Welcome to Redding!
California's Natural Getaway
Redding is the second sunniest city in the Nation, with 88-percent sunshine days!
With its great shopping, variety of restaurants, and plenty of hotel rooms, Redding is the perfect
base camp for your far Northern California adventure. Redding also offers miles of trails, abundant
parks and open space, and great attractions like Turtle Bay Exploration Park and the Big League Dreams
Sports Park. Scroll down for some great getaway ideas, or feel free
to contact us directly for help with planning a personalized trip itinerary.
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The Sundial Bridge in Redding is the largest sundial,
that is a bridge, in the world!
Shasta Lake is known as the "Houseboat Capitol of the
World" with the largest commercial houseboat fleet in the world.
The Sacramento River
is California's longest river, beginning near Mt. Shasta and flowing into the San Francisco
Bay.
The 1855 "Battle of Castle Crags" between the Wintu Indians and miners took place at
the northwest end of the ancient,
glacier formed spires of Castle Crags State Park between what is now known as Battle Rock and
Castle Lake. This battle was one of several triggers for the Modoc War (1872-73).
Mt.
Shasta is California's tallest volcano at 14,160 ft. and pre-dates the last ice
age.
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