Halvorsen Park
40.8069, -124.1568
- Nearest town
- Eureka
- Map status
- Verified pin
- Visit conditions
- Check before travel
- Research reviewed
- Aug 17, 2026
Field guide
Know before you go
- What's published
- Facility rental guidelines and a fee schedule. The City publishes no park description, acreage, amenities or hours
- Entry fee
- None documented
- Booking window
- At least two months in advance, and up to one year ahead
- Non-commercial rental
- $45 for the first 3 hours, $20 each additional hour, $160 full day, plus refundable deposits of $100 security and $100 alcohol and $20 per key
- Commercial rental
- 10% of gross revenue, plus a refundable security deposit of 10% of projected revenue and $20 per key
- Add-ons
- Water access $60, electricity access $75, electrician $60 per hour, fire personnel $103.50 per hour per person
- Fee schedule date
- 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023 — almost certainly superseded. Confirm current rates with Community Services
- Renter must provide
- Portable toilets, security personnel if needed, garbage and recycling bins, all permits and insurance
- Restrooms
- No permanent public restrooms are indicated; the City requires event organisers to bring portable toilets
- Events held here
- Bikes by the Bay, per Visit Humboldt
The place
About Halvorsen Park
The City of Eureka's official page for Halvorsen Park is a rental fee schedule. There's no park description on it, no address, no acreage, no amenity list and no hours — only the terms for booking the place for an event.
What that document implies is a venue rather than a facilities park. Renters have to bring in their own portable toilets, security personnel and garbage and recycling bins, and supply every required permit and insurance document themselves. Water and electricity hookups exist on site, both charged as extras. Reservations must be made at least two months ahead and are accepted up to a year out.
It does get used. Visit Humboldt lists Bikes by the Bay, billed as the county's biggest bike show, at Halvorsen Park with live music, vendors and a beer garden.
Beyond that, the City publishes nothing. Whether the park adjoins the Eureka Boardwalk or the Waterfront Trail isn't documented on any official source, though Eureka has posted a bid for a "Halvorsen Park Trail Project." Call Eureka Community Services before planning around anything not listed below.
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Frequently asked
What is there at Halvorsen Park?
The City of Eureka doesn't publish a description, amenity list or acreage for Halvorsen Park. Its official page carries only rental guidelines and a fee schedule. What can be confirmed is that the site has water and electricity hookups available to renters for an extra charge.
How do you book Halvorsen Park for an event?
Through the City of Eureka Community Services Department, at least two months in advance and no more than a year ahead. Renters supply their own permits, insurance, portable toilets, bins and any security personnel. Non-commercial rates start at $45 for the first three hours, but the published schedule dates from 2022-23 and is likely out of date.
Are there restrooms at Halvorsen Park?
Not that the City documents. Its rental guidelines require event organisers to provide portable toilets, which points to no permanent public restrooms on site, though the City doesn't state it either way.
What are Halvorsen Park's hours?
Not published. The City of Eureka lists no opening or closing times for the park anywhere on its official page.
Does Halvorsen Park connect to the Eureka Boardwalk or the Waterfront Trail?
Not confirmed. No official source documents the relationship, though the City has posted a bid for a "Halvorsen Park Trail Project," which suggests a trail element at or near the site. Contact Eureka Community Services for a current answer.
Official and supporting sources
Research reconciled 2026-08-17. Closures, fees, permits and hours can change.