A great way to learn about the history and wildlife of the Whiskeytown area is through the unique offer of a free, guided kayak tour with a Ranger Station volunteer. The two-and-a-half hour tour will take you all around the magnificent coves and secluded shoreline of this distinctive lake environment. For an even more memorable experience, try the moonlight tour. Tours are … [Read more...]
#31 – NorCal Trail Rides
Take on the great outdoors in a way only an experienced wrangler can show you — by horseback. NorCal Trail Rides offers safe, comfortable trail rides for all ages along the scenic Sacramento River, with ample wildlife viewing opportunities. They have a morning and an afternoon ride every day of the week, year-round (call for times), and supply everything you need for a relaxed t … [Read more...]
#61 – Lake Shasta Dinner Cruise
What could be better than a Lake Shasta Dinner Cruise? A majestic lake setting, beautiful sunsets, emerald green waters, and the company of your family and friends, this is definitely an experience you’ll want to enjoy time and time again. Shasta Lake Dinner Cruises depart twice weekly on Friday & Saturday evenings at 6:00pm from Memorial Day to Labor Day. It’s a great way t … [Read more...]
#65 – Shasta Caverns
Imagine being in a cavern, light glistening off calcite crystals embedded in stone walls made of limestone and marble. Water crashes on rocks as it falls from the ceiling high above your head. The cavern tour begins with a cruise across beautiful Shasta Lake, followed by a ride in a comfortable tour bus offering the most scenic view you can get of the McCloud Arm of the lake. … [Read more...]
#54 – Hat Creek Radio Observatory
Unlike optical telescopes, radio telescopes can detect “invisible” light, or naturally occurring radio emissions from stars, planets and other bodies outside of the Earth’s atmosphere. The Hat Creek Radio Observatory is ideally located in a remote valley surrounded by mountain peaks that block “noise” from television, cell phones and radios here on earth. Founded in the 1950s, i … [Read more...]