Eastern Mojave Vegetation Tom Schweich
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Eastern Mojave Vegetation | California Highway 89 |
| Tom Schweich |
 Topics in this Article: Literature Cited |
California Highway 89 winds its way through northeastern California from US Interstate 5 at Mount Shasta, through Lassen National Park, and past Lake Tahoe before ending at U. S. Highway 395 on the West Walker River near the Nevada border.
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| Other Articles: U. S. Interstate 5: south of Mount Shasta Locations: Mount Shasta (town). | Mt. ShastaJunction: US I-5
| Locations: McCloud.
| McCloud
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Junction: CA Hwy 299 | | Locations: Hat Creek.
| Hat Creek
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Junction: CA Hwy 44 | | Locations: Old Station.
| Old Station
| Locations: Big Spring.
| Big Spring
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| Lassen National Park Below.
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Junction: CA Hwy 44 | |
| Hot Rock
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 View of Lassen
Peak from Emigrant Pass. Locations: Lassen National Park.
| Emigrant Pass
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| Summit Lake
|  View of Bumpass Hell
Bumpass Hell Trailhead | |
| Sulphur Works
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Lassen National Park above. |
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Junction: CA Hwy 36 W | |
Junction: CA Hwy 32 | |
Junction: CA Hwy 36 E | |
Junction: CA Hwy 147 | |
| Greenville
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| Crescent Mills
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Junction: California Highway 207, Plumas County A22 |
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| Indian Mills
| Other Articles: California Highway 70: at CA Hwy 89 N
Junction: CA Hwy 70 W | |
| Keddie
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| Butterfly Valley
| Locations: Quincy.
| Quincy
| Other Articles: California Highway 70: Blairsden
Junction: CA Hwy 70 East | |  Bathers in
Graeagle Lake. Locations: Graeagle.
| Graeagle
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Junction: Plumas County Road A 15 |
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Sierra County, California | Nevada County, California
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| Calpine
| Other Articles: California Highway 49: 17700
Junction: California Highway 49 South |
| Other Articles: California Highway 49: Sierraville Locations: Sierraville.
| SierravilleJunction California Highway 49 North |
Plumas County, California | Sierra County, California
| Other Articles: Interstate 80: at CA Hwy 89 North Junction: US I-80 East
| | Other Articles: Interstate 80: at CA Hwy 89 South Junction: US Interstate 80, west, over Donner Summit, to Sacramento and San Francisco.
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Nevada County, California | Placer County, California
| Locations: Squaw Valley.
| Squaw ValleySki area.
| Literature Cited: Tahoe City Lumber
Company | At this location, Stop 12, Tahoe City, in Schweickert et al. (2000), can be viewed evidence of early lakes in the basin and the formation of lava dams. | Other Articles: California Highway 28: atCA Hwy 89 Locations: Tahoe City. | Tahoe CityJunction: California Highway 28, north and east around the north shore of Lake Tahoe.California Highway 89 continues south along the west shore of Lake Tahoe. |
Kaspian exit, Blackwood Canyon Road, exit here for trail to top of Eagle Rock.
| | Locations: Idlewild.
| IdlewildSmall town on west shore of Lake Tahoe, called out here for the adjacent Eagle Rock.
| Literature Cited: Locations: Eagle Rock. | Eagle RockEagle Rock at the mouth of Blackwood Canyon is made of volcanic breccia with angular to rounded fragments of scoriaceous black latite or basalt, and sparse andesite. It is Stop 11 in Schweickert, et al. (2000), p. 18).Use trail from Blackwood Canyon Road to climb Eagle Rock. | Locations: Tahoe Pines.
| Tahoe PinesSmall town on the northern end of McKinney Bay of Lake Tahoe.
| Literature Cited: Locations: McKinney Bay. | McKinney BayBay on the western side of Lake Tahoe. Thought to be underlain by a very large landslide that created a huge tsunami in Lake Tahoe (Schweickert, et al., 2000). | Locations: Homewood.
| HomewoodSki area.
