Crescent City, CA Reviews


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Crescent City, CA is a small coastal city located in Northern California. This quaint city of around 7,600 citizens has much to offer visitors and locals alike. With its breathtaking views of the Pacific Ocean and the lush redwood forests, Crescent City is an excellent destination for outdoor activities such as camping, hiking, fishing, and beachcombing. Visitors can also visit local attractions like Beachfront Park and Battery Point Lighthouse. The city also offers shopping opportunities at the Old Town Market and plenty of restaurants to sample delicious seafood dishes. All in all, this charming coastal town provides something for everyone to enjoy.
The reviews around Crescent City, CA are overwhelmingly positive. Many people praise its stunning natural beauty combined with a variety of things to do both indoors and outdoors. People interested in history will appreciate its historical sites such as the Del Norte County Courthouse and the Native American Cultural Center & Museum. And nature lovers will definitely want to take advantage of all the hiking trails that lead through towering redwood forests. Additionally, many visitors comment on how friendly and welcoming the locals are – making it an ideal place to kick back relax and just enjoy life!

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Immoral Town Run - 6/19/2021
Weather sucks, people here are rude, politicians government workers corrupt, drug infested town, high crime, no good housing unless you want to live in drug infested government housing, homeless run a muck, doctors kill off non working, religious evil here, and no good jobs. Town ostracizes and shuns those who expose or report them to proper authorities like me, pull discriminating hate crimes on those they don't like, like me. Lied about my son being dead, then used that to purposely drive me insane to entrap me, then while in jail took all my legal rights away and played on my mental issues to try to put me in a mental ward, illegally taps my home, plus pulled a backwoods murder on me using my hip/teeth infection. Don't move here if your Read More

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Absolutely love my town - 1/7/2021
I've lived here 10 years and the first few years were rough getting used to the humidity and rain but over time I've grown to embrace everything about this town the beaches, the redwood forest's and the sea life. You can not beat the wild life when the elk migrate beautiful creature's Read More

Nice place to visit but not to live - 7/1/2020
Beautiful scenery and good hiking and camping. Swimmingly and rafting in rivers is fun. Trees of mystery is pretty fun too. However the town is pretty seedy and downtrodden. Read More

Nature and scenery lovers paridise. - 8/10/2018
I have lived here part time for the last two years and absolutely love it. It is so beautiful here with so many different places to watch the sunset. The hiking in the redwoods and on the beaches is amazing. The Smith river is a wonderful place to raft or just hang out at. The town has everything you need and it is very convenient. The weather is overall very good - never hot and not too cold in the winter. Even in the winter rainy season there is always time to get out between the rains every day. There are so much wildlife to be seen in the area. Read More

Boring dumpy low life infested town - 5/24/2018
Crescent City sucks. Too boring, nothing to do, people are rude, lots of drugs, crime, and lowlifes. Food sucks. No good restaurants. Have to drive to Brookings or Arcata if you want anything even remotely decent. Rains and storms too much 9 months of the year. Closest place to do anything is Medford and Grants Pass. Well OK. There is quite a few good hiking , camping, and swimming spots during the few days the weather is nice. The countryside is definitely beautiful. However hiking and camping eventually get old when there's nothing else to do besides that and most days the weather is too crappy for that. Only reason I'm giving this hellhole 2 stars is because of the beautiful countryside and that when the weather is nice there is quite a few good outdoor activities that will make your first summer here somewhat bearable. If it weren't for those things I would give this dump 0 stars if at all possible.
Be prepared for tons of severe thunderstorms with hurricane force winds, Read More

Weather in Crescent City Ca. - 1/12/2014
Our weather is mild but with the prevailing wind blowing from west to east we are always fighting rust. We have a very high humidity that causes much ache and Read More

HORRIBLE PLACE TO LIVE - 11/17/2012
If you are thinking of moving to Crescent City, CA save yourself the trouble and DON'T! It's a miserable, depressing city infested with meth heads. Most people live in poverty and being a career welfare recipient is considered normal there. There are few good jobs in the city (working at the hospital/prison/school) but eventhose who are able to afford a nice life can't because there is nothing to do! It's beautiful with the redwoods, smith river, and beaches...but when it's raining just about all year long and COLD even in the middle of summer you don't really get to enjoy it. There's nothing to do. The mountains cut the city off from the rest of CA. The closest place to go is a 30 minute drive to Brookings, OR which is also a boring little city. This is a place for people who are happy living a boring life who don't want to advance. If you ever go you will see exactly what I'm talking about, because the people in the town are so BORED they have nothing better to do than gossip and Read More

peaceful - 9/5/2010
I made a trip up to Eureka about 20 years ago, thinking that I might like to live there. I've always loved the redwoods and the ocean and it seemed like the perfect mix. But there was something about that town that was just depressing. Last year I made a trip to Crescent City to visit my sister and was pleasantly surprised. It's fairly remote (Eureka is 90 miles away, but it will take longer than 2 hrs to make that trip, but Brookings, Oregon is about 30 minutes away-which isn't bad). So if you need to shopping, the events and the crowds of a larger city, Crescent wouldn't be the place for you. But I loved it. The traffic was refreshingly light. The people were friendly and the pace of life was just slower. It's also cold--well, cold compared to Southern Ca. You won't see many days reach the 70s. But you get dramatic storms and gorgeous green foliage everywhere for putting up with that cool whether. Housing is affordable, but you have to find a job. Of course, finding a job Read More

Living in Crescent City Ca - 11/18/2009
Think of Del Norte Count as "Mayberry" with redwoods, clean rivers, beautiful clean beaches, rain, sun, fog and once in a great while a dusting of snow. If you want a life style where you get to live your life instead of just surviving and shopping then this is the place! Where people young and old go down to the river and sunbath, swim, fish and picnic after work. Where the whole county shows up for the 4th of July Parade and the fireworks display down in the bay. I can sit on my deck and watch the sun set all summer, the whales migrate twice a year, and lightning light up the ocean in the winter. I would not want it any other way. If you do not at least visit this area, you are missing out on the real Read More

A great place to live - 1/1/2007
A great place to live if you like walking the beaches and looking at redwoods. Read More

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