Yreka Essential Info
Overview
Yreka is in Siskiyou County in the Shasta Cascades region of California.
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Basics
Best Time To Go
Year round
Current Time
Current Weather
57 °F
Partly Cloudy
Fun Facts
- Yreka is home to the College of the Siskiyous, Klamath National Forest Interpretive Museum and the Siskiyou County Museum.
- In November 1941, Yreka was designated as the capital of the proposed State of Jefferson, a secession movement along the Oregon and California border.
- The only known specimen of Calochortus monanthus, the single-flowered mariposa lily, was collected near Yreka along the banks of the Shasta River by botanist Edward Lee Greene, in June 1876.
Popular Foods
- Specialty Burgers
- Carne Asada Burrito