The Trinity Mountains are a subrange of the
Klamath Mountains, one of the ranges within the California Coast Ranges and part the greater Pacific Coast Ranges, the coastal mountain system extending from Mexico to Alaska. The Trinity Mountains subrange rises in
Siskiyou County and eastern
Trinity County, Northern
California.
They are protected within the
Shasta-Trinity National Forest.
Geography
The Trinity Mountains run in a southwest-northeasterly direction for . The subrange runs between
Trinity Lake and
Lake Shasta
Shasta Lake, also popularly known as Lake Shasta, is a reservoir in Shasta County, California, United States. It began to store water in 1944 due to the impounding of the Sacramento River by Shasta Dam, the ninth tallest dam in the United ...
, around northwest of
Redding.
Peaks of the Trinity Mountains rise to elevations of in the southwest, and to more than in the northeast.
Mount Eddy is the highest peak, at 9,037 ft (2,754 m), which is highest point of the northern segment of Pacific Coast Ranges within the lower forty-eight states.
Recreation
Places for outdoor recreation in the Trinity Mountains and their foothills include:
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Box Canyon Dam and Reservoir — trails + camping.
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Castle Crags State Park
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Castle Crags Wilderness
The Castle Crags Wilderness is a wilderness area in the Castle Crags rock formations of the Trinity Mountains, and within the Shasta-Trinity National Forest, in northwestern California. It is located in Siskiyou County and Shasta County, no ...
Area
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Castle Lake
* Chapple-Shasta Off-Highway Vehicle Area.
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Clear Creek
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Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area
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Lewiston Lake
Lewiston Lake is a reservoir impounded by Lewiston Dam on the Trinity River, in Trinity County, California.
Geography
Lewiston Lake is near the towns of Weaverville and Lewiston in Trinity County, California.
It is used for transbasin diver ...
reservoir area, in the Trinity Unit.
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Shasta Lake reservoir area, in the Shasta Unit.
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Trinity Lake reservoir area, in the Trinity Unit.
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Whiskeytown Lake
Whiskeytown Lake is a reservoir in Shasta County in northwestern California, United States, about west of Redding. The lake is in the Whiskeytown Unit of the Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area.
Whiskeytown Lake has a capacity ...
reservoir area, in the Whiskeytown Unit.
Natural history
The Trinity Mountains contain significant forested areas, including stands of
Black Oak (''Quercus kelloggii''),
Blue Oak (''Quercus douglasii'') and
Douglas-fir (''Pseudotsuga menziesii''). The ''Quercus douglasii'' occurrences are a disjunctive population of this California
endemic tree species.
[C. Michael Hogan. 2008]
''Blue Oak: Quercus douglasii'', GlobalTwitcher.com, ed. N. Stromberg
See also
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References
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External links
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Mountain ranges of Siskiyou County, California
Mountain ranges of Trinity County, California
Klamath Mountains
Shasta-Trinity National Forest
California Coast Ranges
Mountain ranges of Northern California
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