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Placer County, California | El Dorado County, California
| Literature Cited: Locations: Sugar Pine Point. | Sugar Pine PointSugar Pine Point is thought to be a erosional feature from a tsunami on Lake Tahoe (Schweickert, et al., 2000, p. 17). | Literature Cited: Ehrman Mansion Picnic
Area. | This is Stop 10, Sugar Pine Point in Schweickert, et al. (2000), p. 16. Evidence for a large tsunami generated by a megalandslide at McKinney Bay is found here. | Locations: Meeks Bay.
| Meeks Bay
| Literature Cited: Lateral moraine forms
the south limb of Meeks Bay. Follow subdivision roads onto the crest of the Tahoe-age right lateral moraine. Park at the end of the road. This is Stop 9, Meeks Bay right lateral moraines in Schweickert, et al. (2000), p. 16.
| | Literature Cited: The parking area just
north of Eagle Creek is Stop 8, Emerald Bay -- Vikingsholm viewpoint in Schweickert, et al (2000), p. 15.
| | Literature Cited: Locations: Emerald Bay. | Emerald BayEmerald Bay occupies a glacial valley and an end moraine forms the mouth of the bay (Schweickert, et al., 2000, p. 15). |
| Emerald Bay State ParkEmerald Bay occupies a glacial valley and an end moraine forms the mouth of the bay. | Other Articles: U. S. Highway 50: at CA Hwy89 North Junction: US Highway 50, east to Stateline, Nevada, to Carson City, and across Nevada to Utah.
| | Other Articles: U. S. Highway 50: at CA Hwy 89 South Junction: US Highway 50, west over Echo Summit to Sacramento, California.
| | Locations: Luther Pass.
| Luther Pass
|  Hope Valley, looking southwest from CA Hwy 89.
Other Articles: Field Notes: 31-Jul-04 Locations: Hope Valley.
| | Other Articles: California Highway 88: 80000
Junction: California Highway 88, west over Carson Pass through Jackson, California, to Stockton, California.
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Sorenson's | | Other Articles: California Highway 88: 84800
Junction: California Highway 88, east into the Carson Valley and US Highway 395 near Minden, Nevada.
| | Locations: Markleeville.
| Markleeville
| Other Articles: California Highway 4: 90000
| Mt. BullionJunction: California Highway 4, west over Ebbets Pass to Angels Camp, California, and then to Stockton, California. | Locations: Heenan Lake.
Heenan Lake | | Locations: Sagehen Flat.
Sagehen Flat | |
Leviathan Mine Road | |  Sagehen Flat
and Heenan Lake, looking south.
| |  Silver Peak
from Monitor Pass.
| |  Monitor Pass
with Leviathan Peak in the background. Other Articles: Field Notes: 31-Jul-04 Locations: Monitor Pass. |
| Locations: Monitor Pass.
| Monitor Pass
|  Paintbrush (Castilleja sp.) near Monitor Pass.
Other Articles: Field Notes: 31-Jul-04
Paintbrush (Castilleja sp.) on Mountaineer Creek near Monitor Pass.
| |  Sweetwater
Mountains and Antelope Valley. 
Slinkard Valley Other Articles: Field Notes: 31-Jul-04 31-Jul-04 Locations: Sweetwater Mountains. Overlook of the Sweetwater
Mountains, Antelope Valley, and Slinkard Valley. |
|  Beginning of CA Highway 89 at US Hwy 395. Other Articles: Field Notes: 31-Jul-04 U. S. Highway 395: at CA Hwy 89 Junction: U. S. Highway 395 |
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| Literature CitedA list of all literature cited by this web site can be found in the Bibliography.
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| Schweickert, Richard A, Mary M. Lahren, Robert Karlin, Jim Howle, and Ken Smith. 2000. Lake Tahoe active faults, landslides, and tsunamis. pp. 1-21 in Lageson, David R., Stephen G. Peters, and Mary M. Lahren. Great Basin and Sierra Nevada. GSA Field Guide Series. Boulder, CO: Geological Society of America, 2000. ... Location records referred to by this literature:
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| | Date and time this article was prepared: 5/8/2008 9:40:26 AM |