Bird Island
Bird Island is an islet in Humboldt County, North Coast, California. Bird Island is situated nearby to the hamlet Samoa, as well as near the neighborhood Old Town.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Carson Mansion and Indian Island.
Carson Mansion
The Carson Mansion is a large Victorian house, constructed from 1884 to 1886 and located in Old Town, Eureka, California. Regarded as one of the premier examples of Queen Anne style architecture in the United States, the house is "considered the most grand…
Indian Island
Island
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Tuluwat Island is located on Humboldt Bay within the city of Eureka, California. The 1860 massacre of the Wiyot people was perpetrated in the village of Tolowot or Tuluwat on this island.
Humboldt Bay Maritime Museum
Museum
Photo: Frank Schulenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Humboldt Bay Maritime Museum is located in Samoa, California, a small town across Humboldt Bay from Eureka. The focus of the museum is the preservation and interpretation of its collection of artifacts, photographs, library archives and materials which relate principally to the maritime history of California's North Coast.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Samoa and Manila.
Samoa
Hamlet
Photo: Ellin Beltz, Public domain.
Samoa is a census-designated place in Humboldt County, California. It is located 1.5 miles northwest of Eureka, at an elevation of 23 feet. Samoa is located in the northern peninsula of Humboldt Bay and is the site of the Samoa Cookhouse, one of the last remaining original lumber camp–style cookhouses. Samoa is situated 1½ miles west of Bird Island.
Manila
Hamlet
Photo: Ellin Beltz, Public domain.
Manila is a census-designated place located adjacent to Humboldt Bay in Humboldt County, California. It is located 3.25 miles north of downtown Eureka, at an elevation of 13 feet. The ZIP Code is 95521. The population was 798 at the 2020 census. Manila is situated 2 miles north of Bird Island.
Eureka
Eureka is a city in Humboldt County, California. With a population of slightly over 25,000, it is the largest coastal city on the West Coast of the United States north of San Francisco and south of Portland and the center of the California North Coast.
Bird Island
- Type: Islet
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Humboldt County, North Coast, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.82654° or 40° 49′ 36″ northLongitude
-124.15688° or 124° 9′ 25″ westElevation
3 feet (1 metre)Open location code
84GQRRGV+J6OpenStreetMap ID
way 91497714OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
5559863
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