California State Route 36
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State Route 36 is an east–west state highway
State highway
State highway, state road or state route can refer to one of three related concepts, two of them related to a state or provincial government in a country that is divided into states or provinces :#A...

 in the U.S. state
U.S. state
A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...

 of California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

 that is routed from U.S. Route 101 in Humboldt County
Humboldt County, California
Humboldt County is a county in the U.S. state of California, located on the far North Coast 200 miles north of San Francisco. According to 2010 Census Data, the county’s population was 134,623...

 to U.S. Route 395 just east of Susanville
Susanville, California
Susanville is the county seat of Lassen County, California, United States. Susanville is located on the Susan River in the south-central part of the county, at an elevation of 4186 feet . The population was 17,974 at the 2010 census, up from 13,541 at the 2000 census...

 in Lassen County
Lassen County, California
Lassen County is a county located in the northeastern portion of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2010 census, the population was 34,895, up from 33,828 at the 2000 census...

. The portion of SR 36 travelling past Lassen Volcanic National Park
Lassen Volcanic National Park
Lassen Volcanic National Park is a United States National Park in northeastern California. The dominant feature of the park is Lassen Peak; the largest plug dome volcano in the world and the southern-most volcano in the Cascade Range...

 and Lake Almanor
Lake Almanor
Lake Almanor is a large artificial lake in northwestern Plumas County, northeastern California. The reservoir has a capacity of and a maximum depth of about 90 feet...

 is part of the Volcanic Legacy Scenic Byway
Volcanic Legacy Scenic Byway
The Volcanic Legacy Scenic Byway is an All-American Road in the U.S. states of California and Oregon. It is roughly 500 miles long and travels through the Cascade Range past numerous volcanoes. It is composed of two separate National Scenic Byways, the Volcanic Legacy Scenic Byway - Oregon and...

, a National Scenic Byway
National Scenic Byway
A National Scenic Byway is a road recognized by the United States Department of Transportation for its archeological, cultural, historic, natural, recreational, and/or scenic qualities. The program was established by Congress in 1991 to preserve and protect the nation's scenic but often...

. Also, Route 36 between Alton
Alton, California
Alton is an unincorporated community in Humboldt County, California. It is located south-southeast of Fortuna, at an elevation of 62 feet . Alton is located along U.S. Route 101 and State Route 36. The ZIP Code is 95562. The community is inside area code 707.-History:The name Hansen honors Mads...

 and Susanville is a designated Blue Star Memorial Highway.

Route description

SR 36 is part of the California Freeway and Expressway System
California Freeway and Expressway System
The California Freeway and Expressway System is a system of existing or planned freeways and expressways in the U.S. state of California. It is defined by the Streets and Highways Code.-List of roads in the system:*State Route 1 *State Route 2...

 and is eligible for the State Scenic Highway System
State Scenic Highway System (California)
The State Scenic Highway System is a list of highways, mainly state highways, that have been designated by the California Department of Transportation as scenic highways. The California State Legislature, primarily through Section 263 of the Streets and Highways Code, makes highways eligible for...

. However, it is not an official scenic highway as designated by Caltrans.

SR 36 begins in Fortuna
Fortuna, California
Fortuna is a city in western-central Humboldt County, California, United States. The population was 11,926 at the 2010 census, up from 10,497 at the 2000 census. The city lies on the northeast shore of the Eel River , and is on U.S...

 at an interchange with US 101. After going through the community of Alton
Alton, California
Alton is an unincorporated community in Humboldt County, California. It is located south-southeast of Fortuna, at an elevation of 62 feet . Alton is located along U.S. Route 101 and State Route 36. The ZIP Code is 95562. The community is inside area code 707.-History:The name Hansen honors Mads...

, SR 36 continues east through the city of Hydesville
Hydesville, California
Hydesville is a census-designated place in Humboldt County, California, United States. Hydesville is located southeast of Fortuna, at an elevation of 364 feet...

. The highway continues through Carlotta
Carlotta, California
Carlotta is an unincorporated community in Humboldt County, California. It is located southeast of Fortuna, at an elevation of 131 feet ....

 before paralleling the Van Duzen River
Van Duzen River
The Van Duzen River is a river on the north coast of California. It is a major tributary of the Eel River and drains , mostly in Humboldt County, with a small portion in Trinity County. The river travels from its headwaters on the west side of the North Coast Range to its confluence with the Eel...

 all the way to the town of Bridgeville
Bridgeville, California
Bridgeville is an unincorporated community in Humboldt County, California. It is located north-northeast of Weott, at an elevation of 636 feet...

