Whiskeytown Lake

Whiskeytown Lake Facts

Whiskeytown Lake is a reservoir in Shasta County in northwestern California, about 8 miles (13 km) west of Redding. The lake is in the Whiskeytown Unit of the Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area.

Whiskeytown Lake has a capacity of 241,100 acre⋅ft (297.4 Gl) and is formed by Whiskeytown Dam on Clear Creek. Additional water comes from Lewiston Reservoir, supplied by the Trinity River, via the Clear Creek Tunnel, which comes from the bottom of Lewiston Lake.

Distance from Redding

10 miles

Types of Fish in Whiskeytown Lake

Spotted bass

Rainbow trout

Largemouth bass

Sockeye salmon

Smallmouth bass

Whiskeytown Lake WEATHER