Honeydew is an unincorporated community in Humboldt County, California. It is located 17 miles south of Scotia, at an elevation of 322 feet, 15 miles from the Pacific Ocean in the Lost Coast, near the King Range. It has a general store, elementary school, post office, and a few houses nearby. Many of the locals live in the hills surrounding the Mattole valley, named after the Mattole River which runs through the valley. The ZIP code is 95545 and the community is inside area code 707.