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Petrolia (formerly, New Jerusalem and Petrolea) is an unincorporated community in Humboldt County, California,〔 southeast of Cape Mendocino, at an elevation of ,〔 within ZIP Code 95558,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=USPS.com ZIP Code Lookup )〕 and area code 707. Petrolia was the site of the first oil well drilled in California.〔 ==Description== Petrolia has an estimated population of 300-500 people within a 15 mile radius. It is located in the Mattole Valley, part of the Lost Coast region, one of the largest wilderness areas and the longest stretch of undeveloped coastline in the continental United States. Petrolia's isolation is due to its position on the rocky, treacherous coastline adjacent to the King Range mountains that isolate this area from mainland California and continue to leave the area almost completely undeveloped. A travel magazine has called this area "too lovely to be believed, perhaps too beautiful to last." It has been recognized as the top "still wild" place in California. The area is the only significant stretch of California without a shoreline highway, and so far has "thus escaped tourism's aggressive paws." The of steep roadways beneath the towering King Range Mountains include coastal redwoods, rocky shorelines, and black sand beaches, as well as a menagerie of fauna, including black bears, mink, black-tailed deer, river otter, peregrine falcons, California quail, bobcat and porcupine, reptiles such as rattlesnakes, western fence lizards and alligator lizards, various amphibians and bald eagles.〔 Petrolia has been described as "a river valley town with Norman Rockwell flavor."〔 Petrolia is from the Pacific Ocean, the section of beach protected by the King Range National Conservation Area and Sinkyone Wilderness State Park, and the Punta Gorda Light. The Mattole River is home to a variety of California wildlife, including river otters, Roosevelt elk, black-tailed deer, steelhead trout, more than 250 bird species, and an threatened salmon that was the subject of a book about the community's attempts over two decades to preserve the Mattole salmon. It is one of the few remaining areas with virgin old-growth stands of Douglas fir. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Petrolia, California」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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