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Mount Shasta (/ ˈ ʃ æ s t ə / SHASS-tə; Shasta: Waka-nunee-Tuki-wuki; Karuk: Úytaahkoo) is a potentially active volcano at the southern end of the Cascade Range in Siskiyou County, California. At an elevation of 14,179 ft (4,322 m), it is the second-highest peak in the Cascades and the fifth-highest in the state .
The name of the city was finalized "City of Mount Shasta" on November 10, 1925, after a popular vote in 1922. Geography Mt. Shasta is visible from the I-5 onramp in Mount Shasta City. Mount Shasta is located at 41°18'52" North, 122°18'41" West (41.314542, -122.311510), along Interstate 5 south of Weed and north of Dunsmuir, California.
The 2,210,485 acre (894,552 Ha) forest encompasses five wilderness areas, hundreds of mountain lakes and 6,278 miles (10,103 km) of streams and rivers. Major features include Shasta Lake, the largest man-made lake in California and Mount Shasta, elevation 14,179 feet (4,322 m). The Shasta–Trinity National Forest offers a wide range of ...
Whitney. / 41.41389°N 122.21139°W / 41.41389; -122.21139. The Whitney Glacier is a glacier situated on Mount Shasta, in the U.S. state of California. [2] [3] The Whitney Glacier is the longest glacier and the only valley glacier in California. In area and volume, it ranks second in the state behind the nearby Hotlum Glacier.
J. C. Brown. According to a legend, J. C. Brown was a British prospector who discovered a lost underground city beneath Mount Shasta in 1904. [11] Brown had been hired by the Lord Cowdray Mining Company of England to prospect for gold and discovered a cave which sloped downward for 11 miles (18 km). In the cave, he found an underground village ...
Public recreation facilities and amenities within the Shasta Unit include boat ramps, campgrounds, shoreline picnic areas, and hiking/equestrian/mountain biking trails. Shasta Lake is the largest reservoir in California. When full, the lake has 370 miles (600 km) of shoreline, which exceeds that of San Francisco Bay. The reservoir contains ...
The Mount Shasta Wilderness is a 38,200-acre (155 km 2) federally designated wilderness area located 5 miles (8.0 km) east of Mount Shasta City in northern California. The US Congress passed the 1984 California Wilderness Act that set aside the Mount Shasta Wilderness. The US Forest Service is the managing agency as the wilderness is within the ...
Shasta Lake, also popularly known as Lake Shasta, is a reservoir in Shasta County, California, United States. It began to store water in 1944 [2] due to the impounding of the Sacramento River by Shasta Dam , the ninth tallest dam in the United States.