. SR 36 passes near McClellan Mountain as it follows a curving path through the towns of Dinsmore
Dinsmore, California
Dinsmore is an unincorporated community in , California. It is located on the Van Duzen River, at an elevation of 2415 feet . Dinsmore Airport and the Dinsmore Store are located nearby. Also nearby is Mad River, California, Ruth,CA and Ruth Reservoir ....

 and Cobbs and enters Trinity National Forest
Trinity National Forest
Trinity National Forest was established as the Trinity Forest Reserve by the U.S. Forest Service in California on April 26, 1905 with . It became a National Forest on March 4, 1907. On July 1, 1908 it gave up some acreage to California National Forest. In 1954 it was combined administratively with...

.

Once in Trinity County, the Van Duzen River veers away from SR 36, which crosses the Mad River
Mad River (California)
The Mad River is a river in upper Northern California. It flows for in a roughly northwest direction through Trinity County and then Humboldt County, draining a watershed into the Pacific Ocean north of the college town of Arcata near Arcata-Eureka Airport in McKinleyville...

 before passing through the communities of Mad River
Mad River, California
Mad River is a census-designated place in Trinity County, California. Mad River is located in the in southern part of the county. Mad River sits at an elevation of . The ZIP Code is 95552 and Mad River is inside area code 530...

 and Forest Glen. The route briefly bends north to intersect with the southern terminus of SR 3 before turning back east as Cold Creek Road and entering first Shasta County
Shasta County, California
Shasta County is a county located in the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. The county occupies the northern reaches of the Sacramento Valley, with portions extending into the southern reaches of the Cascade Range. As of the 2010 census, the population was 177,223, up from 163,256...

, where SR 36 intersects CR A16 and leaves the forest, and then Tehama County
Tehama County, California
Tehama County is a county located in the northern part of the U.S. state of California. It is bisected by the Sacramento River. As of 2010 its population was 63,463, up from 56,039 as of 2000. The county seat is Red Bluff.-History:...

. SR 36 passes through Rosewood
Rosewood, Tehama County, California
Rosewood is a locality in Tehama County, California.Rosewood is situated along California State Route 36 and at the junction with County route A5 to Cottonwood.-External links:*...

 and later intersects CR A5 before entering the city of Red Bluff
Red Bluff, California
Red Bluff is a city in and the county seat of Tehama County, California, United States. The population was 14,076 at the 2010 census, up from 13,147 at the 2000 census....

 as Beegum Road. SR 36 continues south as Main Street into downtown Red Bluff before making a turn east as Oak Street, crossing the Sacramento River
Sacramento River
The Sacramento River is an important watercourse of Northern and Central California in the United States. The largest river in California, it rises on the eastern slopes of the Klamath Mountains, and after a journey south of over , empties into Suisun Bay, an arm of the San Francisco Bay, and...

 and coming to an interchange with I-5 before turning into Antelope Boulevard and passing the Tehama County Fairgrounds as it leaves the city limits.

SR 36 intersects the northern terminus of SR 99 and turns northeast at the intersection. Several miles later, SR 36 intersects CR A6 at the community of Dales
Dales, California
Dales is an unincorporated small town approximately north east of Red Bluff on State Highway 36 East, at the intersection of Manton Road , in Tehama county, CA...

 before continuing east and passing through Paynes Creek
Paynes Creek, California
Paynes Creek is a census-designated place in Tehama County, California. It is east of Red Bluff. Its ZIP code is 96075 and telephone prefixes follow , which is shared with the town of Dales, about to the west. The town is named for the eponymous watercourse Payne's Creek. Paynes Creek sits at...

. Eventually, SR 36 intersects SR 172 at the town of Mineral
Mineral, California
Mineral is a census-designated place in Tehama County, California, United States. The population was 123 at the 2010 census, down from 143 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Mineral is located at ....

 in the Lassen National Forest
Lassen National Forest
Lassen National Forest is a national forest of 1,700 square miles in northeastern California. It is named after pioneer Peter Lassen, who mined, ranched and promoted the area to emigrant parties in the 1850s.- Overview :...

 before running concurrently with SR 89. SR 89 and SR 36 intersect with the eastern terminus of SR 32 before crossing into Plumas County
Plumas County, California
Plumas County is a county located in the Sierra Nevada of the U.S. state of California. The county gets its name from the Spanish words for the Feather River , which flows through the county. As of the 2010 census, the population 20,007, down from 20,824 at the 2000 census...

. Once the highway reaches the western shore of Lake Almanor
Lake Almanor
Lake Almanor is a large artificial lake in northwestern Plumas County, northeastern California. The reservoir has a capacity of and a maximum depth of about 90 feet...

