The residents of Huntington Beach enjoy living in a city that has the reputation for being the ideal Orange County destination to live, work, and play. This beautiful city boasts 8.5 miles of wide, sandy beaches and an ideally temperate climate. Huntington Beach offers residents a charming community with ideal weather, a diversified economy overflowing with good jobs, a wide variety of housing, an excellent educational system, boat marinas, numerous parks, and exemplary health care. The City of Huntington Beach is located along the Southern California coast in Orange County, 35 miles south of Los Angeles and 90 miles north of San Diego. The City has a population near 200,000 residents.