Browns Lake

Browns Lake is in Siskiyou County, Shasta Cascades, California and has an elevation of 3,386 feet. Browns Lake is situated nearby to the hamlet Pioneer, as well as near Azalea.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lake Siskiyou and Mount Shasta City Park.

Lake Siskiyou

Reservoir

Photo: USGS, Public domain.

Lake Siskiyou is a reservoir formed by Box Canyon Dam on the Sacramento River, in far northern California, near the town of Mount Shasta, California. It is the site of local recreation, as well as being used for watershed protection and flood control.

Mount Shasta City Park

Park

Photo: Maveric149, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Mount Shasta City Park is an urban park located in the city of Mount Shasta, California, United States. It is one of two parks within the Mt. Shasta Recreation and Parks District and hosts the district's headquarters. Mount Shasta City Park is situated 2 miles north of Browns Lake.

Box Canyon Dam

Dam

Photo: USGS, Public domain.

Box Canyon Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Upper Sacramento River impounding Lake Siskiyou reservoir, in Siskiyou County, northern California. Box Canyon Dam is situated 1½ miles south of Browns Lake.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mount Shasta and Shasta Springs.

Mount Shasta

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.

Mount Shasta is an incorporated town in Siskiyou County in the Shasta Cascades region of California, at the southwestern foot of Mt. Shasta.

Shasta Springs

Hamlet

Photo: Edward H. Mitchell, Public domain.

Shasta Springs was a popular summer resort during the late 19th and early 20th centuries on the Upper Sacramento River in northern California. It was located just north of the town of Dunsmuir, and just north of Upper Soda Springs along the Siskiyou Trail. Shasta Springs is situated 5 miles southeast of Browns Lake.

Browns Lake

Type: Body of water
Location: Siskiyou County, Shasta Cascades, California, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.30118° or 41° 18′ 4″ north

Longitude

-122.32836° or 122° 19′ 42″ west

Elevation

3,386 feet (1,032 metres)

Open location code

84HV8M2C+FM

OpenStreetMap ID

way 90276173

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

GeoNames ID

5560412

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Localities in the Area

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