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

Applegate Trail - Clammett Lake

— California Trail —

 
 
Applegate Trail - Clammett Lake Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Douglass Halvorsen, August 1, 2012
1. Applegate Trail - Clammett Lake Marker
Inscription.
“Crossed the Sacremento [Lost River], over the hill
or divide to a large swamp down this to a lake
(Clammett) about 3 ms, down the lake and camped”
-Lester Hulin, Oct 8, 1847

 
Erected 2009 by Trails West Inc. (Marker Number A-46.)
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: ExplorationRoads & Vehicles. In addition, it is included in the Applegate Trail, the California Trail, and the Trails West Inc. series lists.
 
Location. 41° 59.454′ N, 121° 35.734′ W. Marker is in Weed, California, in Siskiyou County. It is on Dorris Brownell Rd (U.S. 97), on the left when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Weed CA 96094, 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
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Western World, and in the Anglosphere. Historically, 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 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Camp Tulelake (approx. 2.2 miles away); The Applegate Trail (approx. 2.2 miles away in Oregon); The Stone Bridge (approx. 2.2 miles away in Oregon); a different marker also named Stone Bridge (approx. 2.2 miles away in Oregon); White Lake City (approx. 2.8 miles away in Oregon); Dennis Crawley Cabin (approx. 3.3 miles away in Oregon); The Ranch of J. Frank Adams (approx. 3.4 miles away in Oregon); Applegate Trail - Up a Steep Hill (approx. 4.8 miles away).
 
Applegate Trail - Clammett Lake Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Douglass Halvorsen, August 1, 2012
2. Applegate Trail - Clammett Lake Marker
Applegate Trail - Clammett Lake Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Douglass Halvorsen, August 1, 2012
3. Applegate Trail - Clammett Lake Marker
Applegate Trail - Clammett Lake Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Douglass Halvorsen, August 1, 2012
4. Applegate Trail - Clammett Lake Marker
 
 
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 435 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on January 21, 2018, by Douglass Halvorsen of Klamath Falls, Oregon. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
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