North Coast
The North Coast of California has beautiful redwoods and small coastal towns. It stretches along the Pacific from the Bay Area to the Oregon border. The inland valleys of Mendocino County are a significant wine-growing area, and the region is noted for organic produce and its art community.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Eureka and Fort Bragg.
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.
Fort Bragg
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Fort Bragg is an isolated town of 7,000 people on California's North Coast. It serves as the economic hub of the area despite the demise of its historic logging and fishing industries at the end of the 20th century.
Arcata
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Arcata is a city in the North Coast of California. 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.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Humboldt County and Mendocino County.
Humboldt County
Humboldt County is in the North Coast of California. It is a special area of Northern California which is well known for its massive redwood trees, microbrews, herbal refreshments, and diverse culture.
Mendocino County
Mendocino County borders the Pacific Ocean on California's North Coast. The county is located halfway between San Francisco and the Oregon border, and boasts redwood forests, wineries, breweries, and remote, untouched coastline.
Lake County
Lake County is an inland county in California's North Coast region. Parts of Lake County are considered part of California Wine Country. This rural county is named after Clear Lake, a body of water that is believed to be 2.5 million years old and thus the oldest lake in North America.
Del Norte County
Del Norte County is the northwesternmost county in California, in the North Coast region of the state. The county is known for its rivers, rocky coast, and redwood forests.
Redwood National Park
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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.
North Coast
- Type: Region
- Description: geographic region in California, United States
- Location: California, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“North Coast” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الساحل الشمالي”
- Chinese: “加州北岸”
- Chinese: “北岸”
- Dutch: “North Coast”
- Dutch: “Redwood Empire”
- Esperanto: “Norda Marbordo de Kalifornio”
- Finnish: “Redwood Empire”
- French: “Redwood Empire”
- German: “Kalifornische Nordküste”
- Hebrew: “רצועת החוף הצפונית של קליפורניה”
- Japanese: “北部海岸”
- Korean: “plz pick me!”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Còsta Nòrd (Califòrnia)”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Còsta Nòrd”
- Persian: “ساحل شمالی (کالیفرنیا)”
- Persian: “ساحل شمالی”
- Portuguese: “Costa Norte”
- Slovenian: “North Coast”
- Slovenian: “Redwood Empire”
- Slovenian: “Severna obala Kalifornije”
- Spanish: “Costa Norte de California”
- Turkish: “Kaliforniya Kuzey Sahili”
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