Sequoia Park Zoo

We love this zoo! For our area this zoo is pretty neat. The exhibits are nice and clean. The animals seem well taken care of. My only complaint is the fact that the price increases every year. We recently had a negative experience at the front gate where, I purchased an annual pass for my family and the attendant said I only have my husband and I on the pass. The strange part is we’ve had the pass for nearly 4 months and have visited there at least a handful of times and no one has ever said anything. Now they want me to pay more. The only reason I come is to take my son. I found this to be very unprofessional and irritating. Plus you pay $ 75 for a family of 3 as you would for a family of 5.

My daughter says it’s not even a Zoo My son wasn’t as much a critic and thought we should give it 4 stars. As a family this rating was an average. At least it wasn’t expensive. The animals look well taken care of, thankfully. The facility is clean but not very exciting unless you don’t have a zoo were you live I guess.

This is a really great zoo. For the nominal fee and amount of animals, it is pretty great. We got to check out some of the animal feedings and the zoo keepers here are very informative. They really do care about their job and the animals at the zoo. It is fun to roam around and check out.

I’ve been meaning to write this review for months.
We were in the area on a road trip, and stopped there on Valentine’s Day. I love zoos, and was thrilled with this great little gem! Yes, it’s quite small, but they’re adding more exhibits which sound great!
All the animals and birds they had looked well taken care of and happy. They had some awesome animals I hadn’t seen before, like bush dogs— funky lookin little things, and absolutely fascinating to watch! I was there for a red panda feeding which was a blast. The cool keeper in there was so knowledgeable and friendly. They look like they have really great systems in place for enrichment for the animals. We watched a keeper moving some of the monkeys to other exhibits and interacting with them with such care. The bald eagles were awesome to watch, especially when they were mischieviously eyeing the noisy children behind us.
The otters were the highlight of my day. Their exhibit is so well designed. You really get up close and personal with them, and they seem to love it— diving around the tube that the kids can crawl through, and swimming right up against the glass watching everyone fawn over them! I’ve never gotten such awesome interaction with one of my favorite creatures. My otter selfie is still my profile picture on social media. Yes, I had to take like 100 pictures to get an adorable shot with the otters swimming behind me. It was totally worth it: D
This zoo is an absolute gem! I can’t recommend it more!
We got there first thing in the morning, and that was a great idea. There weren’t many people there, so it was easy to get up close and personal with everything we wanted to see!
I am sincerely disappointed I don’t live closer to Eureka, because I know I would love to spend my weekends there all the time! I can’t wait to go back to Eureka just for this great little zoo! :)

Great little zoo! Had fun walking around for a few hours. It’s fun to see the animals come out when it’s feeding time! Zookeepers also around giving info about the animals, loved how nice and clean this place is. Will try the Zoo Café next time :]

Great little zoo. Not the largest or best zoo but if you are in the area and like animals it’s a must see. Check the feeding schedule before you go. The employees were all super nice also. The critter coral was closed but it’s outdoors and it was raining lightly today so it may not have been that good. You can pet some of the animas in the barnyard though so that’s good.
I liked the aviary and especially that they have an African Grey parrot (she was a little shy but fairly new and was a rescue). The variety of birds there was good too. The other animals in the zoo were interesting also and the enclosures were also pretty large for the sizes of the animals. The river otter feeding was fun to watch. They have such good personalities and were hams to watch (one kept hoarding and hiding fish and another found the stash and stole his fish). The red pandas are also another interesting exhibit.
It’s a small zoo and you could probably see it in an hour, maybe 2 but if you like animal watching like me you could spend more time there also. For $ 7 for adults it’s not too bad. It’s cheaper for kids, seniors & Humbolt residents and I think they have specials sometimes but check their website for more info.

