This article by Erin Hiatt was originally published on Weedmaps, and appears here with permission.
About 85 miles north of San Francisco, the Emerald Triangle comprising three counties — Mendocino, Humboldt, and Trinity — hugs the Pacific coast as it expands northward to Oregon. The Triangle hosts some of the finest cannabis growing conditions in the world, thereby producing some of the world's best and most robust herb, with many plants reportedly growing up to 15 feet tall and producing epic yields. In no small part, this is because of the area's exceptional microclimate, balance of rain and sun, and weather that is neither too hot nor too cold.