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Emigrant Trails Scenic Byway Klamath/Lake/ Emigrant grow large and feisty. Peace, beauty and fun Modoc/Siskiyou Outdoor beckon you to four campgrounds, a picnic Recreation Working Group Trails Scenic area, swimming beach and boat ramp. www.klms.net Byway Modoc County Historical Museum at Alturas ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Enrich your understanding of this land filled The Emigrant Trails with lava flows, forested ranges and wide-open Alturas Chamber of Commerce Scenic Byway is a www.alturaschamber.org route that is rich in vistas. Indian and pioneer artifacts, historic 530-233-4434 history and full of photos and documents and an impressive gun beauty. Highlights collection. Big Valley Chamber of Commerce and points of interest - [email protected] www.bigvalleychamber.org Modoc National Wildlife Refuge 530-294-5700 along the route are many and varied. Hunt or tour, there’s lots of open space on this BLM - Alturas Field Office In some locations actual remnants of emigrant 7000 acre refuge, which supports sandhill cranes, 530-233-4666 trails can be seen. Geology includes high moun- waterfowl, and raptors including eagles. No-fee, tain peaks, canyons, farmland, lava flows from first come, first served duck and goose hunting Pat Hutson BLM - Klamath Falls District volcanic eruptions and wide open meadows. is permitted on 1,440 acresof the Refuge. An 541-883-6916 The rock formations are breathtaking and truly auto tour route takes you around wetlands that BLM - Lakeview District unique to this area. are also on this major flyway. 541-947-2177 You will find many friendly people and busi- nesses along your route so please take your WWII Valor in the Pacific National Monument, BLM - Surprise Field Office time and get to know the area and the people. Tule Lake Unit - One of our newest National 530-279-6101 We are certain that you will truly enjoy following Monuments was established by Presidential some of the same paths that the early emi- Proclamation in December 2008. The monu- Burney Chamber of Commerce grants took and you will soon find out why they www.burneychamber.com ment includes sites in the Tule Lake Basin 530-335-2111 chose this land to settle on. where over 18,000 Japanese Americans (most of whom were US Citizens), as well as German Butte Valley Other Scenic Byways: and Italian prisoners of war were incarcerated Chamber of Commerce Cascade Lakes National Scenic Byway during WWII. (530) 260-0537 or www.nps.gov/tule www.buttevalleychamber.com 530-397-2111 Modoc Volcanic Scenic Byway Oregon Outback National Scenic Byway Alturas Chester/Lake Almanor Rogue-Umpqua National Scenic Byway Tour historic downtown Alturas, which includes Chamber of Commerce Volcanic Legacy Scenic Byway the depot and passenger station from the early www.lakealmanorarea.com All American Road 20th Century Nevada-California-Oregon 800-350-4838 Railway. Headquartered at Alturas, this 275- Christmas Valley Be sure to ask for local road mile line was one of the longest narrow gauge Chamber of Commerce conditions before traveling during railways ever operated. Visit the Modoc County www.christmasvalleychamber.org Historical Museum for Indian and pioneer histo- 541-576-3838 late fall, spring and winter months. ry exhibits. The Niles Hotel is on the National Register of Historic Places. Collier State Park & Logging Museum Applegate Trail 541-783-2471 Follow pathways of history on the Applegate Blue Lake Trail. A side route of the Oregon Trail, the Catch a rainbow at Blue Lake, a 160 acre natu- Crater Lake National Park Applegate opened in 1846 after being blazed by ral high mountain lake. From a campground in www.nps.gov/crla/ the brothers Lindsay and Jesse Applegate the dense forest, you can watch as nature heals 541-594-3000 and a group of Willamette Valley trailblazers that the scar of the Blue Fire which burned in 2002. Discover Klamath Visitor Center sought an overland route in order to avoid the The lake sits at 6,000 feet and is unsurpassed www.DiscoverKlamath.com perilous Columbia River. Visitors can follow the for rainbow and brown trout. 800-445-6728 trail east to explore other segments near Goose Lake. A marker at a highway pullout near the Devil’s Garden (Between Clear Lake and Dunsmuir Chamber of Commerce Oregon-California border marks the trail. Alturas) The Devil’s Garden is a birder’s heaven dunsmuir.com 800-386-7684 with large wet meadows and ponds. The virtu- Captain Jack’s Stronghold ally uninhabited landscape is widely diverse Fall River Valley Explore the maze of nooks, crannies and pas- from rich timber lands to a vast prehistoric lava Chamber of Commerce sageways that make up this natural fortress. flow with sparse vegetation and rough broken 530-336-5840 Dissatisfied with life on the Klamath Indian lava rock. Just when you think you are alone, you may see wild horses roaming freely across Fremont-Winema National Forests Reservation, in 1872 a band of Modoc Indians, 541-883-6714 • 541-947-2151 led by their chief, Capt. Jack, returned to the this