, SR 89 continues southeast, while SR 36 passes through the community of Chester
Chester, California
Chester is a census-designated place in Plumas County, California, United States. Chester is located on Lake Almanor, north-northwest of Quincy. The town is located along State Route 36. The US Postal Service ZIP code for the community is 96020...

 along the northern shore of Lake Almanor.

The route continues into Lassen County
Lassen County, California
Lassen County is a county located in the northeastern portion of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2010 census, the population was 34,895, up from 33,828 at the 2000 census...

, where it intersects SR 147 and passes in between Lassen and Plumas
Plumas National Forest
Plumas National Forest is a 1,146,000-acre United States National Forest located in the Sierra Nevada, in northern California.-Geography:...

 National Forests. SR 36 intersects SR 44 before entering the city of Susanville
Susanville, California
Susanville is the county seat of Lassen County, California, United States. Susanville is located on the Susan River in the south-central part of the county, at an elevation of 4186 feet . The population was 17,974 at the 2010 census, up from 13,541 at the 2000 census...

 as Hillcrest Road. The highway continues north briefly as Pine Street before becoming Main Street and continuing east through downtown Susanville and intersecting SR 139 and CR A27 before leaving the city limits. SR 36 ends at an intersection with US 395 just southwest of Johnstonville
Johnstonville, California
Johnstonville is a census-designated place in Lassen County, California. It is located east-southeast of Susanville, at an elevation of 4131 feet . The population was 1,024 at the 2010 census....

.

In popular culture

On the TV show Lost
Lost (TV series)
Lost is an American television series that originally aired on ABC from September 22, 2004 to May 23, 2010, consisting of six seasons. Lost is a drama series that follows the survivors of the crash of a commercial passenger jet flying between Sydney and Los Angeles, on a mysterious tropical island...

, during a flashback scene in the episode Further Instructions
Further Instructions
"Further Instructions" is the third episode of the third season of Lost. It aired on October 18, 2006, making it the 52nd episode of the series. The episode was written by Carlton Cuse and Elizabeth Sarnoff and directed by Stephen Williams...

, John Locke
John Locke (Lost)
John Locke is a fictional character played by Terry O'Quinn on the ABC television series Lost. He is named after English philosopher John Locke...

 picks up a hitchhiker who happens to be an undercover police officer on State Route 36.
In author Robyn Carr's romantic novel series Virgin River, the fictional town of Virgin River is located off State Route 36 in the mountains of Humboldt County in Northern California.

Major intersections

Note: Except where prefixed with a letter, postmiles were measured in 1964, based on the alignment as it existed at that time, and do not necessarily reflect current mileage. The numbers reset at county lines; the start and end postmiles in each county are given in the county column.


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Humboldt County, California
Humboldt County is a county in the U.S. state of California, located on the far North Coast 200 miles north of San Francisco. According to 2010 Census Data, the county’s population was 134,623...


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|Alton
Alton, California
Alton is an unincorporated community in Humboldt County, California. It is located south-southeast of Fortuna, at an elevation of 62 feet . Alton is located along U.S. Route 101 and State Route 36. The ZIP Code is 95562. The community is inside area code 707.-History:The name Hansen honors Mads...


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Bridgeville, California
Bridgeville is an unincorporated community in Humboldt County, California. It is located north-northeast of Weott, at an elevation of 636 feet...


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Blocksburg, California
Blocksburg is an unincorporated community in Humboldt County, California. It is located east-southeast of Weott, at an elevation of 1594 feet .The ZIP Code is 95514....


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Trinity County, California
Trinity County is a large, rugged and mountainous, heavily forested county located in the northwestern portion of the U.S. state of California, along the Trinity River and within the Salmon/Klamath Mountains. It covers an area of over two million acres , and as of the 2010 census its population...


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Zenia, California
Zenia is an unincorporated community in Trinity County, California, United States. Zenia is northeast of Alderpoint. Zenia has a post office with ZIP code 95595, which opened in 1899. Zenia was first named Poison Camp by men who came there in the 1860s after larkspur in the area which poisoned...


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Ruth, California
Ruth is a census-designated place in Trinity County, California. Ruth is located in the southern portion of the county. The community - and adjacent Ruth Lake - was named after Ruth McKnight, daughter of settlers. The ZIP code is 95526. The community is inside area code 707...


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Hayfork, California
Hayfork is a census-designated place in Trinity County, California, United States. The population was 2,368 at the 2010 census, up from 2,315 at the 2000 census...


