Marble Mountain Wilderness

Fire restrictions

Who manages Marble Mountain Wilderness

Getting to Marble Mountain Wilderness

• Etna, CA is the nearest town, 6.5 miles in a straight line from the boundary (not a driving distance). (US Census places, accessed 2026-09-29)

Trailheads at Marble Mountain Wilderness

• Tyler Meadows Trailhead (inside the boundary, 5,770 ft), at 41.6856, -123.1877 (mapped on OpenStreetMap)
• Mule Bridge Trailhead (0.06 mi outside the boundary, 2,827 ft), at 41.3578, -123.0740
• Paradise Trailhead (0.15 mi outside the boundary, 4,864 ft), at 41.6165, -123.1826 (mapped on OpenStreetMap)
• Wooley Creek (0.16 mi outside the boundary, 670 ft), at 41.3765, -123.4322 (mapped on OpenStreetMap)
• Garden Gulch Trailhead (0.21 mi outside the boundary, 4,619 ft), at 41.3330, -123.2092 (mapped on OpenStreetMap)
• Haypress T.H. (0.23 mi outside the boundary, 4,429 ft), at 41.4784, -123.4039
• Shackleford Trailhead (0.24 mi outside the boundary, 4,437 ft), at 41.5628, -123.0474
• Lovers Camp (0.4 mi outside the boundary, 4,120 ft), at 41.5944, -123.1414

Trailhead locations: Forest Service recreation sites layer , accessed 2026-09-29. Elevations from USGS 3DEP.

Trailheads mapped on OpenStreetMap: © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License , accessed 2026-09-29. The extract used here, with distances from the boundary: osm-trailheads-ca.json. Where an agency layer lists the same trailhead, the agency's point is shown instead.

Named summits, canyons, and springs in Marble Mountain Wilderness

• Boulder Peak summit about 8,272 ft
• Black Marble Mountain summit about 7,387 ft
• Kings Castle summit about 7,378 ft
• Devils Canyon canyon
• Buckhorn Spring spring
• Cold Spring spring
• Abbott Lake lake

Features whose official location is inside the boundary, from the USGS Geographic Names Information System, accessed 2026-09-29. Summit elevations measured on the USGS 3DEP elevation model, which can read a few feet under a surveyed summit height.

Public lands next to Marble Mountain Wilderness

• National forest Most of Marble Mountain Wilderness lies inside Klamath National Forest.
• National forestMarble Mountain Wilderness borders Six Rivers National Forest.
• Wilderness areaRussian Wilderness is 2.9 miles away, straight line between the two boundaries.

Measured between the units' boundaries as mapped in USGS PAD-US. Distances are straight line, not driving.

Other wilderness areas in California

• Matilija Wilderness (Ventura County)
• Mecca Hills Wilderness (Riverside County)
• Mesquite Wilderness (San Bernardino County)
• Milpitas Wash Wilderness (Imperial County)
• Mojave Wilderness (San Bernardino County)

California wilderness areas