PARKS & RECREATION
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he City of Fortuna owns, maintains, and operates two parks—Rohner Park and Newburg Park. Both parks are intensively managed for multiple recreational activities and special events. There is a second growth redwood forest in Rohner Park that is managed to protect its natural features and where hiking trails are available.
CITY PARKS Rohner Park is a 55-acre park located in the center of Fortuna. It has a large Pavilion that is used for roller skating, basketball, dances, parties, and other special events. Other facilities include a Rodeo Arena, three Little League baseball fields, batting cages, a recreation softball field, an outdoor basketball court, bocce ball courts, horseshoe pits, a volleyball court, a pistol range, a cook shack, a deep pit barbecue, two playgrounds, a recreation hall, a large picnic area, several smaller picnic areas, public restrooms, various hiking trails within a 14-acre redwood forest, and the Depot Museum. The museum is housed in Fortuna’s historic train station, built around 1889. In 1974 the City of Fortuna purchased the old depot and moved it to a new home in Rohner Park. The Depot Museum is a great place to take your family to see displays and investigate Fortuna’s past, as well as the history of the Eel River Valley. Featured displays include railroad and logging artifacts, a collection of local Native American artifacts, a general store display, a fishing collection, a large copper Swiss cheese cauldron, and a large collection of barbed wire, tools, locks, and antique spark plugs. There are also 4-6 seasonally changing exhibits each year, as well as month-long temporary displays installed by members of Fortuna’s Relic Accumulators’ Continued on next page
Depot Museum today in Rohner Park.
Depot Museum building being moved to its current
location in Rohner Park in 1974. © Fortuna Depot Museum.
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