Where is highway 299

Save to lightbox. Fall color along Highway in Trinity County, California. California State Highway in January of Middle Alkali Lake, California, Hwy The Carr fire burns along highway between Whiskeytown and Redding. The Carr fire moved along highway so quickly many cars were left behind. While there are other Stamp Mills spread around the northern portion of the state, often in museums or small-town parks, this one you can view in operation.

Other exhibits are a working blacksmith shop with locals hammering away and a working sawmill. Worthy reasons to pause your journey and check out these unique displays. About people call Weaverville home and the Trinity River Lumber sawmill, located in the middle of town, is largest private employer in Weaverville. It is still active even though the vast majority of California sawmills shut down in the s. In the middle of Weaverville is the intersection with Highway 3 continuing north.

Eleven miles north along Highway 3 is Trinity Lake, aka Clair Engle Lake, home of a restored bald eagle population along miles of shoreline. This is a large lake, the third largest man-made reservoir in California, completed in the s reservoir building boom. In , a wildfire erupted west of town and burned the forest to within 2 miles of town. As you leave Weaverville, the burn scar on both sides of Highway is still there.

In , the Helena Wildfire erupted at Helena ten miles to the west of Weaverville along Highway after a tree came down on a power-line. The wildfire burned 20, acres eastward up the range toward Weaverville but was contained without threatening the town.

During the heat of summer, this can be a very dry area and rain in summer is very rare. Weaverville sits an elevation of feet but is surrounded by mountain tops often sporting snow-capped peaks into April.

Monument Peak to the northwest rises to feet, while nearby peaks north of Hwy are Sawtooth Mountain ft, and Mount Hilton ft. Motivated hikers can take roads north from this portion of Hwy to trailheads. It's another 95 miles of motorcycle bliss to US on the Pacific Coast- so make sure you top off the tank in Weaverville. While there are no major towns west of Weaverville, this is actually a rather busy road. Especially with RV's tooling along and semi's hauling lumber or wood chips.

As for all of northwestern California- this is the main road from the Central Valley to the Pacific Coast. Westward bound out of Weaverville takes you steadily up to the ft. Oregon Mountain Summit. There is an overlook here where you can gaze down on Weaverville and try to imagine what it looked like years ago as this was the center of the gold mining population.

There is an original hydraulic monitor at the crest of the road used from until In the mine was purchased by the LaGrange Hydraulic Gold Mining Company which brought water from Stuart's Fork through 29 miles of ditch tunnels and flume and delivered it to the mine pit under a foot head.

Large scale operations ceased in The amount of water needed with hydraulic mining was enormous. At the North Bloomfield mine for example at Malakoff Diggins near Nevada City, sixty million gallons of water was used daily in their hydraulic mining operation.

The La Grange mine opened up in and became another large-scale open pit mine much like Malakoff Diggins. So much soil was washed away- it totaled the equivalent of 6 football fields 2 miles high.

According to the sign, this was the largest hydraulic mine in the world. When the mine closed in due to WWI, the California Department of Transportation showed up and started the monitors right back up again. The goal though, was tourism- to link the central valley with the Pacific coast. It took another 5 years of working day and night by CalTrans to make the road cut with the monitors.

In , this last portion of Highway was completed. Weaverville to Willow Creek is an enjoyable mile dead run. The pavement is smooth, wide, with often long-distance see-through, corners can last several miles much like Highway 96 to the north as Hwy joins up with the Trinity River following the contours of the river.

The majority of this leg is a steady downhill as you ride westward from Junction City, el. The road through this canyon was one of the last major roads to be built in California. Convicts blasted through solid rock, dug ditches, and diligently toiled to build a road between the Redwood Coast and the Central Valley.

Up until the s, the water below the road was a mere trickle in fall, and a raging torrent in spring. Great for whitewater rafting, kayaking, or even an inner tube ride. Not to mention the anglers with fly rods. The road ranges from just above the river surface to climbing the canyon wall. The terrain is rugged, and untouched. The pavement overall is excellent although there is always construction somewhere along this stretch as CalTrans endeavors to keep the road open.

The curves never end. One after the other. Highway to reopen Thursday with intervals, one-way traffic. Posted: Aug 25, PM. Scroll for more content Today the sun peaked out for the mid-valley and boy did it feel good!!

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