Fall River Valley (Century Country)
Fall River Mills / McArthur · near Fall River Mills · Shasta Cascade
Road Cycling
At a glance
- Distance
- century
- Best season
- May-October
What is here
- Scenery
- valley
- Amenities
- Quiet ag back roads · Fall River Mills & McArthur services · Shasta & Lassen views · Annual Fall River Century
- Best for
- Gentle, uncrowded valley miles with big-volcano views
- Features
- Some of the quietest roads in the region · Flat-to-rolling ranch country · Twin volcano views (Shasta & Lassen) · Home of the Fall River Century
Worth knowing
- Hazards
- Ranch-road surfaces vary · Long gaps between services · Wind across the open valley · Some Hwy 299 miles
- Beginner friendly
- Yes
Road Cycling detail
- Ride types
- loop
- Road
- quiet
- Climbing
- 2
- Ride notes
- Quiet volcanic-tableland ranch roads spread across the Fall River and Big Valley basins beneath Mount Shasta and Lassen - gentle, low-traffic riding and home of the long-running Fall River Century
- Stats note
- Flat-to-rolling valley loops of many lengths; the organized Fall River Century runs the 4th Saturday of September
- Intl tip
- This is quiet-road country - stitch together valley loops of any length on the ag back roads, or time a trip to the Fall River Century (4th Saturday of September). Services are sparse, so carry supplies, and watch for open-valley wind.
The guide
The Fall River and Big Valley basins are the region's quiet-road country - a spread of flat-to-rolling ranch and volcanic-table…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Fall River Valley (Century Country) — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 41.1, -121.402