Young America Lake sits high in the Sierra Buttes above Sierra City, California and is only visible from high-up in the Buttes. Likely named for the Young America Mine, which was one of Sierra County’s richest gold mines in the late 1800’s. This spot is accessible via the Sierra Buttes Lookout Trail which crosses the Pacific Crest Trail, just over the ridgeline one the left-side of the photo, or via a somewhat harrowing wagon road named Sierra Buttes Road, which climbs (rapidly) out of Sierra City. Acrophobic’s beware.
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