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The Lost Coast is a mostly natural and undeveloped area of the California North Coast in Humboldt and Mendocino Counties, which includes the King Range. It was named the "Lost Coast" after the area experienced depopulation in the 1930s. [ 1 ]
This section of California's coastline is known as the Lost Coast, a landscape too rugged for highway building, which forced the construction of State Highway 1 and U.S. 101 inland. [2] The King Range Wilderness is the longest undeveloped coast, outside of Alaska, in the United States. [3]
The Cape Mendocino Coast. Cape Mendocino (Spanish: Cabo Mendocino, meaning "Cape of Mendoza"), [1] which is located approximately 200 miles (320 km) north of San Francisco, is located on the Lost Coast entirely within Humboldt County, California, United States. At 124° 24' 34" W longitude, it is the westernmost point on the coast of California ...
Petrolia has an estimated population of 300–500 people within a 15-mile radius. [citation needed] It is located in the Mattole Valley, part of the Lost Coast region, one of the largest wilderness areas and the longest stretch of undeveloped coastline in the continental United States. [5]
Rockport started as a small company town serving the timber industry [3] on the Pacific Ocean coast among redwood forests in Northern California. [4] Rockport is regarded as the southern end of the Lost Coast region; it is where State Highway 1 , which runs very close along the coast for most of its length, instead turns inland before merging ...
Cliffs along California’s northernmost coast have been eroding faster than the more populated bluffs of Southern California — one of many conclusions highlighted in a new map and study that ...
King Peak is a summit in Humboldt County, California, in the United States. [1] It is the tallest mountain of the Lost Coast. [3] King Peak was named for a captain of the United States Army. [4] Going back to 1886 maps, this mountain was referred to as "King's Peak". Circa 1949 it was listed on one map as "King Peak" but later maps show "King's ...
Sinkyone Wilderness State Park is a state park in Mendocino County, California. The wilderness area borders the Pacific Ocean to the west and the King Range National Conservation Area to the north. The nearest settlement is the unincorporated town of Leggett .