Ensemble Theater Festival
P.O.
Box 816
Blue Lake, CA 95525
(707) 668-5663
e-mail: netfest@gmail.com
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Transportation
to Humboldt County (Arcata/Blue Lake)
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festival is located in Arcata and Blue Lake, which
are 300 miles north of San Francisco on the Redwood Coast and
80 mile south of the Oregon border. Arcata is a small college
town with good restaurants and accomodations (see previous page
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The
Arcata/Eureka Airport (ACV) is small, and flights there can
be expensive (usually adding on $200-$300 to your ticket price,
although just recently Horizon Air added a direct flight from
Los Angeles for about $100 each way) It is serviced by two
airlines: United Express and Horizon, both operating either
small jets or propeller planes. Flights come in from San Francisco,
Portland, Seattle and now Los Angeles. Some flights may have
a short stop in Redding where you will stay on the plane.
The airport itself is actually located in McKinleyville–
a town about 10 miles from Arcata. If you fly into the airport,
there is a shuttle service (1-888-338-5497) that can take
you where you need to go, for a small charge ($14 for HSU,
$17 for Hotel Arcata, $20 for Blue Lake).
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Ground
Transportation
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Arcata
and Blue Lake are located about 300 miles North of San Francisco.
By car, it’s about a five hour drive. By bus, about eight
hours (depending on time of day).
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Driving
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Driving
up to Humboldt is a pretty amazing experience. It’s about
five hours from the San Francisco Airport, and costs between
$70 & $100 for a oneway rental. The rental agencies up here
are Enterprise, Alamo, and Hertz. There are a couple of routes
up: the coast (Route 1) which has breathtaking scenery but takes
about 3 hours longer, and straight up 101. DO NOT TAKE HIGHWAY
5. It may look like the shortest route, but is NOT (don’t
believe Mapquest- it’s wrong). For rental car information,
look below.
If you are driving from Seattle the travel time is about 10-11
hours. If from Portland it will be about 8 hours travel time.
The best route is I-5 to Highway 199 to Highway 101. We can
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Greyhound
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The
glamourous Greyhound bus line connects Arcata to the Bay Area.
Bus rides cost $30-$50 each way, making bussing the cheapest
alternative, but there are drawbacks. First of all, there
are only two buses that service Arcata, one that arrives in
the morning, and one that arrives at night, and it’s
at least an eight-hour ride up so scheduling and time become
an issue. Second of all, if you’ve never ridden the Greyhound
before, it can be a, well, colorful mix of characters. Nonetheless,
it is cheap.
Web:
www.greyhound.com
(Destination: Arcata)
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Board |
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Ride board is now posted on the previous (Lodging) page of this
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Local
Transportation/Rental Cars
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Starting
Tuesday 6/21, we will have shuttle services running day &
night between a variety of festival locations. When you arrive,
you’ll be given a schedule for those shuttles, as well
as a schedule of other local transportation.
The
festival shuttle will only run between HSU, Blue Lake, and
possibly one area hotel. If you aren’t staying at one
of these locations, you’ll be in charge of getting yourself
to and from the festival.
If
you want to rent a car, Hertz is the official NET Festival
rental agency and is offering special rates for us. Call 1-800-654-2240
or go to www.hertz.com
and give them the conference number CV#022R1299. There are
also taxi services in town, you’ll be given a list of
their phone numbers when you arrive.
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Questions
about Travel?
Contact: Tyler Olsen
NET Festival Logistics
NetFest@gmail.com
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