- City:
- Mt. Shasta, CA
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation, Forestry and Agriculture, Paths and Trails, Fire Lookouts
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
Description
Black Butte is a cluster of peaks in the Shasta National Forest. In the 1930s, the CCC built trails up to the summit as well as the Black Butte lookout tower. The tower was destroyed by a storm in 1962. Another was built in 1963 but removed to another location in 1973.
Source notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Butte_%28Siskiyou_County,_California%29 https://www.peakbagging.com/CALookoutPhotos/BlackButte.htmlSite originally submitted by Ralph Kivett on February 26, 2014.
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The place I am thinking of had a trail going up to it and would not have been accessible except by mule or horseback.
Black Butte cinder cone near the cities of Weed and Mt. Shasta was a source of building stone for homes as well as a source of rock or stone that was, and may still be being used as as an an aggregate for concrete after being crushed and separated into different sizes.