Lake Size: 40 Miles Long Deepest Depth: 49 feet Latitude: 41.3230 Longitude: 122.2230 Lake Level Above Sea Level: 2,458 feet Counties: Siskiyou County Cities: Weed Lake Management: US Army Corps of Engineers
Information: The Shasta River is a tributary of the Klamath River, approximately 40 mi (64 km) long, in northern California in the United States. It drains a basin called the Shasta Valley on the west and north sides of Mount Shasta in the Cascade Range.
It rises in southern Siskiyou County on the edge of the Shasta-Trinity National Forest, approximately 10 mi (16 km) southwest of Weed. It flows generally northwest through the Shasta Valley, past Weed, through Lake Shastina, and past Montague. It joins the Klamath from the south approximately 8 mi NNE of Yreka.
The Shasta Valley is dominated by nearby Mount Shasta and underlain with volcanic basalt from eruptions of the mountain in recent geologic time. Pluto's Cave under the valley floor comprise 50 sq mi (130 km²) of underground tubes formed by trapped air during lava flows. The central valley is covered with small hillocks that are the debris from the liquefication of the ancestral Mount Shasta (on the site of present Black Butte) approximately 300,000 years ago.
Shasta Valley, a 340-square-mile basin drained by Shasta River, is located in Siskiyou County. A flat, arid plain north of Mount Shasta, the valley is punctuated by hundreds of hills, ridges, and small closed depressions (not connected by surface streams). The Shasta River drains northward through the valley to join the Klamath River near the Oregon border. Geologists found that a gigantic sector of a volcano, Ancestral Mt. Shasta, collapsed catastrophically and avalanched into Shasta Valley about 300,000 years ago. This great avalanching landslide was 20 times more voluminous than that of Mount St. Helens!
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For world class whitewater and natural beauty the rivers of northern California and southern Oregon are among the best around. Leave your worries behind and drift down calm meandering waters or test your courage down roaring rapids. Find something for everyone on the rivers of northern California and southern Oregon.
There are 7 commercially run rivers in northern California and southern Oregon. These 7 rivers are the Klamath, the Rogue, the Trinity, The Scott, the Upper Sacramento, the Owyhee and the California or Cal Salmon River. Some of these rivers are so large and diverse they are divided into different sections based on location and difficulty.
On top of all of the commercially run rivers there are many other rivers and creeks that are accessible and privately run by boaters and fisherman. Some of these are: the Upper and Lower McCloud Rivers, Battle Creek just east of Anderson, Clear Creek emerging from Whiskey Town Dam, the Smith River east of Crescent City and the Eel River through southern Humbolt County.
The fish in these lakes and streams vary from Salmon, Steelhead Trout, Trout to Large and Small Mouth Bass, Sturgeon or Catfish.
The high mountain lakes found in the Trinity Alps, Marble Mountains, Lassen Park and Mt. Shasta region are full of native and hatchery stocked trout. The larger lakes such as Trinity Lake, Whiskey Town Lake and Shasta Lake are host to trout, bass and catfish. Shasta Lake has been known to have landlocked salmon and sturgeon.
Among the winding rivers and streams you will find an anglers paradise. Rivers such as the Sacramento River, Trinity River, Klamath River and Rogue River have seasonal salmon and Steehead runs with many sections accessible by drift boat and raft. The smaller rivers, creeks and streams contain a variety of trout such as Rainbow Trout, German Brown Trout and Cutthroat Trout to name a few. Some of more popular trout fishing waterways include the McCloud River, Pit River, Fall River, Hat Creek and Coffee Creek.
Shasta Valley Balloons offers flights daily over the beautiful Shasta Valley north of Mount Shasta, one of the most magnificent volcanic peaks in the world!
Explore Pluto Caves Covering more than 50 square miles, the area contains underground tubes created by trapped air as the flowing lava cooled. Bring a flashlight and sturdy shoes. Visitor's Centers can supply map and locations.
Lake Shastina located north of Weed on Hwy 97, take the Big Springs Road turnoff.
Swimming, Boating, jetskiing, windsurfing, fishing. Beautiful Views of Mt. Shasta. Golf Course nearby.
The Shasta River winds across this young, basaltic formation The headwaters of the Shasta River are near Mount Eddy and the upper river above Dwinell Reservoir is swift and falls in elevation rapidly. Before the dam was built, these stretches of the river were prime spawning habitat for salmon and steelhead. The river below Dwinell Dam meanders along the Shasta Valley floor, which is 30 miles across at its widest. Springs in this reach add to flows and provide much needed cool water for juvenile salmon and steelhead throughout the summer. The Shasta River Basin embraces an 800 square mile area of Siskiyou County in the north central part of California.
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