Tulelake in Siskiyou County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)
Applegate Trail - Quite Rocky
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for today. Get away in good time road runs
over the bluff quite rocky to lake
-John Pratt Welsh, Aug 26, 1853
Erected 2009 by Trails West Inc. (Marker Number A-49.)
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Exploration • Roads & Vehicles. In addition, it is included in the Applegate Trail, the California Trail, and the Trails West Inc. series lists.
Location. 41° 52.399′ N, 121° 41.962′ W. Marker is in Tulelake, California, in Siskiyou County. It is on Dorris Brownell Rd, on the left when traveling south. 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, it finds itself in what was once New Spain and also Mexicos Alta California.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 9 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: South Road - Forks Of The Yreka Trail / Yreka Trail - The Trail Forks (approx. 2.9 miles away); Applegate Trail - Campt (approx. 3.1 miles away); Yreka Trail - Willow Springs (approx. 5 miles away); Applegate Trail - Up a Steep Hill (approx. 5.6 miles away); Yreka Trail - Over Rocky Roads (approx. 8 miles away); Modoc War Casualties (approx. 8.1 miles away); War in the Lava Beds (approx. 8.1 miles away); Attracted to Water (approx. 8.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Tulelake.
Credits. This page was last revised on September 12, 2025. It was originally submitted on January 21, 2018, by Douglass Halvorsen of Klamath Falls, Oregon. This page has been viewed 352 times since then and 9 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on January 21, 2018, by Douglass Halvorsen of Klamath Falls, Oregon. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.


