Arcata

Arcata is a city in the of . Arcata is a small university town on the north end of Humboldt Bay. It is well known for its hippie counter culture, progressive politics, and vegetarian restaurants.
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  • Type: Town with 17,200 residents
  • Description: city in Humboldt County, California, United States
  • Also known as: “Arcata (CA)”, “Arcata (California)”, “Arcata (Califórnia)”, “Arcata (Californië)”, “Arcata (città)”, “Arcata, CA”, “Arcata, California”, “Goad-La-Nah”, “Kori”, “Union”, “Union Town”, “Uniontown”, “Арката (Калифорния)”, “اركاتا، هومبولدت، كاليفورنيا”, “ارکاتا”, “ارکاتا، کالیفرنیا”, “आर्केटा (क्यालिफोर्निया)”, and “アーケータ (カリフォルニア州)”
  • Postal codes: 95518 and 95521

Places of Interest

Highlights include Redwood Bowl and Arcata Ball Park.

Stadium
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is a collegiate athletic stadium on the of the , on the campus of Cal Poly Humboldt in Arcata, California. It is used for Cal Poly Humboldt Lumberjacks football games and track and field meets, as well as local high school contests.

Pitch
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is a collegiate baseball venue in the , located in Arcata, California. Opened in 1938, it is the home of the summer collegiate Humboldt Crabs.

Hotel
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The is located in Arcata, California, on the northeast corner of the historic Arcata Plaza. The hotel is on the National Historic Place and was built by W.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bayside and Alliance.

Hamlet
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is an unincorporated community 2.25 miles south-southeast of Arcata, at an elevation of 33 feet in , , United States. The ZIP Code is 95524, the area code is 707.

Hamlet
Arcata is a city adjacent to the Arcata Bay portion of in , United States. At the 2020 census, Arcata's population was 18,857.

Hamlet
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is a census-designated place in , United States. It is located 4 miles south of Arcata, at an elevation of 46 feet. is situated 3½ miles south of Arcata.

Arcata

Latitude
40.8665° or 40° 51′ 60″ north
Longitude
-124.0828° or 124° 4′ 58″ west
Population
17,200
Elevation
23 feet (7 metres)
IATA airport code
ACV
United Nations Location Code
US ACV
Open location code
84GQVW88+JV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 141029389
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
5558953
Wiki­data ID
Q631752
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Arcata” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “أركاتا”
  • Basque: “Arcata”
  • Belarusian: “Арката”
  • Bulgarian: “Арката (град, Калифорния)”
  • Bulgarian: “Арката”
  • Catalan: “Arcata”
  • Cebuano: “Arcata”
  • Central Kurdish: “ئارکاتا، کالیفۆرنیا”
  • Chechen: “Арката”
  • Chinese: “阿克塔”
  • Croatian: “Arcata, Kalifornija”
  • Croatian: “Arcata”
  • Czech: “Arcata”
  • Danish: “Arcata”
  • Dutch: “Arcata”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “اركاتا”
  • Esperanto: “Arcata”
  • French: “Arcata”
  • German: “Arcata”
  • Gilaki: “آرکاتا”
  • Greek: “Αρκάτα”
  • Haitian: “Arcata, Kalifòni”
  • Haitian: “Arcata”
  • Hebrew: “ארקטה”
  • Hungarian: “Arcata”
  • Indonesian: “Arcata, California”
  • Indonesian: “Arcata”
  • Irish: “Arcata”
  • Italian: “Arcata”
  • Japanese: “アーケータ”
  • Korean: “아르카타”
  • Ladin: “Arcata”
  • Luxembourgish: “Arcata”
  • Malagasy: “Arcata, Kalifornia”
  • Malagasy: “Arcata”
  • Malayalam: “അർക്കാറ്റ”
  • Mazanderani: “آرکاتا (کالیفورنیا)”
  • Mazanderani: “آرکاتا”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Arcata”
  • Newari: “आर्केटा, क्यालिफोर्निया”
  • Newari: “आर्केटा”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Arcata”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Arcata”
  • Norwegian: “Arcata”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Arcata”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Earcætūn on Californie”
  • Persian: “آرکاتا، کالیفرنیا”
  • Persian: “آرکاتا”
  • Polish: “Arcata”
  • Portuguese: “Arcata”
  • Russian: “Арката”
  • Russian: “Аркейта”
  • Serbian: “Аркејта”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Arcata, California”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Arcata”
  • Slovak: “Arcata”
  • Slovenian: “Arcata”
  • South Azerbaijani: “آرکاتا، کالیفورنیا”
  • Spanish: “Arcata”
  • Swedish: “Arcata, Kalifornien”
  • Swedish: “Arcata”
  • Tagalog: “Arcata, California”
  • Tagalog: “Arcata”
  • Tatar: “Арката”
  • Turkish: “Arcata, Kaliforniya”
  • Turkish: “Arcata”
  • Ukrainian: “Арката”
  • Urdu: “آرکاٹا، کیلیفورنیا”
  • Uzbek: “Arcata”
  • Volapük: “Arcata”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Arcata, California”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Arcata”

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