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Shasta County, California
Shasta County is a county located in the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. The county occupies the northern reaches of the Sacramento Valley, with portions extending into the southern reaches of the Cascade Range. As of the 2010 census, the population was 177,223, up from 163,256...


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|Platina
Platina, California
Platina is a small unincorporated community of 200 people in Shasta County, California, approximately and equidistantly 40 miles west of Redding and Red Bluff. Its ZIP Code is 96076. Wired Telephone Numbers follow the pattern 530-352-xxxx.-History:...


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Tehama County, California
Tehama County is a county located in the northern part of the U.S. state of California. It is bisected by the Sacramento River. As of 2010 its population was 63,463, up from 56,039 as of 2000. The county seat is Red Bluff.-History:...


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|rowspan=4|Red Bluff
Red Bluff, California
Red Bluff is a city in and the county seat of Tehama County, California, United States. The population was 14,076 at the 2010 census, up from 13,147 at the 2000 census....


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Shasta College
Shasta College is an American two-year to four- year community college located in Redding, California founded in 1950. It later moved to a much bigger campus, while the original campus became the new location of Shasta High School....


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Dales, California
Dales is an unincorporated small town approximately north east of Red Bluff on State Highway 36 East, at the intersection of Manton Road , in Tehama county, CA...


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|Paynes Creek
Paynes Creek, California
Paynes Creek is a census-designated place in Tehama County, California. It is east of Red Bluff. Its ZIP code is 96075 and telephone prefixes follow , which is shared with the town of Dales, about to the west. The town is named for the eponymous watercourse Payne's Creek. Paynes Creek sits at...


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Manton, California
Manton is a census-designated place in Tehama County, California, United States. The population was 347 at the 2010 census, down from 372 at the 2000 census....


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Mineral, California
Mineral is a census-designated place in Tehama County, California, United States. The population was 123 at the 2010 census, down from 143 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Mineral is located at ....


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Lassen Volcanic National Park
Lassen Volcanic National Park is a United States National Park in northeastern California. The dominant feature of the park is Lassen Peak; the largest plug dome volcano in the world and the southern-most volcano in the Cascade Range...


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Plumas County, California
Plumas County is a county located in the Sierra Nevada of the U.S. state of California. The county gets its name from the Spanish words for the Feather River , which flows through the county. As of the 2010 census, the population 20,007, down from 20,824 at the 2000 census...


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|Chester
Chester, California
Chester is a census-designated place in Plumas County, California, United States. Chester is located on Lake Almanor, north-northwest of Quincy. The town is located along State Route 36. The US Postal Service ZIP code for the community is 96020...


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Lassen County, California
Lassen County is a county located in the northeastern portion of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2010 census, the population was 34,895, up from 33,828 at the 2000 census...


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Westwood, California
Westwood is a census-designated place in Lassen County, California, United States. Westwood is located west-southwest of Susanville, at an elevation of 5128 feet...


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Mount Shasta
Mount Shasta is located at the southern end of the Cascade Range in Siskiyou County, California and at is the second highest peak in the Cascades and the fifth highest in California...


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Eagle Lake (Lassen County)
Eagle Lake is a lake in Lassen County approximately 15 miles north of Susanville, California. It is the second largest natural lake entirely in the state of California, United States....


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|rowspan=2|Susanville
Susanville, California
Susanville is the county seat of Lassen County, California, United States. Susanville is located on the Susan River in the south-central part of the county, at an elevation of 4186 feet . The population was 17,974 at the 2010 census, up from 13,541 at the 2000 census...


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Klamath Falls, Oregon
Klamath Falls is a city in Klamath County, Oregon, United States. Originally called Linkville when George Nurse founded the town in 1867, after the Link River on whose falls this city sat, although no falls currently exist; the name was changed to Klamath Falls in 1892...

, North Shore Eagle Lake
Eagle Lake (Lassen County)
Eagle Lake is a lake in Lassen County approximately 15 miles north of Susanville, California. It is the second largest natural lake entirely in the state of California, United States....


|Serves Lassen College
Lassen College
Lassen Community College is a community college in Susanville, California and it is a part of the California Community Colleges system.The college is located in Susanville in the high mountain lake country of northeastern California. The campus looks out over the city to Diamond Mountain and the...


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Klamath Falls, Oregon
Klamath Falls is a city in Klamath County, Oregon, United States. Originally called Linkville when George Nurse founded the town in 1867, after the Link River on whose falls this city sat, although no falls currently exist; the name was changed to Klamath Falls in 1892...

, Reno
Reno, Nevada
Reno is the county seat of Washoe County, Nevada, United States. The city has a population of about 220,500 and is the most populous Nevada city outside of the Las Vegas metropolitan area...


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