Arcata metropolitan area

The Arcata metropolitan area (also known as Greater Arcata) is a metropolitan area including the cities of Arcata, McKinleyville, Blue Lake, and Trinidad.

The area is anchored by Arcata, the largest city of Greater Arcata, and, to a lesser extent, McKinleyville, the second largest city in Greater Arcata.



[edit] Places with more than 20,000 inhabitants
Arcata (Principal city)

[edit] Places with 2,000 to 20,000 inhabitantats
McKinleyville (Incorporated city)

Places with 200 to 2,000 inhabitantats
Blue Lake (Incorporated city)

Trinidad (Incorporated city)

[edit] Colleges/Universities

 * Humboldt State University

[edit] High schools

 * Arcata High School
 * McKinleyville High School

Middle Schools

 * McKinleyville Middle School
 * Sunny Brae Middle School

[edit] Newspapers

 * Times-Standard
 * Arcata Bee
 * North Coast Journal
 * Arcata Eye

[edit] Radio

 * KMUE
 * KNCR
 * KRED-FM
 * KSLG-FM
 * KWPT
 * KWSW
 * KXGO
 * KFMI
 * KGOE
 * KHSU
 * KHUM
 * KIHH
 * KINS-FM
 * KJNY
 * KKDS-LP
 * KKHB
 * K-LOVE
 * KATA (AM)
 * KBAE
 * KEJY
 * KEKA-FM

[edit] Television

 * KIEM-TV - NBC
 * KEET - PBS
 * KVIQ - CBS, The CW, and MyNetworkTV
 * KEUV-LP - Univision
 * KAEF - ABC
 * KBUV - FOX

[edit] Hospitals

 * Mad River Community Hospital - Arcata, California

[edit] Freeways and Highways

 * U.S. Route 101
 * State Route 299
 * State Route 255
 * State Route 200

[edit] Bus
Greater Arcata is served by the Arcata and Mad River Transit System and the Redwood Transit System, RTS serves all of Greater Arcata, and A&TMS serves Arcata and neighborhooding communites.

[edit] Air
the Arcata International Airport is located in McKinleville, the airport is served by Redwood Transit System, and prodvides service to San Francisco, Sacramento, and Crescent City. == [edit] Tourism [edit] ==

Theme Parks
Greater Arcata is home to Redwood Park, which is in the eastern end of Greater Arcata, Redwood Park is located at the eastern end of Arcata.

[edit] Zoos
Greater Arcata has no zoos, but there are petting zoos, which are located mostly in Arcata, the closest zoo is the Sequoia Park Zoo in the Greater Eureka Area.

[edit] Shopping
Greater Aracta is home 3 outdoor shopping malls, Arcata is home to the Valley West Mall, home to Dollar Tree, Harbor Freight Tools, and other stores, and McKinleyville is home to Mill Creek Plaza and the McKinleyville Shopping Center, Mill Creek Plaza is home to Kmart, and other superstores are Ace Hardware, Rite Aid, CVS Pharmacy, and Safeway.