Shasta Cascades

The Shasta Cascades region of California includes the northeast corner of the state, home to volcanoes, lush forests, high mountains, and clear lakes. California is the most populous state in the US, but you wouldn't suspect it from traveling through most of this region, which is generally wild and remote.

This is the southern end of a range that extends from British Columbia through Washington and Oregon.

Other destinations

 * - On May 22, 1915, an explosive eruption at Lassen Peak, the southernmost active volcano in the Cascade Range, devastated nearby areas and rained volcanic ash as far away as 200 miles to the east. This explosion was the most powerful in a 1914-17 series of eruptions that were the most recent to occur in the Cascades prior to the 1980 eruption of Mt. St. Helens.
 * - Lava Beds National Monument is a volcanic landscape created by the Medicine Lake volcano, which has erupted intermittently for approximately half a million years and was last active 900 years ago. While the above-ground landscape is impressive, it is underground where the park truly shines, as past eruptions have formed over 800 lava tube caves, many of which can be explored, and some of which extend for more than a mile.
 * - Park's features include: Whiskeytown Lake, Shasta Bally (6,209 ft.) and numerous waterfalls, providing outdoor enthusiasts opportunities for water recreation, hiking, mountain biking and horseback riding.

By bus
See "By bus" under "Get around" for a list of additional bus companies serving the area.

By train

 * Amtrak Coast Starlight makes an once daily trip in each direction between Seattle and Los Angeles through the area with stops in Klamath Falls, Dunsmuir, Redding, Chico and Davis.
 * Amtrak Thruway Bus Rt #3 Connects Redding to the San Joaquins (in Sacramento and Stockton) and the Capitol Corridor (in Sacramento only) via Red Bluff, Chico Oroville, Marysville, Davis, Sacramento, Elk Grove and Lodi.

By plane
The Redding Municipal Airport in Redding is the only major airport for general aviation with limited commercial service by Skywest Airlines dba United Express nearest to Chico, Redding, and the Siskiyous. The next nearest airports for commercial flights with additional airlines are in Medford Rogue Valley Airport located  north of Redding, and in Sacramento International Airport  located  south of Redding. Some of which may be closer to your final destination than Redding. All are directly accessed from the I-5 corridor. From the airport most travelers rent a car and continue to their final destination.

By bus
The below are local county operated buses connecting the cities and towns across rural areas in the region as public transportation. Outside of the main cities and towns they do not necessarily run daily and are on very limited schedules so check schedules closely before using this option especially for travel across longer distances:



Go next

 * North Coast, to the west
 * Sacramento Valley and the Gold Country, to the south
 * Western Nevada, to the east
 * Southern Oregon, to the north