Etna, California

This town is located in the small, but beautiful, Scott Valley. Etna was showcased in the August 2004 issue of Outdoor Magazine as a “launching point for backcountry rambles on foot or on water”.  Even if you are not a hard-core outdoors person, you will enjoy the surrounding valley beauty and the old, authentic, small downtown of Etna. The Etna Museum, located at 520 Main Street, is open June through September. It displays artifacts about the Karuks, the indigenous people who lived along the Salmon and the Klamath Rivers, and the miners, loggers and ranchers who displaced them. While in Etna, you may want to hike the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT). The easiest way to get to the PCT is to take Sawyer's Bar Road to Etna Summit.