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Huntington Harbor Employment
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Businesses include aerospace and high technology; petroleum and petroleum support; manufacturing; computer hardware and software; financial and business services; automobile services; machine shop services and precision instruments to name a few.
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Huntington Harbor History
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Huntington harbor first opened its facilities in 1969. The Huntington harbor area was an undeveloped natural waterway next to the large wildlife habitat that still exists undisturbed. Sunset Bay, the area's previous name, was considered a potential recreation site in 1957. The area was surveyed in 1958 and by the year 1961 the plans for a future harbor were drawn.
64 acres of this area were originally federal government property, part of the Naval Ammunition Station in Seal Beach. The surplus real estate was sold to the Harbor District under the condition that the Harbor District develop the area as a recreational public park. At the time the real estate was purchased, in 1962, the property consisted of tidal marshlands that were completely submerged at high tide. Additional acreage, consisting of state tidelands of approximately 31 acres, were leased. The site used about 5 feet of fill dirt before any homes could be built in the development.
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Huntington Harbor Housing
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Huntington Harbour's official name is Sunset/Huntington Harbour and includes Sunset Marina Park and 2 public marinas. There are 5 marinas within the Sunset-Huntington harbor area, mostly consisting of privately owned slips adjacent to residential properties, with about 3,000 boats in the harbor, with over 1500 water front condominium properties and some single family homes also in the surrounding area. The marine entrance to these homes on the harbor is through Anaheim Bay and between the Naval Weapons Station and Huntington Harbour and under the PCH bridge. Boats pass through the Anaheim Bay National Wildlife Refuge.
Huntington Harbour is an excellent place to buy a home or investment property. Huntington Harbour's excellent marine recreational opportunities make for a good place to invest in year 'round weekly rental property.
Prices for condominiums range from the low $100,000s to $850,000 for premium locations. Single-family homes start at $500,000 and run up to $3.5 million for large waterfront homes with private docks.
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Huntington Harbor Lifestyle
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Huntington Harbour is Southern California living at its finest, with excellent schools, a low crime rate great weather, good employment opportunity and an excellent quality of life.
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Huntington Harbor Nature
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The vast natural area that lays between the Naval Weapons Station and Sunset-Huntington Harbour known as the Anaheim Bay National Wildlife Refuge, a habitat for a large variety of marine life and birds that thrive in the natural environment that has existed for decades of maybe centuries.
The area is said to be one of the most important and beautiful natural wildlife areas along the Pacific Coast. Numerous safety and environmental agencies have been working closely on a plan to protect the area should there be some type of disaster that would threaten the area with hazardous materials. Boats can pass through the Anaheim Bay National Wildlife Refuge.
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Huntington Harbor Recreation
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Sunset Marina Park includes a 276 slip marina, a public boat launch ramp with multiple lanes, boat and trailer parking, car parking areas, a boat repair yard and public picnic areas. There are no specific operating hours for the harbor itself, but a 10:00 p.m. curfew law is enforced at all beaches.
There are also excellent recreational opportunities right next door in Huntington Beach with it's nine miles of spacious, Sandy beaches. Huntington Beach is also home to one of the largest pleasure piers in the world. The city's park system includes 58 public parks and Huntington Central Park, the largest city owned and operated regional park in Orange County. Huntington Beach also offers three miles of equestrian trails, a marina, a city gym, two golf courses, a seniors' recreation center, and 72 tennis courts.
Huntington Harbour is also a popular recreational destination for families who live in the surrounding neighborhoods.
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Huntington Harbor Weather
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The weather in Huntington Harbour is as good as it gets in southern California. It's why so many people want to relocate to the area, buy their own piece of Prime Southern California Real Estate and enjoy summers basking in the sunshine and cool Pacific Ocean breeze. Homeowners enjoy about 300 days of glorious sunshine per year in Huntington Harbour.
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