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The following is a list of mountain passes and gaps in California.California is geographically diverse with numerous roads and railways traversing within its borders. In the middle of the U.S. state lies the California Central Valley, bounded by the coastal mountain ranges in the west, the Sierra Nevada to the east, the Cascade Range in the north and the Tehachapi Mountains in the south.
The Shasta–Trinity National Forest has over 460 miles (740 km) [6] of trails including a 154-mile (248 km) section of the Pacific Crest Trail in an east–west direction. The 500-mile (804.7 km) Volcanic Legacy Scenic Byway is an auto tour of northern California's volcanos and begins at Lassen Volcanic National Park, then to Mount Shasta and ...
It is located 30 miles (48 km) south of Eureka, California, near Weott in southern Humboldt County, within Northern California, named after the great German nineteenth-century scientist, Alexander von Humboldt. The park was established by the Save the Redwoods League in 1921 largely from lands purchased from the Pacific Lumber Company.
on or near the Continental Divide; 70% complete as of 2007; crosses Triple Divide Peak: Corvallis to the Sea Trail: 62 100 Oregon: Corvallis, Oregon: Ona Beach: eastern half opened September 2017; western half expected to be officially open in two years Cowboy Trail: 195 314 Northern Nebraska: Norfolk, Nebraska: Valentine, Nebraska
The Caribou Wilderness is a federally designated wilderness area created by the Wilderness Act of 1964 and is part of the National Wilderness Preservation System.It is located 60 miles (97 km) east of Redding in the state of California, United States.
The subrange runs between Trinity Lake and Lake Shasta, around 17 miles (27 km) northwest of Redding. Peaks of the Trinity Mountains rise to elevations of 4,000 feet (1,200 m) in the southwest, and to more than 7,200 feet (2,200 m) in the northeast.
Castle Crags is a dramatic and well-known rock formation in Northern California.Elevations range from 2,000 feet (610 m) along the Sacramento River near the base of the crags, to over 6,500 feet (2,000 m) at the summit of the tallest crag.
The first non-Native Americans entered the Shasta Cascade region by coming south along the Siskiyou Trail from Oregon, or north along the Siskiyou Trail from central California or the San Francisco Bay Area. These earliest explorers were probably British and American fur-trappers and traders in the 1820s and 1830s, although it is also possible ...