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Shasta Lake

312 m1,024 ft
Area
114 km²
Max depth
158 m
Tonight
50°FClear · Wind 5–9 mph N

Shasta Lake is a lake at 312 m above sea level in California, United States, 114 km² in area and 39.3 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
312 m
Length
39.3 km
Shoreline
643.4 km
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Lake

Shasta Lake in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

Shoreline
643.4 km
3D map

Shasta Lake 3D map

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Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Shasta Lake terrain and contours

50 m contours from the USGS 3DEP 10 m terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

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Shasta Lake elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Shasta Lake weather

Tonight · Clear · 50°F (10°C) · Wind 5–9 mph N

Shasta Lake forecast for about 317 m.

  • Tonight50°–5–9 mph N
  • Sat51°72°–2–8 mph N
  • Sun51°67°6%5 mph NE
  • Mon48°63°20%3 mph SW
  • Tue49°65°1%1–5 mph NNE
  • Wed50°66°4%1–5 mph E
  • Thu50°65°13%3 mph NE

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 21:00 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Shasta Lake

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Shasta Lake, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

  • Nearest parking

    Packers Bay Boat Parking

    3.2 km ENE · +2 more within 4.0 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest campsite

    Bailey Cove Campground

    6.2 km NE

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest trailhead

    Bailey Cove Trailhead

    6.4 km NE

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest caravan site

    Holiday Harbor RV Campground

    6.8 km NE · +1 more within 7.3 km

    DirectionsMap
All mapped places 7
PlaceDistance
Parking3.1 km ENE
Packers Bay Boat ParkingParking3.2 km ENE
Waters Gulch TrailheadParking4.0 km NE
Bailey Cove CampgroundCampsite6.2 km NE
Bailey Cove TrailheadTrailhead6.4 km NE
Holiday Harbor RV CampgroundCaravan site6.8 km NE
Mountain Gate RV ParkCaravan site7.3 km SSE
Slope

Slope

Share of the 20 × 20 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°
39.3%
Moderate, 15–30°
39.5%
Steep, 30–45°
21.0%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.3%
Steeper than 30°
21.3% of the 400 km² view
Relief in view
1,178 m low point 177 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 73.7%Water 15.1%Grassland 7.9%Built-up 1.7%Bare rock / sparse 1.5%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 10 km; 950 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Shasta Maidenhair Fern111
  • Pipevine Swallowtail106
  • Firecracker flower84
  • Tolmie's pussy ears81
  • California snowdrop bush67
  • Canyon live oak66
Where it sits

Where Shasta Lake sits

Region
California152United States932North America1,313
Nearby

Nearby places

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Sources

Data sources

Terrain
U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
Imagery
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-08-19)
Land cover
© ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts
Wikidata (CC0)
Camping & parking, Geometry
© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Summits
© OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
Protected area
USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US (public domain)
Wildlife
iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Panorama
Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast
Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia