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Redwood Coast Transit (RCT) provides bus service in Del Norte County, CA. The service offers 4 City Routes that operate in Crescent City , 2 regional routes that provide connections to Gasquet and Arcata , and a school route that provides 1 daily trip from Del Norte High School .
Redwood Creek is unique among streams of the East Bay in that it is primarily forested with Coast Redwood. While common in areas closer to the coast, naturally-occurring redwoods are absent from the rest of the East Bay and the inland South Bay due to the area's generally hot climate and lower precipitation than coastal areas. [3]
The North Coast of California (also called the Redwood Empire [3] or the Redwood Coast in reference to the dense redwood forests throughout the region) is a region in Northern California that lies on the Pacific coast between San Francisco Bay and the Oregon border.
The park is part of a historical belt of coast redwood extending south to Leona Canyon Regional Open Space Preserve and east to Moraga. [2] Redwood forests are more commonly found closer to the coast where the air is cool and humid year-round. In the Bay Area, such forests are found in the Santa Cruz Mountains and the Marin Hills. The unique ...
The main campus, situated hillside at the edge of a coast redwood forest, overlooks Arcata, much of Humboldt Bay, and the Pacific Ocean. The college town setting on the California North Coast, 8 miles (13 km) north of Eureka, 279 miles (449 km) north of San Francisco, and 654 miles (1053 km) north of Los Angeles is notable for its natural ...
Redwood trees presently in Roberts and Redwood parks are second growth. [1] Roberts Regional Recreational Area opened to the public in 1952. It was named for Thomas J. "Tommy" Roberts, then secretary to the East Bay Regional Park District board of directors for 24 years. He continued to serve on the board until his death in 1958, at age 95. [1]
The airport was built by the United States Navy during World War II to test defogging systems. [6] It operated in support of the Naval Air Station Alameda as the Arcata Naval Auxiliary Air Station (NAAS) [7] and was headquarters for the Eureka section of naval local defense forces for the 12th Naval District.
The rural county is notable for forests containing giant Coast Redwoods, with some attaining heights over 350 feet (110 m). This northernmost county on the California coast also has scores of unique plants and flowers, dozens of species of coastal birds and fish, rocky primitive beaches and sea stacks, pristine rivers and historic lighthouses.