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The VOLCANIC LEGACY SCENIC
BYWAY is a 500-mile-long route
that winds from LAKE ALMANOR,
south of Mount Lassen, to CRATER
LAKE in southern Oregon, with
access to most of the region’s
major attractions.
shastacascade.com/account/
volcanic-legacy-scenic-byway
BUMPASS HELL in Lassen
Volcanic National Park, below;
rafting serious rapids on the
Trinity River, bottom.
Marble Mountains, Otter Bar Lodge
(otterbar.com) is one of the West’s premier
whitewater kayaking schools.
Heritage & Culture
The Shasta Tribe of Native Americans, a
band of hunters and fishermen who lived in
cedar-plank houses with basements, once
occupied much of what is now far-northern
California and southern Oregon. Their pop-
ulation dropped rapidly as settlers seized
land following the discovery of gold in
Yreka and Upper Soda Springs in 1850. To
the east, at what is now Lava Beds National
Monument, the Modoc tribe and the U.S.
Army fought the last of the Indian wars in
California in 1872-73. In the late 1880s, the
Central Pacific Railroad spurred develop-
ment of the timber and tourism industries,
and in the 1970s, New Age seekers began fil-
tering into the area, culminating in 1987’s
“Harmonic Convergence,” which identified
Shasta as one of the world’s “power centers.”
Family Fun
The Sundial Bridge is the big draw, but for fam-
ilies, the surrounding Turtle Bay Exploration
Center in Redding offers a full day’s worth of
activities emphasizing the Sacramento River
watershed, including an aquarium, museum,
zoo, botanical garden and a recreated logging
camp. turtlebay.org
SPECIAL
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EVENTS 2020
Miles of classic cars, an officially designated cruising route and ’50s-style sock hops are the
big attractions of Redding’s KOOL APRIL NITES. April 18-26 koolaprilnites.com
Eighty wild horses run free on the 5,000-acre WILD HORSE SANCTUARY near Mount
Lassen. Guided, two- and three-day rides are offered every weekend from April 25-26 to
May 30-31 wildhorsesanctuary.org
May is rodeo month in Redding, kicking off with a barbecue and dance May 9 and then four
days of classic riding and roping events, plus “mutton bustin’” for the kids, at the REDDING
RODEO. May 13-16 reddingrodeo.com
158 2020 TRAVEL GUIDE TO CALIFORNIA
LARRY HABEGGER; TRINITY COUNTY CVB