Introduction:
What? :
In this location the train tracks are crossing side arm of the Shasta Lake over a large metal bridge (Union Pacific Salt Creek Trestle).
There is a small forest that you can camp in.
When the Shasta
Lake water level are high, as in spring and summer of 2023, this is a great beach
to spend some lake time.
When the water
level are very low it can be dry section of the lake.
Where? :
Located 5 minutes’
drive off highway 5 (exit 698), drive west follow Lower Salt Creek Road, soon you
will reach the parking below the bridge.
Google Map Link
When? :
The best time
to visit here is when the lake level is high during hot summer day, spend few
hours in the beach.
The summer
months can be extremely hot, with temperatures exceeding 100 degrees
Fahrenheit.
Due note 1: This Campground is on a First Come - First
Serve Basis, and it doesn't have designated sites.
Due note 2: May 15- Sept 11 : Overnight Camping
$15/night. Day Use $10/day
Campground is
open during the off season with no facilities, no fees, pack it in, pack it
out.
https://www.recreation.gov/camping/campsites/10157450
Due note 3: Portables toilet during Service Season
Due note 4: This is an active railway trucks, it is illegal
and can be extremely dangerous to walk on the bridge or walk into the tunnel.
If a train will
come, there is no where to escape except few outposts along the bridge.
Due note 5: There is no “official” trail to the bridge above,
but you can find your way up.
Due note 6: In order to take a picture of the bridge from
the side you need to keep walking few hundred feet’s up the road and when it
turn left you need to go down right, find your way in the woods to the open
section below the tree line near the lake.
My thoughts:
I came here to
take few pictures of the bridge, a short stop on my way south.
From pictures I
saw prior my visit the lake was almost dry below the bridge. In early summer of
2023, the Shasta Lake was 97% from its full capacity so this arm of the lake
was completely covered with water.
When I was near
the train tracks, I saw a train coming from the north so I manage to take some
pictures when it pass the bridge.
www:
https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/stnf/recarea/?recid=6439
https://www.recreation.gov/camping/campgrounds/10157438?tab=info
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