Shasta Dam & Lake

 
 

Shasta Lake and the Dam are a short, five minute drive from the City.

Free tours:    Winter 9am,

11 am, 1 pm and 3 pm;

Summer: 9 am, 10 :15am, 11:30 am, 1 pm, 2:15 pm and 3:30 pm (530) 275-4463.

These tours are free of charge however you are asked to arrive
20 minutes early for security purposes. No purses, fanny packs, knives, cell phones, cameras. Only yourself and your keys will be allowed. Tour will be held at the second tower on the dam.
Winter hours: Beginning after Labor Day Weekend
9:00 am, 11:00 am, 1:00 pm & 3:00 pm
Summer hours: Beginning June 7th
Daily 9:00 am, 10:15 am, 11:30 am, 1:00 pm, 2:15 pm & 3:30 pm

DIRECTIONS TO THE DAM: Take I-5 to Hwy 151 (Shasta Dam Blvd.) go West until you come to a stop sign (Lake Blvd.) you can either go straight or turn right, it makes a big loop. If you go straight you will have an overlook. There is an information center with pictures of the construction of the dam. There are also picnic areas which are shady and grassy so take a picnic lunch or stop by Shasta Lake's restaurants and order to go.

 

Shasta Dam

 

Shasta Lake is a reservoir created by the building of Shasta Dam in California, USA. Shasta Lake is the largest reservoir in California and third largest lake, after Lake Tahoe and the Salton Sea, with a capacity of 4,552,000 acre-feet. At full pool, the lake has an elevation of 1,067 feet, and a surface area of 30,000 acres.  Shasta Lake is popular for boating, water skiing, camping, house boating, and fishing. Formed by the damming of the Sacramento River, Pit River, McCloud River and several smaller tributaries, the lake boasts 365 miles of mostly steep mountainous shoreline covered with tall evergreen trees and manzanita. Maximum depth is 517 feet. Shasta Dam was constructed between 1935 and 1945, while the lake was formed in 1948. It became the second largest dam, and tallest concrete dam in the USA. Known as the keystone of the Central Valley Project, outflow from Shasta Dam provides electricity and irrigation for widespread areas of California below the dam as well as flood control for the Sacramento River during the rainy season. Beneath the lake is the submerged town of Kennett, California, defunct tunnels, and right of way of the Southern Pacific Transportation Company, parts of which can be seen when the water level is low.

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