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Shasta Tour Information

The friendly and knowledgeable tour guide staff at Shasta Dam invites you to come along on a free guided tour of the dam and power plant. Tours are offered daily. Tours include an elevator ride down inside the dam, where guides will discuss the history, purpose and construction of this huge project. After the short walk through the dam, the tour heads over to the powerhouse for a chance to view the states largest hydroelectric generating station. Tours take approximately 1 hour, and there is a maximum of 40 people allowed on each tour.

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For additional information or assistance
please call 530-275-4463, or e-mail


Tour times are subject to change without notice.
We suggest calling ahead to
check on tour availability.

 Tour Times

Tours are currently available at 9:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m., and 3:00 p.m., daily. Tours leave promptly, so we ask all visitors to plan on arriving thirty minutes prior to tour time to give them enough time to be out on the dam for the start of the tour. Plenty of parking is available at the visitor center.

Please leave behind the following restricted items: electronic devices of any kind (including cell phones and cameras), bags of any kind, weapons of any kind (including pocket knives). None of these items will be allowed on the tour.

Group Tours

Group tours are available for civic organizations, schools, and other organized groups.  For information and scheduling please contact us at 530-275-4463.

 

August 28, 2008