Editing McKinleyville, California (section)

==Amenities==
* Clam Beach Run
* Pony Express Days (known temporarily as the Azalea Festival from 2005 to 2008)
Parks in McKinleyville include [[Azalea State Reserve]], Pierson Park, Hiller Park and [[Clam Beach County Park]].

The beach at Clam Beach County Park was named California's most polluted beach in a 2017 study by an environmental nonprofit.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/27/us/california-today-beach-pollution.html|title=California Today: Surf, Sun and Bacteria|last=Mcphate|first=Mike|date=2017-06-27|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-06-28|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://healthebay.org/annual-beach-report-card-2017/|title=The Annual Beach Report Card 2017 Release - Heal the Bay|date=2017-06-09|work=Heal the Bay|access-date=2017-06-28|language=en-US}}</ref>

===Six Rivers Brewery===
McKinleyville has a restaurant that brews its own beer, the Six Rivers Brewery. The brewery makes eleven beers, which are distributed as far away as [[San Diego]] and [[Portland, Oregon]].<ref name = "female" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sixriversbrewery.com/events.php|title=Events|publisher=Six Rivers Brewery|access-date=1 October 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120719073531/http://www.sixriversbrewery.com/events.php|archive-date=19 July 2012}}</ref> In 2010, it became the second exclusively female-owned brewery in California.<ref name="female">{{cite news|date=May 28, 2010|title=Six Rivers Brewery becomes second female-owned brewery in California|work=Times-Standard|url=https://www.times-standard.com/2010/05/28/six-rivers-brewery-becomes-second-female-owned-brewery-in-california/|access-date=October 5, 2021}}</ref> Six Rivers won awards at the 2004 and 2005 [[Great American Beer Festival]].<ref>Great American Beer Festival Winners 2004, gabf04_winners.pdf</ref><ref>Great American Beer Festival Winners 2005, gabf05_winners.pdf</ref>