Your shasta cascade adventure starts in Redding

With mountains all around, miles of dog-friendly hiking and biking trails, the Sacramento River running through it and Lassen National Park nearby, Redding is an outdoor paradise for young and old. Cradled by Mount Shasta and Mount Lassen, and blessed by sunshine much of the year, it’s a great place to escape the gray days of winter and make base camp for year-round recreation. Read more.

Take a fall hike around Redding

Redding calls itself California’s Trail Capital, and for good reason: about 100 miles of trails, both paved and natural-surface, have been developed in and around the city through private and public partnerships. Read more.

Wilderness hiking in Whiskeytown NRA

If your travel plans have you traveling north this year (or if you haven’t figured out how to use those unused vacay days), we have just the perfect destination. Redding, the last major city on Interstate 5 as you near Mt. Shasta, is the undisputed Trail Capital of California with over 225 miles of trails within 15 miles of its city center. Read more.

Fall fun on the american river in Redding

Pammy and her pup Cade sent DogTrekker some pictures from their beautiful day spent at Lake Redding Park on the American River. Read more.

Redding, trail capital of California

Redding calls itself the Trail Capital of California for good reason: more than 200 miles of paved and natural surface trails have been developed in and around the city through private and public partnerships. Fall is an exceptional time to enjoy the views from the Upper Sacramento Ditch Trail, which traces the route of historic waterworks that once supplied miners’ sluice boxes. Read more.