![]() It is a fantastic place to sit and eat your bagels or just soak in the view for a few minutes.Īs the best non-redwoods park in this area, Patrick Point State Park is a fun place for a stop. I recommend stopping at the Trinidad Lighthouse that has been moved to a great location overlooking the coastline below. The town of Trinidad is a great little coastal fishing village with a unique history. You can find it by driving behind the Safeway in McKinleyville. It is randomly behind an auto parts store in a small shopping center, but it is worth a picture. I was not ready for how big it was at 160 feet, this thing is gigantic. Like the name says, this is the Guineas Book of World Records world’s largest totem pole. It has a fun vibe and great food we went twice. I got a guacamole bagel, and the wife got a blackberry and cream cheese bagel. This is a great, relatively cheap restaurant that has a ton of options for everyone in the family. It is an easy stop and one that I recommend for coffee fans before leaving Eureka.Įither in Eureka or Arcata, there is a Los Bagels, which is my recommendation for breakfast. Dutch Brothers is one of my favorites as they have a lot of crazy drinks. One of the things I love about driving in Northern California is the small coffee shops that start to pop up. ![]() It is privately owned, so you cannot tour it, but you can take a picture from the outside. One of the most picturesque and famous houses in Northern California, Carson House, is said to have inspired Disney and Alfred Hitchcock. ![]() The statue is dedicated to those who live off the sea and those the sea has taken, this is a beautiful statue that deserves a visit. Here are my recommended stops.īefore leaving Eureka, I stopped at the famous fisherman statue on Wooley Island, which you can find by Googling “Woodley’s Bar,” then driving to the end of the island (thanks to a reader for commenting this below). You can easily use this post for a trip all the way to Brookings, Oregon, or on to the coast of Oregon, but for me, I headed back to Crescent City. ![]() ![]() For this day, I drove from Eureka to Crescent City with a detour up to the Oregon stateline and back. This is part of my Pacific Coast Highway / Highway 101 road trip series and you can see San Francisco to Mendocino here and Mendocino to Eureka here. ![]()
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