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About Shelter Cove


If you are planning on a great family trip to northern California you have to include a stop at Shelter Cove California. Shelter Cove is a small fishing community designed with the vacationer in mind and the retiring couple that wants to get away from it all. A vacation to Shelter Cove will be one that people will enjoy and remember for a lifetime with long walks on the beach or just backpacking the beautiful country side. There are wonderful B&B’s with views of really cool migrating whales! This is where the Pacific Ocean meets the Giant Redwood Forest so a postcard moment is reliable every visit. Backpackers travel on foot frequently through Humboldt County and into Mendocino County everyday. The town of Shelter Cove California is known as “The Gateway to the Giant Redwoods.”

The location of Shelter Cove California makes for a fisherman’s dream come true and will certainly create a return trip the very next season. This is because the town is all about their fish and the fishing industry in general. If you want to catch a Steelhead Salmon or maybe even a ‘mess’ of trout then you will have to dip your line in the waters of Shelter Cove California.

The fishing village that is Shelter Cove California is right on the lovely and bountiful Pacific Ocean and this makes it a target for those wanting to enjoy this beautiful seascape. All you have to do is pack up the family and grab the gear as you are about to embark on one of the most fascinatingly wondrous fishing trips you have ever experienced! The colder water of the pacific makes this a perfect location for the hearty fish species that migrate to these serene and food-rich waters each and very year. So make your next vacation one that is all wet and head towards the town of Shelter Cove California.

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