

    Things to do, places to stay, and where to eat in Arcata.

-   Statewide

    ### [California Welcome Centers](https://www.visitcalifornia.com/welcome-centers/)

    Visit California’s network of official welcome centers.


Getting here

## 791 8th Street, Unit 7, Arcata

Just off Coastal Highway 101, north of the Highway 299 junction. Call ahead at 707.897.6004 if you have questions before you arrive.

[Open in Google Maps](https://maps.google.com/?q=791+8th+Street+Arcata+CA+95521)

Exploring further?

## Other Humboldt area chambers of commerce

-   [McKinleyville Chamber of Commerce](https://mckinleyvillechamber.com/)
-   [Eureka Chamber of Commerce](https://eurekachamber.com/)
-   [Willow Creek Chamber of Commerce](https://willowcreekchamber.com/)
-   [Southern Humboldt Chamber of Commerce](https://garberville.org/)
-   [Orick Chamber of Commerce](https://orick.net/)

## Planning a trip to Arcata?

Find places to eat, stay, shop, and explore on the Visit Arcata website.

[Visit Arcata](https://visitarcata.com/) Call 707.897.6004