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Preston Peak
Peak
in
Klamath NF
,
Siskiyou Wilderness
,
Coast Ranges
,
Klamath Mountains
near
Happy Camp
,
CA
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Preston Peak (Karuk: keech'íihyan), is a dominant feature of the Siskiyou Wilderness in the Klamath National Forest. Many peaks in the wilderness rise to over 6,000 feet (1,800 m) but none come to within 500 feet (150 m) of approaching the height of Preston Peak. From the summit on a clear day, the Pacific Ocean is visible along with peaks in the Klamath Mountains and Cascade Range. John Hart, in his book Hiking the Bigfoot Country says of the peak: At a mile and some above sea level it is by no means the highest peak in the Klamath Mountains...Yet there is no mountain in northern California which I remember with more pleasure. They say that early travellers on the Klamath River, glimpsing the mountain above them, thought it was 10,000 feet tall. Designation The Forest Service designated…
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Undivided pre-Cenozoic metavolcanic rocks, unit 2 (undivided) (CAmv2;0)
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