FREE rides on Madaket on Get Out and Play Day

Join us at The Madaket for free rides at 11am, 11:30am and noon for all ages! Enjoy this Humboldt Bay Tradition!

RSVP at the Facebook event here.

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FREE rides on Madaket Tours on Get Out and Play Day

Kids ride free with a paying adult on #gopd2019 July 27, 2019

Join us for another year of free kids (12 and under) rides on the Madaket with a paying adult. Tour times will be at 1:30, 2:30, and 4:00!

And NEW and FREE 20 minute rides for all ages at 11:30 am and 12:00 pm!

Please note, these time are first come, first served. To secure a spot, you can make a reservation in advance by calling: (707) 445-1910

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FREE Interpretive Leisure Bike Tour Highlighting Newest Section of Waterfront Trail

Eureka Community Services, in partnership with HSU’s Recreation Administration Department is offering a FREE interpretive leisure bike tour highlighting the newest section of the Eureka waterfront trail.

Staff will guide a tour along the waterfront, stopping at several locations along the way to discuss the history and culture of the surrounding waterfront area, as well as touch on the development of the trail system.

This event is open to all ages and is perfect to take the whole family too!

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Kids Ride FREE on Madaket Tours on Get Out and Play Day

Kids ride free with a paying adult on #gopd2017 July 29, 2017

Step aboard and learn the history of Humboldt Bay and Eureka’s waterfront during a 75 minute narrated cruise traveling along the shores of the bay. During your cruise, the captain explains local history, industries, activities, points of interest, and local wildlife.

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FREE Old Town Guided Historic Walking Tours through July and August

Take the family on an interactive history lesson of Old Town

The city of Eureka’s Outdoor Recreation Program, Explore Eureka, in partnership with the Clarke Museum is launching weekly “Historical Walking Tours” in Old Town Eureka beginning Saturday, July 8.

The tours offer an interactive history lesson and are designed to be fun for the whole family. Tours take you up close and personal with the buildings and history of Old Town.

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UPDATE: Old Town Guided Historic Walking Tours in August

This update announces that a tour of the Clarke Museum is now included in the tour if you show up at 1:30 instead of 1:45.

Take the family on an interactive history lesson of Old Town

The city of Eureka’s Outdoor Recreation Program, Explore Eureka, in partnership with the Clarke Museum is continuing to conduct weekly “Historical Walking Tours” in Old Town Eureka each Saturday at 2:00 through August, 2016. Please show up at 1:45 to register. If you choose, you can show up at 1:30 and also be treated to a tour of the Clarke Museum.

Kids Ride FREE on Madaket Tours on #GOPD2016

Kids ride free with a paying adult on Get Out and Play Day,  July 30, 2016!

Step aboard and learn the history of Humboldt Bay and Eureka’s waterfront during a 75 minutes narrated cruise traveling along the shores of the bay. During your cruise, the captain explains local history, industries, activities, points of interest, and local wildlife.

Details

FREE Old Town Guided Historic Walking Tours

Take the family on an interactive history lesson of Old Town

The city of Eureka’s Outdoor Recreation Program, Explore Eureka, in partnership with the Clarke Museum is launching weekly “Historical Walking Tours” in Old Town Eureka on July 2, 2016.

The tours offer an interactive history lesson and are designed to be fun for the whole family. Tours take you up close and personal with the buildings and history of Old Town.

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UPDATED: FREE Family Event Celebrating Sequoia Park’s History

New Events have been added to the Illuminating the Past Event at Sequoia Park on April 21.

Time Travel to Sequoia Parks’s Past

Here’s an UPDATED overview of what will be happening on April 21, 2016:

• NEW ADDITION>> Actors from the North Coast Repertory Theater will be live and in costume as period residents from Eureka’s yesterday to guide tours, answer questions and pose for photos.

 

• NEW ADDITION>> The Clarke Museum will be on hand with their “Museum in a Box”, providing interactive artifacts from local history. The Clarke Museum will also be offering FREE passes to the Museum for those who partake in and complete the “Hunt Through History” Scavenger Hunt.
  
• Historic Night Tours: Join period residents of Humboldt County who have traveled through time to guide you down a special one night only lit path and explain what daily life was like in the days of old.
• Interactive Historical Activities: From informational booths on logging history to a “make your own” vintage toy booth & old school games (jacks or marbles anyone?), get a hands on experience on how our forefathers & foremothers grew up!
• Live Musical Performance from Humboldt Bay Brass: Humboldt Bay Brass will be performing live in the Gazebo premiering an arrangement of music from the past 150 years including historic music written in and about the north coast! (The Humboldt Bay Brass Band is a music ensemble in the British tradition, directed by Dr. Gil Cline of the Department of Music at HSU.)

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FREE Family Event Celebrating Sequoia Park’s History

New Events have been added to the Illuminating the Past Event at Sequoia Park on April 21.

Time Travel to Sequoia Parks’s Past

Here’s an UPDATED overview of what will be happening on April 21, 2016:

• NEW ADDITION>> Actors from the North Coast Repertory Theater will be live and in costume as period residents from Eureka’s yesterday to guide tours, answer questions and pose for photos.

• NEW ADDITION>> The Clarke Museum will be on hand with their “Museum in a Box”, providing interactive artifacts from local history. The Clarke Museum will also be offering FREE passes to the Museum for those who partake in and complete the “Hunt Through History” Scavenger Hunt.
  
• Historic Night Tours: Join period residents of Humboldt County who have traveled through time to guide you down a special one night only lit path and explain what daily life was like in the days of old.
• Interactive Historical Activities: From informational booths on logging history to a “make your own” vintage toy booth & old school games (jacks or marbles anyone?), get a hands on experience on how our forefathers & foremothers grew up!
• Live Musical Performance from Humboldt Bay Brass: Humboldt Bay Brass will be performing live in the Gazebo premiering an arrangement of music from the past 150 years including historic music written in and about the north coast! (The Humboldt Bay Brass Band is a music ensemble in the British tradition, directed by Dr. Gil Cline of the Department of Music at HSU.)

Details: