Trails

Located on the banks of the Sacramento River, Caldwell and Lake Redding Parks offer “Jump River,” a play area for children under 5 years old; Redding Skate Park, a 20,500 square foot outdoor concrete

Soaring above the upper Sacramento River Valley are the sky-scraping spires of granite called Castle Crags.  Named for the 225 million-year-old, 6,000 foot tall glacier-polished crags, this

Trees of the area range from mostly live oak in the lower elevations to red fir, Jeffery pine and weeping spruce (also known as Brewer spruce) near the Crags summit. Mixed conifer forests include

The walls on all three floors of Redding's City Hall are lined with spectacular artwork featured by local artists in an art exhibit that rotates quarterly.  Outside, the beautifully

Less than an hour's drive from Redding sits beautiful Lassen Volcanic National Park.  The park boasts incredible mountain scenery reminiscent of Yosemite as well as fascinating thermal

Wet slopes and damp meadows help create masses of wildflowers, and many more find life best along roadsides, where more moisture and sunlight give them a leg-up.  In these open wet areas,

Lassen Volcanic National Park contains 150 miles of hiking trails, including 17 miles of Pacific Crest Trail. Trails vary in length and difficulty, winding through coniferous forest, alpine tundra,

Lava Beds National Monument is a land of turmoil, both geological and historical. Over the last half-million years, volcanic eruptions on the Medicine Lake shield volcano have created a rugged

The centerpiece of this popular state park is 129-foot Burney Falls, which is not the highest or largest waterfall in the state, but possibly the most beautiful.  The waterfall, which is fed

At 14,161 feet, snow-capped Mt. Shasta dominates the northern skies as you journey through the region.  It is the second highest peak in the Cascade mountain range and the fifth highest