Pondosa, California | |
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Coordinates: 41°11′58″N 121°41′20″W / 41.19944°N 121.68889°W | |
Country | United States |
State | California |
County | Siskiyou |
Elevation | 4,140 ft (1,260 m) |
Time zone | UTC-8 ( Pacific (PST)) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
Area code | 530 |
GNIS feature ID | 264928 [1] |
Pondosa is an unincorporated community in Siskiyou County, California, United States. Pondosa is 33.5 miles (53.9 km) east-southeast of Mount Shasta, and is located along a former branch line of the McCloud Railway. A post office opened in Pondosa in 1925. The community was named after the ponderosa pine by Elmer E. Hall. [2]