Janesville
Janesville sits at the northern end of Honey Lake Valley in northeastern California, where U.S. Route 395 runs through a broad, dry basin beneath the Diamond Mountains. This small Lassen County community lies south of Susanville, with ranchland and low sagebrush flats extending across the valley floor. Honey Lake, a shallow alkaline lake, gives the basin its name and belongs to the Great Basin’s internally drained landscape. U.S. 395 is Janesville’s principal connection to Susanville and to communities farther south toward Reno. The route is part of the numbered U.S. highway system established in 1926. Long road corridors, open ground and the mountain front to the west define this sparsely settled corner of California.
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Built around an 1857 pioneer settlement, Janesville grew into a small Lassen County community in the Susan River valley, southeast of Susanville. It stands near Honey Lake, where northeastern California’s high-desert basin meets the wooded slopes of the Sierra Nevada. Janesville briefly served as Lassen County’s first seat after the county was established in 1864, before county government moved to Susanville. State Route 36 passes through the community, connecting it with Susanville and the wider interior of northeastern California. See how Janesville fits into the Susan River and Honey Lake area by browsing webcams nearby.
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