Blue Lake, California

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The city of Blue Lake is located in Humboldt County.

Typical abbreviation for Blue Lake: Blue Lk.

Blue Lake was incorporated April 23, 1910.

The community of Blue Lake is near sea level^<1>.

Time Zone: Blue Lake lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time.

Florida, Indiana and Mississippi have communities that are also named Blue Lake.

At the time of the 2000 Census, Blue Lake had a population of 1,135 people^<2> (or 0.9% of the total population of Humboldt County).

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Blue Lake had a population of 1,104 people. This is a decrease of 2.73% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Blue Lake.

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance<3>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Arcata	W	4 mi [6.44 km]	17,044	2.36% increase
	Cutten	SW	10 mi [16.09 km]	---
	Eureka	SW	10 mi [16.09 km]	25,300	3.17% decrease
	Humboldt Hill	SW	14 mi [22.53 km]	---
	McKinleyville	NW	7 mi [11.27 km]	---
	Myrtletown	SW	9 mi [14.48 km]	---

To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Blue Lake.

The Commemorative Quarter for California<4>

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People have found Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Blue Lake. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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