Shasta Dam

California · United States of America

Shasta Dam, United States of America
Photo: Bureau of Reclamation, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
spring
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$
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One of the tallest dams in the United States, this curved gravity structure impounds the Sacramento River to create Shasta Lake. Free guided tours descend into the interior galleries, and an overlook frames the spillway against distant Mount Shasta.

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