Please click here to view the page with maps and photographs of regional attractions. It is 160 miles north of Sacramento and 230 miles north of San Francisco. There are three incorporated cities in Shasta County, Redding, the county seat, Anderson and the City of Shasta Lake. Redding, bisected by the Sacramento River, is a growing center of commerce and industry and the nationally recognized metropolitan marketplace of northern California, serving the adjacent counties of Tehama, Trinity and Siskyou.
Housing is readily available, for rent or purchase.
Shasta County Sheriff's Dept. There are several special centers and classes for the handicapped, a federally funded Headstart project, and a home study program. Additionally, working parents and parents who are returning to school are provided a child development program. A Master's of Business Administration program, began in 1995 in Redding to serve the area's needs. The city has 2 major hospitals with state of the art treatment facilities in the specialties of cancer therapy, cardiac surgery, trauma as laser surgery, maternity, infertility and reproductive disorders, emergency care and others.