Northern California Resources

 

Shasta County is located in the extreme northern end of the Sacramento Valley, equal distance between Los Angeles and Seattle on interstate 5. It is 160 miles north of Sacramento and 230 miles north of San Francisco. There are three incorporated cities in Shasta County, Redding, the county seat, Anderson and the City of Shasta Lake. Redding, bisected by the Sacramento River, is a growing center of commerce and industry and the nationally recognized metropolitan marketplace of northern California, serving the adjacent counties of Tehama, Trinity and Siskyou.
Population in the County 183,000
Population of Redding 88,459
Population of Anderson 10,441
Population of City of Shasta Lake 10,204

 


Shasta Dam is the second largest dam in mass in the United States (Grand Coulee on the Columbia River in Washington State is the largest). The dam is 602 feet high, with a crest length of 3,460 feet. It is 883 feet thick at the bottom and 30 feet thick at the top.  Shasta Dam is a curved concrete gravity-type dam with 6.5 million cubic yards of concrete weighing 15 million tons.  Construction of the dam started in 1938 and ended in 1945.  The spillway is 487 feet long--the largest manmade waterfall in the world. It is 375 feet wide with three drum gates each 110 feet wide, 28 feet tall, and weighing 500 tons each. There are 18 outlets on the face of the dam, each 8 ½ feet in diameter  with a maximum capacity of 186,000 cubic feet per second.
Shasta College is located on 337 acres, and is referred to as the Stillwater campus because it is bordered by Stillwater Creek on the East Side.  The District also owns an additional 350 acres in Bella Vista.  The District encompasses the counties of Shasta, Tehama, and Trinity, and small portions of Lassen, Modoc, and Humboldt counties as well.  The District covers approximately 10,000 square miles, which is larger than the state of Massachusetts.  The District operates extended education sites in Anderson, Burney, McArthur, Corning, Hayfork, Los Molinos, Red Bluff, the Redding Rancheria, and Weaverville.

Standing at 14,162 feet, on the summit of Mt. Shasta can be one of the most rewarding experience of your life. Avalanche Gulch route is one of the most popular and climbed routes in the United States with an estimated 15,000 climbers that attempt the summit annually. With 17 established routes, each with variations, there is climbing available for beginners as well as advanced mountaineers.
The Sundial Bridge at Turtle Bay is a beautiful, unique pedestrian bridge that crosses the Sacramento River and connects the Nationally-designated trail system in Redding, California, with the Turtle Bay Exploration Park and McConnell Arboretum.