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Reclamation holds guided tours of the Shasta Dam year round, each taking two to three hours. There also are a visitor center and auditorium. The tours comprise a 428-foot (130 m) elevator ride to the base of the dam, and visits to the dam's inner galleries and the powerhouse among other areas. [74]
SR 151 begins at Shasta Dam, where the Sacramento River is dammed to form Shasta Lake.State maintenance specifically begins at the visitor center located south of the dam (the segment of Shasta Dam Boulevard that runs directly to and across the top of the dam is closed to the general public).
The image below provides a closer look at Shasta's former bathtub ring. Taken Oct. 13, 2022, near the Pit River Bridge, the photo shows the lake when it was 32% full.
The Lake Shasta Caverns currently attract thousands of visitors every year. The only transportation to the caverns from the visitor center is a short ride on a catamaran across Shasta Lake, followed by a scenic bus ride up a steep mountain grade. The bus ride terminates at the cavern entrance.
Lake Shasta and Lake Oroville, once depleted by years of drought, are now nearly full after a historic winter. See drone and satellite photos of the transformation.
It also forms the gateway to the Sacramento River Trail, [3] a 35-mile-long (56 km) trail completed in 2010 that extends along both sides of the river and connects the bridge to the Shasta Dam. [4] Drift boats of fishermen are often seen passing beneath the bridge as they fish for salmon, steelhead and rainbow trout. [5]
Ancestral lands will be returned to the Shasta Indian Nation as part of a massive Klamath River dam removal project. California will help return tribal lands as part of the historic Klamath River ...
Shasta Dam, with Shasta Lake at its highest level, July 1965 Shasta Division consists of a pair of large dams on the Sacramento River north of the city of Redding . [ 557 ] The Shasta Dam is the primary water storage and power generating facility of the CVP.