Every time I get to the Arcata area I go to the Bald Hills Ranch (that’s what we called it, it’s called the Lyon’s Ranch officially). We lived there from 1966 through 1970, and, of all the places we lived when I was growing up, I felt like this was “where I grew up!” This map show’s it’s relationship to Orick and other towns on the coast.
Looking at this map you can see why it was called “Bald Hills Ranch” by seeing the openings in the timber!
I walked from about 2640 ft altitude down to 2150 ft and then back up again a total of 3.2 miles. The last time I made this walk was in 2014 with Richard (12 years ago). It was a lot easier walk then!
