Where to Find California’s Most Gorgeous, Loneliest Beaches

Humboldt County is the place to go if you want to enjoy a beach with no one else around.

Sunset at Avila Beach on California's Central Coast. Highway 1 Road Trip/TNS

By Martha Ross From The Mercury News

For many in the Bay Area, Humboldt County is that far north part of California, a place known for redwoods, a now-legal cannabis industry and a historical embrace of adventurers and iconoclasts.