When Shasta Lake is full, the elevation of the water surface is 1067 feet above sea level. This will tell you how far the lake is from the top.
Tours begin on the hour.
Meet at the power plant below the dam. To reach the power plant take the service road near the guard house at the east side of the dam. Shasta Dam has twice the mass of the Great Pyramid of Egypt. At 602 feet tall, Shasta Dam is 47 feet higher than the Washington Monument. There is enough gravel and sand in Shasta Dam to fill a train stretching from San Francisco, California to Kansas City, Kansas.