Shasta Lake
Lake · Redding, California
California's largest reservoir, with 365 miles of shoreline folded into four flooded river arms below Mount Shasta. It is the houseboating capital of the state — hundreds of boats you can hire and live on for a week — and its water level swings so dramatically between wet and drought years that the exposed shoreline is a running visual record of the state's water crisis.
Shasta Lake, Redding, California, 96019, United States
Open year-round. Facilities and ramp availability vary with water level.