Redding is a city located in Northern California and spans the Sacramento River. Known as the “Trails Capital of California,” the “Unofficial Capital of Kayaking,” and the “Gem of the U.S. Trails System,” it is the perfect location for anyone who loves to be out in nature. Within a 30-mile radius of Redding are more than 600 square miles of State and National Parks and Forests that are open to public access.

Food

• Deja Vu (breakfast) – Redding, CA
• Lulu’s (nightshifters: Mimosa breakfast with coworkers here) – Redding, CA
• Kaunas (Mongolian BBQ) – Redding, CA
• Ultimate Pizza (Redding, CA)
• Champa Gardens – Redding, CA
• Bass Hole Brews (Live music on Sundays on the lake) – Shasta, CA
• Maxwell’s Eatery – Redding, CA
• Sweeties Cafe & Catering (Order the ramen)– Redding, CA
• Yaks on the 5 (hamburgers and rated in the top 100 restaurants in America)– Dunsmuir, CA
• Axe & Rose (live music on Wedesdays)– McCloud, CA
• Fall River Brewery – Redding, CA
• Sierra Nevada Brewery – Chico, CA
• Cicada Cantina (best margarita in this town and best happy hour)- Redding, CA

Day Hikes

• Whiskeytown National Park
  • Whiskeytown Falls
  • Brandy Creek Falls
  • Potem Falls
  • Crystal Creek Falls
• Burney Falls- Burney, CA
• Mt. Shasta
  • Castle Lake to Heart Lake
  • Mt Eddy
  • Black Butte
  • Burstarse Falls
  • Castle Crags to Castle Dome (Castle Crags State Park)
• Feather Falls – Oroville, CA (go in spring for the wildflowers)
• Hollow Falls – Oroville, CA
• Phantom Falls AKA Table Mountain –Oroville, CA
• Mossbrae Falls– Dunsmuir, CA
• Subway Caves – Lassen, CA
• Chamise Peak – Redding, CA
• Hatchet Creek Falls – Montgomery Creek, CA
• Deer Creek Falls – Mineral, CA
• Hobo Gulch to Backbone Creek and to Rattlesnake Creek -Trinity Alps
• East Weaver Lake
• Trinity Alps
  • Tangle Blue Lake
  • Lake Eleanor & Shimmy Lake
  • Granite Peak
• Lassen Volcanic National Park
  • Lassen Peak
  • Brokeoff Mountain
  • Bumpass Hell
  • Devils Kitchen
  • Terminal Geyser
  • Boiling Springs Lake
• McCloud Falls– McCloud, CA
• Cinder Cone – Old Station, CA

Backpacking Trips

• Trinity Alps
  • Four Lakes Loop
  • Caribou Lakes
  • Hobo Gulch to Grizzly Lake
  • China Gulch to Grizzly Lake
  • Stony Ridge
  • Stuart Fork to Emerald and Sapphire Lake
  • Stuart Fork to Alpine Lake
  • Canyon Creek Lakes
• Summit Mt Shasta – Mt Shasta
• Sky High Lakes (Marble Mountains) – Fort Jones, CA

Snow Trips

• Lassen Volcanic National Park
  • Snowshoe around Manzanita Lake
  • Cross-country ski
• Mt. Shasta
  • Crosscountry ski at Bunny Flats
  • Snowboard/ski at Mt Shasta Ski Park
  • Splitboard
• Snowboard/ski at Ashland Ski Park
• Snowbaord/ski at Mt Bachelor (5 hours to Bend, OR)

Fishing

Make sure to stop by The Fly Shop, America’s #1 fly fishing outfitter

• Fly fish the Trinity River (Steelhead Trout)- Junction City
• Hat Creek
• Sundial Bridge (beautiful Rainbow Trout)
• Lower Sacramento River (Rainbow Trout)
• Pit River
• McCloud River (Rainbow Trout)
• Trinity River (best known for Steelhead run)
• Clear Creek (Rainbow Trout)
• Hatchet Creek (Rainbow Trout)
• Antelope Creek (Smallmouth Bass and Rainbow Trout)
• Keswick Reservoir
• Squaw Valley Creek
• Shasta Lake (Bass)
• Whiskeytown Lake (Trout & Bass)

Mountain Biking

**All local trails on Trailforks app with in-depth route details**

• Big Foot Mountain Bike Challenge
• Weaverville Basin
• Weaverville West Weaver
• Weaverville East Weaver
• Dry Creek & Chappioe
• Lemurian Classic Long Course
• Lemurian Intermediate Course
• Lemuiran Short Course
• Redding to Swasey
• Cloverdale
• Hornbeck Loop
• Princess Ditch
• Cosmos Loop
• Swasey Flatlands
• Dam to Chamise
• French Fry and Trail 58
• Salt Creek to 58 to French Fry Loop
• Churn Creek Greenway
• Mount Shasta Gateway
• Swasey
• Whiskeytown

Kayaking/SUP/Watersports

• Whiskeytown Lake
• Shasta Lake
• Castle Lake
• Siskyou Lake
• Float the Sacramento River (waters cold, go during summer heat)
• Rent a houseboat with coworkers on Shasta Lake

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