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Klamath National Forest

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Nearest city
  
Yreka, California

Address
  
Yreka, CA 96097, USA

Phone
  
+1 530-842-6131

Governing body
  
U.S. Forest Service

Area
  
7,033 kmĀ²

Klamath National Forest

Location
  
Siskiyou County, California / Jackson County, Oregon

Website
  
Klamath National Forest

Management
  
United States Forest Service

Similar
  
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Klamath National Forest is a 1,737,774-acre (2,715 sq mi; 7,033 km2) national forest, in the Klamath Mountains, located in Siskiyou County in northern California, but with a tiny extension (1.5 percent of the forest) into southern Jackson County in Oregon. The forest contains continuous stands of ponderosa pine, Jeffrey pine, Douglas fir, red fir, white fir and incense cedar. Old growth forest is estimated to cover some 168,000 acres (680 km2) of the forest land. Forest headquarters are located in Yreka, California. There are local ranger district offices located in Fort Jones, Happy Camp, and Macdoel, all in California. Klamath was established on May 6, 1905. This park includes the Kangaroo Lake.

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Wilderness areas

There are four officially designated wilderness areas in Klamath National Forest that are part of the National Wilderness Preservation System. Two of them extend into neighboring national forests, and one of those into land managed by the Bureau of Land Management.

  • Marble Mountain Wilderness
  • Russian Wilderness
  • Red Buttes Wilderness
  • Siskiyou Wilderness (mostly in Six Rivers NF)
  • Trinity Alps Wilderness (mostly in Trinity NF; partly in Shasta NF, Six Rivers NF, and BLM land)
  • References

    Klamath National Forest Wikipedia