Kennett
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: city in California, United States
- Also known as: “Kennett, CA” and “Kennett, California”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Shasta Dam.
Shasta Dam
Dam
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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. Shasta Dam is situated 1½ miles south of Kennett.
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 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 southeast of Kennett.
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.
Kennett
- Categories: city in the United States, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Shasta County, Shasta Cascades, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.74153° or 40° 44′ 30″ northLongitude
-122.4077° or 122° 24′ 28″ westInception
1944Open location code
84GVPHRR+JWOpenStreetMap ID
node 9512424271OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q4842452
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Czech to Turkish—“Kennett” goes by many names.
- Czech: “Kennett”
- Danish: “Kennett”
- Dutch: “Kennett”
- German: “Kennett”
- Irish: “Kennett”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kennett”
- Slovak: “Kennett”
- Slovenian: “Kennett”
- Turkish: “Kennett”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Sara Island and Shasta Powerplant.
Nearby Places
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Kennett”. Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.