Name Image Location Established[a] Area Elevation
Eldorado National Forest El Dorado, Amador, Alpine, and Placer counties, California; Douglas County, Nevada

38°45′N 120°20′W / 38.750°N 120.333°W / 38.750; -120.333

1910 596,724 acres (932.4 sq mi; 2,414.9 km2) 1,000–10,386 ft (305–3,166 m)[1]
Humboldt–Toiyabe National Forest Mono, Alpine, Sierra, Nevada, Lassen, and El Dorado counties, California; Mineral, Lyon, Washoe, and Douglas counties and Carson City, Nevada

38°15′21″N 119°13′53″W / 38.25583°N 119.23139°W / 38.25583; -119.23139

1907 (Toiyabe); 1908 (Humboldt) 1,600,000 acres (2,500.0 sq mi; 6,475.0 km2)[2][b] 4,500–12,374 ft (1,372–3,772 m)[3][4][c]
Inyo National Forest Inyo, Mono, Tulare, Fresno, and Madera counties, California; Esmeralda and Mineral counties, Nevada

37°50′N 118°59.5′W / 37.833°N 118.9917°W / 37.833; -118.9917

1907 1,903,381 acres (2,974.0 sq mi; 7,702.7 km2) 4,000–14,494 ft (1,219–4,418 m)[5]
Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit El Dorado, Placer, and Alpine counties, California; Douglas and Washoe counties and Carson City, Nevada

39°N 120°W / 39°N 120°W / 39; -120

1973 154,850 acres (242.0 sq mi; 626.7 km2)[6] 6,225–10,881 ft (1,897–3,317 m)[6]
Lassen National Forest Lassen, Shasta, Tehama, Plumas, and Butte counties, California

40°30′N 121°00′W / 40.500°N 121.000°W / 40.500; -121.000

1905 1,070,344 acres (1,672.4 sq mi; 4,331.5 km2) 3,200–10,457 ft (975–3,187 m)
Plumas National Forest Plumas, Butte, Sierra, Lassen, and Yuba counties, California

40°00′N 120°40′W / 40.000°N 120.667°W / 40.000; -120.667

1907 1,100,000 acres (1,718.8 sq mi; 4,451.5 km2)[7] 2,000–7,017 ft (610–2,139 m)[7]
Sequoia National Forest Tulare, Kern, and Fresno counties, California

36°02′24″N 118°30′06″W / 36.04000°N 118.50167°W / 36.04000; -118.50167

1908 1,193,315 acres (1,864.6 sq mi; 4,829.2 km2) 1,000–12,000 ft (305–3,658 m)[8]
Sierra National Forest Fresno, Madera, and Mariposa counties, California

37°25′N 119°10′W / 37.417°N 119.167°W / 37.417; -119.167

1893 1,300,000 acres (2,031.2 sq mi; 5,260.9 km2)[9] 900–13,986 ft (274–4,263 m)[10]
Stanislaus National Forest Tuolumne, Alpine, Mariposa, and Calaveras counties, California

38°15′N 120°00′W / 38.250°N 120.000°W / 38.250; -120.000

1897 898,099 acres (1,403.3 sq mi; 3,634.5 km2)[11] 1,500–11,000 ft (457–3,353 m)[11]
Tahoe National Forest Sierra, Placer, Nevada, Yuba, Plumas, and El Dorado counties, California

39°33′45″N 120°33′45″W / 39.56250°N 120.56250°W / 39.56250; -120.56250

1905 871,945 acres (1,362.4 sq mi; 3,528.6 km2) 1,500–9,400 ft (457–2,865 m)[12]


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