Sightseeing at Lake Trinity

On the lake:

Stuart Fork Arm - Home to a majority of the commercial offerings of the lake with boat ramps, resorts, and marinas as well as areas for camping, picnicking, and beach play.
Main Arm - This is the area from the dam and 12 miles north of it. Here you can find some peaceful and private coves and boat-in-campgrounds.
North Lake Area - Although quieter than the Stuart Fork Arm, this area also offers many public campgrounds, a resort and a marina.

In the area:

Bowerman barn - Built in 1878, one of the most well-preserved of that era, it can be found at the end of the east fork of Stuart’s Fork arm of the lake, between Covington Mill and Bowerman Boat ramp.
Jake Jackson Memorial Museum - Hwy 299 W Main Street, Weaverville, CA 96093 (530) 623-5211—includes a restored barn, blacksmith shop, stamp mill, and cabin where mine workers lived.
Whiskeytown National Recreation Area - Located 8 miles west of Redding—The park provides outdoor enthusiasts with excellent opportunities for water recreation on Whiskeytown Lake, hiking, mountain biking, horseback riding, and camping. Many of the trails tour historic sections of the park and Gold Rush Era buildings, mines and miner’s ditches may be seen.
Weaverville Joss House State Historic Park - Weaverville (530) 623-5284—home to a Taoist temple built in 1874 after the previous one was burned down. It is the oldest Chinese temple in California that is still in use today.
Camden House & El Dorado Mine - Whiskeytown, CA 530-241-6584—the Camden house was built in 1852, making it the oldest house in Shasta county. Tours of the house are given upon request; the mine area can be explored at your leisure.
Shasta Caverns - 20359 Shasta Cavern Rd, Lake Head, CA 96051, Phone: (800) 795-2283, (530) 238-2341
Turtle Bay Exploration Park - 840 Sundial Bridge (Auditorium) Drive, Redding, California 96001—Museum exhibits including underwater fish viewing and walks through historic re-creations, McConnell Arboretum & Botanical Gardens, Paul Bunyan’s Forest Camp, animal programs, and Sundial bridge are all part of the park.
Castle of Crags State Park - The park is located six miles south of Dunsmuir on I-5—The park offers swimming and fishing in the Sacramento River, hiking in the back country, and a view of Mount Shasta. There are 76 developed campsites and six environmental campsites. The park features 28 miles of hiking trails, including a 2.7 mile access trail to Castle Crags Wilderness, part of the Shasta-Trinity National Forest. The Pacific Crest Trail also passes through the park.
McArthur-Burney Falls State Park - The park is northeast of Redding, six miles north of Highway 299 on Highway 89 near Burney—The park is within the Cascade Range and Modoc Plateau natural region, with forest and five miles of streamside and lake shoreline, including a portion of Lake Britton. The park's centerpiece is the 129-foot Burney Falls, which is not the highest or largest waterfall in the state, but possibly the most beautiful. Additional water comes from springs, joining to create a mist-filled basin. There are five miles of hiking trails winding through the park's evergreen forests. The Pacific Crest Trail passes through the park.
Shasta State Historic Park - The park is six miles west of downtown Redding. Highway 299 passes through the town’s main street.—The parks consists of a row of old, half-ruined, brick buildings remind passing motorists that Shasta City, the lusty "Queen City" of California’s northern mining district, once stood on this site. These ruins and some of the nearby roads, cottages, and cemeteries are all silent but eloquent vestiges of the intense activity that was centered here during the California gold rush.
Lassen Volcanic National Park - Lassen Volcanic National Park is located in Northeastern California. There are five separate entrances to the park, and one Main Park Road which runs North-South through the park. The Main Park Road runs between the Northwest (Manzanita Lake) park entrance and the Southwest park entrance. The remarkable hydrothermal features in Lassen Volcanic National Park include roaring fumaroles (steam and volcanic-gas vents), thumping mud pots, boiling pools, and steaming ground. Lassen Peak is the largest of a group of more than 30 volcanic domes erupted over the past 300,000 years in Lassen Volcanic National Park.