Scott Mountains (California)

The Scott Mountains are a subrange of the Klamath Mountains located in Siskiyou County, in northwestern California. A high point is Scott Mountain Summit, a mountain gap-pass at 5554 ft in elevation.

Geography
The Scott Mountains are a sub-range within the Klamath Mountains System. The Klamath system are of the Pacific Coast Ranges series of mountain range systems that stretch along the West Coast of North America.

The Scott Mountains run from southern Siskiyou County southeast into northern Trinity County.

California State Route 3 passes through the range. The Scott Mountains are located approximately 30 mi west of the towns of Mt. Shasta and Dunsmuir that are on Interstate 5.

Recreation
The range is within sections of the Klamath National Forest and Shasta-Trinity National Forest.

Scott Mountain Campground, is at the Scott Mountain summit in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest section. It is located on the summit's west side at the junction of the Pacific Crest Trail and California State Route 3.



Ecology
The Scott Mountains are within the Klamath-Siskiyou forests — Klamath Mountains ecoregion, which is part of the Temperate coniferous forests Biome.
 * Ecoregion

The wildflower Scott Mountain phacelia (Phacelia dalesiana) is endemic to a small area of Scott Mountain.
 * Flora

Plant communities in the range include:
 * California mixed evergreen forest
 * Cedar hemlock douglas-fir forest