Freshwater Lagoon

Freshwater Lagoon is the northernmost and smallest of three similar lagoons within Humboldt Lagoons State Park, along the coast of Humboldt County, California, United States.

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Type: Body of water
Description: lake of the United States of America
Also known as: “Pe-gwi *”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Redwood National Park and Stone Lagoon.

Redwood National Park

Photo: Phoebe, Public domain.

Redwood National and State Parks is a United States national park and a UNESCO World Heritage Site on the North Coast of the state of California. The park protects several groves of massive redwood trees, which can live for 2000 years, grow to heights of up to 367 feet, and be as wide as 22 feet at the base of the trunk.

Stone Lagoon

Stone Lagoon is the second of three similar lagoons within Humboldt Lagoons State Park, along the coast of Humboldt County, California. It is located between Trinidad to the south and Orick at the mouth of Redwood Creek to the north. Stone Lagoon is situated 1½ miles south of Freshwater Lagoon.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Orick.

Orick

Village

Photo: LittleT889, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Orick is a census-designated place situated on the banks of the Redwood Creek in Humboldt County, California, United States. It is located 43 miles north of Eureka, at an elevation of 26 feet. Orick is situated 2 miles northeast of Freshwater Lagoon.

Freshwater Lagoon

Category: lake
Location: Humboldt County, North Coast, California, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.26839° or 41° 16′ 6″ north

Longitude

-124.09275° or 124° 5′ 34″ west

Elevation

10 feet (3 metres)

Open location code

84HQ7W94+9V

OpenStreetMap ID

way 91612244

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

GeoNames ID

5564005

Wikidata ID

Q5503118

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