Alton
Alton is an unincorporated community in Humboldt County, California. It is located 3.5 miles south-southeast of Fortuna, at an elevation of 62 feet. Alton is located along U.S. Route 101 and State Route 36.- Type: Hamlet
- Description: unincorporated community in California
- Also known as: “Alton, CA”, “Alton, California”, and “Junction”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Rohnerville Airport.
Rohnerville Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Ellin Beltz, Public domain.
Rohnerville Airport is a public airport located 3 miles southeast of Fortuna in Humboldt County, California. It is owned by the County of Humboldt. Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Rohnerville Airport is assigned FOT by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rohnerville and Hydesville.
Rohnerville
Hamlet
Photo: Ellin Beltz, Public domain.
Rohnerville is an unincorporated community in Humboldt County, California. It is located 2.25 miles southeast of Fortuna and 2.25 miles northwest of Hydesville, at an elevation of 197 feet.
Hydesville
Locality
Photo: Ellin Beltz, Public domain.
Hydesville is a census-designated place in Humboldt County, California, United States. Hydesville is located 4.5 miles southeast of Fortuna and 2.25 miles southeast of Rohnerville, at an elevation of 364 feet. Hydesville is situated 3½ miles east of Alton.
Waddington
Hamlet
Photo: Ellin Beltz, Public domain.
Waddington is a populated place in Humboldt County, California, United States. It is located on the floodplain along the south side of the Eel River 3.25 miles southwest of Fortuna, at an elevation of 13 feet. Waddington is situated 3½ miles northwest of Alton.
Alton
- Categories: unincorporated community and locality
- Location: Humboldt County, North Coast, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.54736° or 40° 32′ 51″ northLongitude
-124.14088° or 124° 8′ 27″ westElevation
62 feet (19 metres)Open location code
84GQGVW5+WJOpenStreetMap ID
node 141045249OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Urdu—“Alton” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “阿爾頓”
- French: “Alton”
- Irish: “Alton”
- Persian: “التون”
- Polish: “Alton”
- South Azerbaijani: “آلتون، کالیفورنیا”
- Spanish: “Alton (California)”
- Spanish: “Alton”
- Turkish: “Alton”
- Urdu: “الٹن، کیلیفورنیا”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Rohnerville Air Attack Base and Rohhnerville Pioneer - Masons and IOOF Cemetery.
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