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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.

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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

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
    Morning light in the redwoods
  • Aerial view of a small white lighthouse and a tall cross on a forested headland above turquoise water
    Trinidad Memorial Lighthouse
  • A bull elk with large antlers standing in tall grass
    Roosevelt elk
  • An ornate pink and white Victorian house with turrets and a lamppost-lined sidewalk
    Victorian architecture in Eureka
  • Shoppers browsing fruit and vegetables under a green canopy at an outdoor farmers market
  • Fresh oysters on the half shell on a bed of ice with lemon wedges
  • People walking on a wide beach toward rocky sea stacks and a forested headland on an overcast day
    A North Coast beach
  • A visitor with arms outstretched at the fence in front of an enormous redwood trunk
    Big Tree, Redwood National and State Parks

Photos from Unsplash by Zetong Li, Renaldo Matamoro, Patrick Bigelow, Jim Witkowski, Remy Gieling, Mitili Mitili, Mitchell Valine, Clint McKoy.

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Visitor resources

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.

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Planning a trip to Arcata?

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

Visit Arcata Call 707.897.6004

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