Lost Coast
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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 ex
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Coastline near Shelter Cove
Backpackers taking in the views of California's coastline
Petrolia, California
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Petrolia is an unincorporated community in Humboldt County, California, United States, United States, 10 miles, southeast of Cape Mendocino. The site of the first oil well drilled in California, it li
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…leaving it the most undeveloped and remote portion of the California coast. Without any major highways, communities in the Lost Coast region such as Petrolia, Shelter Cove, and Whitethorn are somewhat isolated from the rest of California. The region lies roughly between Rockport and Ferndale. At the south…
Overlooking the Pacific coastline in Petrolia
California Historical Landmark #543, California's first drilled oil wells
A pre-1903 fire photograph of Petrolia town square