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The Redwood Empire (also Redwood Coast or North Coast) is a region of California that stretches from San Francisco and the Golden Gate Bridge to the Oregon coast. It is composed of eight counties, all but one of which front the Pacific Ocean or San Francisco Bay, and is named from the Coast Redwood (a different species to the Giant Sequoia) which only grows within 80 km (50 miles) of the coast and can be up to 112 m tall. There is some overlap between the Redwood Empire and California's Wine Country.The Redwood Empire is generally thought to consist of Marin, Sonoma, Napa, Lake, Mendocino, Humboldt and Del NorteDel Norte County is California's northwesternmost county, located on the Pacific coast south of Oregon. As of the 2000 census, it had a population of 27,507. The county seat is Crescent City, the county's only incorporated city. Del Norte County is noted counties ( Josephine County, OregonJosephine County is a county located in the U. State of Oregon. According to Oregon Geographic Names the county was probably named after a stream in the area called Josephine Creek, which in turn is probably named after Virginia Josephine Rollins Ort. is sometimes included).
The region includes Humboldt Redwoods State ParkHumboldt Redwoods State Park in Humboldt County, northern California, 30 miles (50 km) south of Eureka, California. It was established by the Save-the-Redwoods League in 1921 with the dedication of the Raynal Bolling Memorial Grove and has grown to over 6, Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park , Del Norte Coast Redwoods State Park , Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park and Redwood National Park. Together these parks have more than 45 percent of all the old-growth redwood forest in California.
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