Arcata
Walkable California coastal town on Humboldt Bay, Arcata has a café-dense centre, a concentration of historic churches, and easy access to mountain terrain inland. Founded in 1850 as Union and renamed Arcata in 1860, it is home to California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt, and serves as a base for the Bureau of Land Management's oversight of a large stretch of public land in northwestern California, including the Headwaters Forest.
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- Population17,843
- Nearest water from center 0.1 km0.0 mi
- Nearest mountain from center 6.0 km3.7 mi
Nearest airports
Arcata: quick answers
Where is Arcata?
Arcata is in Humboldt County, California, United States.
How do you get to Arcata?
The nearest airport is Eureka (EKA), about 10 min away by road.
What's the weather like in Arcata?
The warmest month is August, averaging 15°C59°F across day and night; the coolest is January, at 9°C47°F. The wettest month is December, with about 271 mm10.7 in of precipitation. (Monthly averages, 1991–2020.)
What's in Arcata?
OpenStreetMap lists 4 museums, 15 restaurants, 9 cafés and 17 places of worship within 2 km of the centre.