Brainard
Brainard is an unincorporated community in Humboldt County, California. It is located on the Northwestern Pacific Railroad 4 miles south-southwest of Arcata, at an elevation of 7 feet.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Ellin Beltz, Public domain.
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: unincorporated community in California
- Also known as: “Brainard, CA” and “Brainard, California”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Murray Field and Humboldt Bay Maritime Museum.
Murray Field
Aerodrome
Photo: Jelson25, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Murray Field is a county-owned public airport, located adjacent to Humboldt Bay within Eureka, California in Humboldt County. Most of its use is general aviation, but UPS flights stop for package delivery.
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. Humboldt Bay Maritime Museum is situated 2½ miles west of Brainard.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Indianola and Bracut.
Indianola
Hamlet
Photo: Ellin Beltz, Public domain.
Indianola is a census-designated place in Humboldt County, California. It is located 4 miles south of Arcata, at an elevation of 46 feet. The place appears on the USGS Arcata South map.
Bracut
Hamlet
Photo: Ellin Beltz, Public domain.
Bracut is a hamlet, which is situated 2 miles northeast of Brainard.
Myrtletown
Village
Myrtletown is a census-designated place in Humboldt County, California, United States. Myrtletown lies at an elevation of 112 feet. Myrtletown is a part of the Eureka, California metropolitan area. Myrtletown is situated 2 miles southwest of Brainard.
Brainard
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Humboldt County, North Coast, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.81207° or 40° 48′ 44″ northLongitude
-124.11034° or 124° 6′ 37″ westElevation
7 feet (2 metres)Open location code
84GQRV6Q+RVOpenStreetMap ID
node 141045923OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From French to Turkish—“Brainard” goes by many names.
- French: “Brainard”
- Irish: “Brainard”
- Persian: “برینارد، کالیفرنیا”
- Persian: “برینارد”
- South Azerbaijani: “براینارد، کالیفورنیا”
- Turkish: “Brainard”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Dead Mouse Marsh and Bracut Tidelands Public Access.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Brainard”. Photo: Ellin Beltz, Public domain.