Elk Mountain is a high mountain in
Lake County, California
Lake County is a county located in the north central portion of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 68,163. The county seat is Lakeport. The county takes its name from Clear Lake, the dominant geographic fe ...
, United States.
Physical
Elk Mountain is in the Northern
California Coast Ranges
The Coast Ranges of California span from Del Norte or Humboldt County, California, south to Santa Barbara County. The other three coastal California mountain ranges are the Transverse Ranges, Peninsular Ranges and the Klamath Mountains.
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It has an elevation of , with a clean prominence of and an isolation of from
Horse Mountain.
It is in
Mendocino National Forest in Lake County, California.
It drains into the
Sacramento River
The Sacramento River ( es, Río Sacramento) is the principal river of Northern California in the United States and is the largest river in California. Rising in the Klamath Mountains, the river flows south for before reaching the Sacramento–S ...
.
The mountain is to the north of the point where the east and west forks of
Middle Creek converge.
Elk Mountain Road
Elk Mountain is about north of
Upper Lake, California
Upper Lake is a census-designated place (CDP) in Lake County, California, United States. Upper Lake is located north of Lakeport, at an elevation of . The population was 1,052 at the 2010 census, up from 989 at the 2000 census. The Habematol ...
.
Elk Mountain Road runs from Upper Lake north to
Lake Pillsbury
Lake Pillsbury is a lake in the Mendocino National Forest of Lake County, California, created from the Eel River and Hull Mountain watershed by Scott Dam. Elevation is with of shoreline and covering . Activities in the Lake Pillsbury Recreat ...
on
Eel River.
It passes about to the east of Elk Mountain.
The Elk Mountain Road (National Forest Route M1) is a dirt road that is the main access route into the Mendocino National Forest.
Recreation
Elk Mountain is used for hang-gliding and paragliding.
The launch site is reached by a rough and steep dirt road about long.
The primary landing zone is in the Middle Creek Campground.
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Mountains of Lake County, California