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King Salmon is an unincorporated community in Humboldt County, California, United States, located on the shore of Buhne Point directly across from the entrance to Humboldt Bay, [2] slightly south of Eureka and 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Fields Landing, [3] at an elevation of 3 feet (0.91 m). [1]
Headwaters Forest Reserve. The reserve was established in 1999 (H.R. 2107, Title V. Sec.501. [2]) The reserve was created after a 15-year effort to save the ancient ecosystem (with some trees estimated at over two thousand years old), from being clearcut.
Greater Eureka, one of California's major commercial fishing ports, is the location of the largest deep-water port between San Francisco and Coos Bay, a stretch of about 500 miles (805 km). [22] The headquarters of both the Six Rivers National Forest and the North Coast Redwoods District of the California State Parks System are in
1852 U.S. Coast Survey map of Humboldt Bay. Map of the northwestern coast of America from latitude 39° to 44°, 1848. Humboldt Bay is the only deep water bay between the San Francisco Bay and Coos Bay, Oregon. The Port of Humboldt Bay is the only port in the region that is dredged regularly to accommodate large ocean-going vessels.
Map of some major California rivers and lakes. ... (California) Salmon Creek (Northern Humboldt County) ... (This is the actual river that flows through Kings Canyon ...
The King Range is a mountain range of the Outer Northern California Coast Ranges system, located entirely within Humboldt County on the North Coast of California.. Much of the mountain range's area is protected within the King Range National Conservation Area, a National Conservation Area unit of the National Landscape Conservation System, and in the King Range Wilderness Area, both managed by ...
Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge is located on Humboldt Bay, on the California North Coast near the cities of Eureka and Arcata.The refuge exists primarily to protect and enhance wetland habitats for migratory water birds using the bay area, including tens of thousands of shorebirds, ducks, geese, swans, and the black brant.
Richardson Grove State Park is located at the southernmost border of Humboldt County, 75 miles (121 km) south of Eureka, California, United States, and 200 miles (320 km) north of San Francisco. The year-round park, which has approximately 2,000 acres (8.1 km 2), straddles US 101, causing the narrowest point of its entire distance.