beautiful land. volcanic wilds of the Lava Beds. Here they Goosenest Ranger Station valiantly defended their homeland during a six- Fandango Pass 530-398-4391 month battle that resulted in more US soldier Stop, stretch and do a dance at the top of this casualties than the Spanish-American War and pass. The Lassen-Applegate Trail crossed the - PO Box 172, Bonanza, OR 97623 541/ 545-6985 or cell: 892-0596 [email protected] • ORIGINAL MAP DESIGN: Klamath Basin Birding Trail steep Warner Mountains here. During the Gold www.klamathbirdingtrails.com the death of the only U.S. Army general, 800-445-6728 General Canby, during the Indian Wars. Rush of 1849, this was the principal route to California. Getting your wagon up the grade Klamath Basin National Glass Mountain and crossing over the pass gave cause for cele- Wildlife Refuges Imagine this, a 4,210-acre glass flow created bration back then, including doing the fandango www.fws.gov/klamathbasinrefuges/ when glassy dacite and rhyolitic obsidian or a jig. The road is greatly improved since 530-667-2231 flowed from the same vent without mixing. then, but you may want to stop at the top and Klamath County Nearby, explore an obsidian glass flow that shake a tail feather just to keep up the tradition. Chamber of Commerce covers 12,000 acres. It was a source of obsidi- www.klamath.org an for stone tools made by Native Americans. Fort Bidwell 541-884-5193 March with the ghosts of soldiers at this old mil- Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuges itary post established in 1865 to protect set- Lake County Chamber of Cindy Deas - Bonanza Consulting Commerce Visitor Center and Wetlands Interpretive tlers, emigrants and stagelines from Native www.lakecountychamber.org Center Tour the visitor center, which offers American uprisings. It operated as a military 541-947-6040 extensive exhibits on the Pacific Flyway and the post until 1893. region’s wetlands, marshes and open waters Lassen National Forest which provide habitat for millions of migratory Goose Lake 530-257-2151 waterfowl, more wintering bald eagles than Stop at the highway pullout and interpretive area Lassen Volcanic National Park anywhere else in the continental U.S. and huge and learn about this unusual feature. Emigrants www.nps.gov/lavo numbers of songbirds and colonial nesting crossed this lake when it was dry and during 530-595-4444 birds. Wildlife exhibits, films, viewing tips and drought spells their tracks can still be seen on the guided tours. lake bottom. Goose Lake State Park in Oregon Lava Beds National Monument near the states’ borders offers excellent access. www.nps.gov/labe 530-667-8113 Lava Beds National Monument Experience first hand this monument to volcan- Lassen Trail McCloud Chamber of Commerce ism. Guided tours, cinder cones, volcanic lava Trace history along the Lassen Trail. Between 530-964-3113 flows and over 700 lava tube caves and a 1849 and 1850, nearly 9,000 pioneers traveled drive-in campground. The Visitor Center offers this branch of the Applegate Trail seeking rich- Modoc National Forest es and a better life for their families in 530-233-5811 exhibits on volcanic forces and the Modoc War that occurred here. California. Wagon travel was hard. Roads had Modoc National Wildlife Refuge to be cut through dense forest and across vast 530-233-3572 Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge waterless deserts. To cross 1,000 foot deep Explore this birder’s paradise. The first federal gullies, horses and wagons were lowered by Mt. Shasta Chamber of Commerce waterfowl refuge established in the U.S., in ropes down one side and hoisted up the other Visitors Bureau 800-926-4865 1908. This refuge includes 58,600 acres of side using ropes and pulleys. www.mtshastachamber.com marsh, open water, grassy uplands and crop- lands, which provide habitat for waterfowl, Warner Mountains Mt. Shasta Ranger Station eagles, grebes, swans, cranes, shorebirds, peli- Don’t miss this view! The rugged east escarp- 530-926-4511 cans and big game. ment drops to the fertile Surprise Valley where Cedarville and Eagleville continue the traditions N. Klamath Co.Online Visitor Center www.northklamathcounty.org Medicine Lake of the west. This is a unique mountain range Medicine Lake is in the caldera of the largest formed by a double fault. The spectacular - 541/ 331-0440 [email protected] • FOR SPONSORSHIP INFORMATION: Shasta Cascade shield volcano in the Cascade Range. Timber Warner Mountains form the western edge of the Wonderland Association surrounds the crisp clear water where trout continent’s Great Basin. www.shastacascade.com 530-365-7500 Siskiyou County Visitor Bureau www.visitsiskiyou.org Christine Riedy Tulelake Chamber of Commerce www.visittulelake.com 530-667-3276 WWII Valor in the Pacific National Monument – Tule Lake Unit 530-260-0537 www.nps.gov/tule Volcanic Legacy Scenic Byway All-American Road 866-722-9929 www.volcaniclegacybyway.org Weed Chamber of Commerce 877-938-4624 GRAPHIC DESIGN & PRODUCTION: Sage Grouse Photo by Dave Menke.
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