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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 Castle Crags Wilderness is a 12,232-acre (49.50 km 2) [1] 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, 40 miles (64 km) north of Redding and south of Mount Shasta City.
The Wallace Monument stands on the crag at the right, and the long tail slopes down leftward Salisbury Crags to the left and Arthur's Seat to the right, with their tails sloping east to the right. A crag (sometimes spelled cragg, or in Scotland craig) is a rocky hill or mountain, generally isolated from other high ground.
Places for outdoor recreation in the Trinity Mountains and their foothills include: Box Canyon Dam and Reservoir — trails + camping.; Castle Crags State Park; Castle Crags Wilderness Area
Downtown Mount Shasta, California with the eponymous mountain visible in the background. The city of Mount Shasta is located in the Shasta Cascade area of Northern California . [ 21 ] Visitors use the city as a base for trout fishing in the nearby Sacramento , McCloud and Klamath rivers, [ 22 ] [ 23 ] for climbing at Mount Shasta, Castle Crags ...
The Little Castle Lake Trail continues on to Mt. Bradley, [26] a locally prominent mountain with views of Mount Shasta, overlooking Dunsmuir, California and the canyon of the Upper Sacramento River. Along the way, the trail joins with a network of connections leading into Castle Crags State Park. [27]
On Saturday at 11am, pipers from across the UK, and around the world, will play The Crags Of Tumbledown Mountain to mark the 40th anniversary of the ceasefire.
The Scott Mountains ecoregion is dominated by ultramafic rocks with Mesozoic mafic intrusions, along with some granitic rocks near the Trinity Alps and at Castle Crags. Elevations generally range from 3,000 to 7,000 feet (910 to 2,130 m). Ecoregion 78n has more ultramaficrocks and less precipitation than Ecoregion 78m to the west.