Shasta Dam
Shasta Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam across the Sacramento River in Northern California in the United States. At 602 feet high, it is the eighth-tallest dam in the United States.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kennett.
Kennett
Archaeological site
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Kennett was an important copper mining town in northern California, United States until it was flooded by Shasta Lake while Shasta Dam was being constructed. Kennett is situated 1½ miles north of Shasta Dam.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shasta Lake and Mountain Gate.
Shasta Lake
Photo: Always dreamin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The city of Shasta Lake, known as Central Valley or CV prior to incorporation, is a city in Shasta County, California, United States. It is the closest settlement to Shasta Dam and Shasta Lake reservoir, which are popular tourist destinations.
Mountain Gate
Hamlet
Mountain Gate is a census-designated place in Shasta County, California, United States. Mountain Gate sits at an elevation of 915 feet. Its population is 815 as of the 2020 census, down from 943 from the 2010 census. Mountain Gate is situated 4½ miles east of Shasta Dam.
Shasta Dam
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Shasta County, California, United States of America
- Category: hydroelectric power station
- Location: Shasta County, Shasta Cascades, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.71803° or 40° 43′ 5″ northLongitude
-122.41991° or 122° 25′ 12″ westElevation
804 feet (245 metres)Open location code
84GVPH9J+62OpenStreetMap ID
way 90259945OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dam
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Shasta Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Shasta Dam”
- Chinese: “沙斯塔坝”
- Dutch: “Shasta Lake”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سد شاستا”
- Finnish: “Shastan pato”
- French: “barrage de Shasta”
- French: “Barrage de Shasta”
- French: “Lac Shasta”
- German: “Shasta Dam”
- German: “Shasta-Talsperre”
- Hebrew: “סכר שאסטה”
- Italian: “diga di Shasta”
- Italian: “Diga Shasta”
- Italian: “Kennett Dam”
- Japanese: “シャスタ・ダム”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Shasta-demningen”
- Norwegian: “Shasta-demningen”
- Nyanja: “Dambo la Shasta”
- Polish: “Zapora Shasta”
- Romanian: “Barajul Shasta”
- Romanian: “Shasta Dam”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Шаста”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Centimudi and Newtown.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Shasta Substation and Shasta Dam Info Center.
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