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Tulelake in Siskiyou County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)
 

Applegate Trail - Up a Steep Hill

— California Trail —

 
 
Applegate Trail - Up a Steep Hill Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Douglass Halvorsen, August 4, 2012
1. Applegate Trail - Up a Steep Hill Marker
Inscription.
“Here road leaves [Klamath] Lake and follows up the
side of a steep hill 1/2 mile but is not hard to climb”
-William Cochran Stoddard, Sep 16, 1852

 
Erected 2009 by Trails West Inc. (Marker Number A-47.)
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Exploration. In addition, it is included in the Applegate Trail, the California Trail, and the Trails West Inc. series lists.
 
Location. 41° 55.354′ N, 121° 36.733′ W. Marker is in Tulelake, California, in Siskiyou County. It is on Dorris Brownell Rd, on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Tulelake CA 96134, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on California’s Modoc Plateau, in the Shasta Cascade, and in the Klamath Mountains. It is also in the American Mountain West and specifically in the Pacific Northwest. Globally, it is in North America, in the Cascade Range, on the Ring of Fire, in the Pacific Rim, in the Western Hemisphere, in the Western World, and in the Anglosphere. Historically,
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it finds itself in what was once New Spain and also Mexico’s Alta California.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Applegate Trail - Campt (approx. 2½ miles away); Camp Tulelake (approx. 4 miles away); Applegate Trail - Clammett Lake (approx. 4.8 miles away); Applegate Trail - Quite Rocky (approx. 5.6 miles away); White Lake City (approx. 6.2 miles away in Oregon); The Applegate Trail (approx. 6.6 miles away in Oregon); The Stone Bridge (approx. 6.6 miles away in Oregon); a different marker also named Stone Bridge (approx. 6.6 miles away in Oregon). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Tulelake.
 
Applegate Trail - Up a Steep Hill Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Douglass Halvorsen, August 4, 2012
2. Applegate Trail - Up a Steep Hill Marker
Applegate Trail - Up a Steep Hill Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Douglass Halvorsen, August 4, 2012
3. Applegate Trail - Up a Steep Hill Marker
Applegate Trail - Up a Steep Hill Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Douglass Halvorsen, August 4, 2012
4. Applegate Trail - Up a Steep Hill Marker
Applegate Trail - Up a Steep Hill Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Douglass Halvorsen, August 4, 2012
5. Applegate Trail - Up a Steep Hill Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on September 12, 2025. It was originally submitted on January 20, 2018, by Douglass Halvorsen of Klamath Falls, Oregon. This page has been viewed 406 times since then and 26 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on January 20, 2018, by Douglass Halvorsen of Klamath Falls, Oregon. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
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