Shasta Lake
Shasta Lake, also popularly known as Lake Shasta, is a reservoir in Shasta County, California, United States. It began to store water in 1944 due to the impounding of the Sacramento River by Shasta Dam, the ninth-tallest dam in the U.S.
Wikimedia, Public domain.- Reservoir
- …lies at an elevation of 1,066 feet (325 metres)
- …is also known as “Shasta Reservoir”
- Description: reservoir behind Shasta Dam in California, United States
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kennett and Shasta Dam.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mountain Gate and Shasta Lake.
Mountain Gate
Hamlet
Mountain Gate is a census-designated place in Shasta County, California, United States. Mountain Gate is situated 3½ miles east of Shasta Lake.
Shasta Lake
- Category: body of water
- Location
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Latitude
40.73307° or 40° 43′ 59″ north
Longitude
-122.39971° or 122° 23′ 59″ west
Open location code
84GVPJM2+64
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Shasta Lake” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “沙斯塔湖”
- Dutch: “Shasta Lake (meer)”
- Dutch: “Shasta Lake”
- French: “lac Shasta”
- French: “Lac Shasta”
- Hebrew: “אגם שסטה”
- Indonesian: “Danau Shasta”
- Italian: “lago Shasta”
- Japanese: “シャスタ湖”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Shasta-innsjø”
- Russian: “Шаста (водохранилище)”
- Russian: “Шаста”
- Spanish: “Lago Shasta”
Places with the Same Name
Discover other places named “Shasta Lake”.
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Coram and Government Camp.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Wintu Bay and Frost Gulch.
Shasta County: Highlights
Learn more about Redding and Anderson.
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