Whiskeytown National Recreation Area
Whiskeytown NRA, west of Redding · near Redding · Shasta Cascade
Mountain Biking
At a glance
- Skill level
- intermediate
- Trail miles
- ~30+ mi of bike-legal trails and roads
- Elevation
- Ditch trails flat; Mine Loop & Crystal Creek climbs to 1,000+ ft
- Best season
- Fall-spring prime (hot summers)
Worth knowing
- Good for a first timer
- No
Mountain Biking detail
- Ride types
- xc · all-mountain
- Signature trails
- Mount Shasta Mine Loop · Rich Gulch Trail · Clear Creek Canal / Princess Ditch
- Ebike
- Yes
- Ebike note
- Class 1 e-bikes permitted on bike-legal trails (Class 2/3 on roads only).
- Intl tip
- 30+ miles of bike-legal riding around a beautiful lake near Redding - the Mount Shasta Mine Loop is the classic, the ditch trails are flat and beginner-friendly. Best fall-spring (hot summers). Bikes are BANNED on several trails (Shasta Divide, James K. Carr, Davis Gulch) - check the NPS map first.
The guide
Whiskeytown National Recreation Area, just west of Redding, wraps a sapphire lake in more than thirty miles of bike-legal trail…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Whiskeytown National Recreation Area — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 40.621, -122.537