The Black Butte River is located in the

Mendocino National Forest The Mendocino National Forest is located in the Coastal Mountain Range in northwestern California and comprises 913,306 acres (3,696 km2). It is the only national forest in the state of California without a major paved road entering it ...

of northern

California California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territori ...

in Glenn and Mendocino counties. It is a

tributary A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainage ...

to the

Middle Fork Eel River The Middle Fork Eel River is a major tributary of the Eel River of northwestern California in the United States. It drains a rugged and sparsely populated region of the Yolla Bolly Mountains, part of the California Coast Range, in Trinity and Men ...

and flows northward for from its headwaters near Round Mountain to the confluence with the Middle Fork Eel River. The

Northern California Coastal Wild Heritage Wilderness Act The Northern California Coastal Wild Heritage Wilderness Act is a U.S. federal law enacted in 2006 that enlarged existing wilderness boundaries and created new wilderness areas for protection under the National Wilderness Preservation System. These ...

of 2006 added of the Black Butte River (and a tributary Cold Creek) to the

National Wild and Scenic River The National Wild and Scenic Rivers System was created by the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 1968 (Public Law 90-542), enacted by the U.S. Congress to preserve certain rivers with outstanding natural, cultural, and recreational values in a free- ...

s System, of which are Wild status and are Scenic.

Whitewater rafting Rafting and whitewater rafting are recreational outdoor activities which use an inflatable raft to navigate a river or other body of water. This is often done on whitewater or different degrees of rough water. Dealing with risk is often a ...

and fishing are popular on the river and forest service campgrounds are nearby at Plaskett Lakes. West of Plaskett Lakes is Black Butte with an elevation of .

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Rivers.gov. information page with search engine

Rivers of Mendocino County, California Rivers of Glenn County, California Tributaries of the Eel River (California) Wild and Scenic Rivers of the United States Mendocino National Forest Rivers of Northern California {{California-river-stub

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