Small neighborhood zoo and community park — if you’re thinking this is a «big city» zoo it’s not. It’s a 30 – 45 minute slow troll at best, but for a small town small animal park it’s not bad.
Nice well maintained community grounds surround the zoo with picnic tables, shady areas and some playground equipment. Lots of folks use the park daily, and it’s also a destination lunch spot for many just to get outside in the fresh air.
Relaxed, casual and peaceful all come to mind when I’m visiting this park/​zoo. Well worth a visit at least once. The best time to see the animals is about 10 – 11 am most mornings, except when it’s overcast and cloudy, they are usually all out and about looking for food and getting a little exercise.
It’s not much but it’s ours — a neat little zoo/​park.
3.5 stars — rounded up for the nice grounds around the zoo.
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This is an awesome little zoo! Sure, it’s not a hulking scrillion-​acre behemoth, with hundreds of exotic animals from all corners of the globe or anything. But what all they DO have on hand, they do REALLY right. And it’s not like they’re bereft of animals or anything: there were red pandas, some capybara, an intimidating-​as-​heck bald eagle — a diverse spread of fauna.
The exhibits seem really well laid out and thoughtfully designed. A river otter exhibit… with a tube that kids can crawl through, to see the otters up close and personal! Various primates’ cages… with passages between them, to make life easy on the animals when they need to be sequestered during cage repairs, or receive veterinary treatment, or other things of that ilk! Just a ton of really thoughtful little touches like that all over the place. And plenty of benches, if you just want to chill out, rest your feet, and watch the flamingos complain at one another at random intervals.
I’d advise getting there as close to opening in the morning as possible. As the day wears on, after various animals are fed, they get a bit nappish, and will tend to hide in a shady corner someplace. (I know the feeling; I’d do the same thing in my cubicle if I could.)
And all for a relative pittance — $ 7, I believe it was. Hell of a bargain for the enjoyment you get out of the place! Totally coming back next time I find myself in and around Eureka.

Great small zoo. Very nice habitats for the animals. It’s also very clean. Good place to bring the kids.

The Zoo is awesome for a small town, arrived at about 10:30 AM and the animals are awake and moving around. Well worth the admission price.
Are you asking me if you should go?
YES!!!

Visited for the first time in about 3 years– I was blown away! There is a new river otter exhibit, salmon habitat, and plenty of activities for all ages– including a barnyard petting zoo and water feature for kids to play in. Certainly worth the time and the few dollars it costs to get in.

It’s a good zoo. Nice and clean and open. But the feeding doesn’t start on time or even 15 minutes after the posted time like it says it could be. Wonderful set up to be able to be in the enclosures with the different birds. Very small though. Only 15 attractions or so. Otters were the only animal out and about. We went from 11am to 1 pm. Gift shop was a little over priced

Hate to say it, but this place is kinda pathetic compared to the big city zoos like Oakland and SF. I see a lot of parents/​guardians and toddlers here. It’s a great place for little ones who don’t know bigger and better things are out there and are entertained by the small things. This is one of the very few things that Humboldt doesn’t do better than the big cities. I’d skip this place and go to the (free) Sequoia Park next door.

A beautiful little zoo!
It’s small but our kids are still young so it’s the perfect size for them.

Eurekas pride and joy and crown jewel for parks. A must see for any out of town visitor. Enjoy the playground and BBQ picnic area, walk the trails down to the duck pond, walk the trails through the forest, take in the Zoo animals and snack bar and gift shop and stop and admire the flower garden. Perfect place for a family fun day.

Very small zoo. You can walk the whole thing in 30 min.
Bathrooms don’t have toliet seat covers. It’s 2014, who doesn’t use toliet seat covers these days? Yukk.

I really enjoy this zoo… it is perfect for my 4 year old. We are members and it really is a great value. The new otter exhibit is really cool. We love the ‘watershed hero’ theme. This zoo is also only going to improve as they continue to rebuild older exhibits and repopulate the zoo with more native species. It is really a great resource for a city this size. The special events for kids get really crowded, so we don’t go. We only go to the members only Christmas party, which is fun. We haven’t been to the adult fund raising events yet, but we really want to go.

So happy my wife and I stumbled upon this little gem on our honeymoon. We had such a great time. The staff was friendly and the animals were active and looked very happy. All the enclosures were really clean and it looks like they have big plans for the future. Admission was really inexpensive and it was great to see animals being active and moving around in their pens!
We had a great time and I’d love to go back next time we’re on the west coast!

The best little zoo I’ve ever had the pleasure of visiting. The admission fee is very cheap, and the place is perfect for spending a long afternoon. No crowds to push through, which means you can spend as much time as you want gazing at the assortment of creatures on the premise: a red panda family, primates, birds, and more await.
The petting zoo portion is really the best part– getting a chance to see all sorts of goats, llamas, fowl and a big fluffy bunny just puts a smile on my face! Just a tip: the big brown goat is very dominant, so when you want to be petting the other goats, he’ll constantly want extra attention!

On a recent trip up the California coast a friend and I were looking for things to do and this was in one of the tourist guides. So we decided to check it out.
I’ll say right off the bat, this place is VERY small. Sequoia park, is a neighborhood park. The zoo is part of that park. There really isn’t even a formal parking lot, just street parking.
There are 2 reasons I am giving this place 5 stars. First being the cost of admission is $ 6.00. The second is that because it’s such a small park with a rather limited amount of people visiting, you get time to spend watching the animals that you never would at other zoo’s. The main attraction are the Red Panda’s they have and due to the lack of crowds I was able to get some of the most fantastic photos of the animals.