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Whiskeytown Lake
Whiskeytown Lake is a 3,458-acre reservoir on the Clear Creek in California. You will find it in Shasta County. It is managed by National Park Service. This guide maps 1 named swimming spot around its shoreline.
Coordinates40.5994, -122.5411
Surface area3,458 acres
RiverClear Creek
Managed byNational Park Service
Swimming beaches on Whiskeytown Lake
1 named swimming spot and shoreline access points, from USGS GNIS, Recreation.gov and the Forest Service. None is staffed by a lifeguard unless the operating agency posts one.
Whiskeytown Lake on the map
Lake center, swimming spots and access points.
Weather and water temperature
Air temperature and wind from Open-Meteo. Water temperature only when the lake has a public sensor.
Weather data by Open-Meteo
Whiskeytown Lake explained
Whiskeytown Lake sits at 40.5994, -122.5411. The surface sits around 1,201 feet above sea level. The Clear Creek carries the outflow.
Nearby water includes Keswick Reservoir (California, 5 mi), Shasta Lake (California, 14 mi) and Lewiston Lake (California, 16 mi). California has 86 lakes on this site in total.
Most California day-use areas open for the summer season and close outside it. Freshwater advisories are issued locally, so check the state health department before you swim. Water temperature is not measured at this lake by any public agency we read.
Where an agency publishes a figure, we show it with the time it was taken; here there is none. No public gauge reports the water level at Whiskeytown Lake, so this page shows no level chart. We would rather leave the figure out than publish an estimate that nobody measured.
The shoreline of Whiskeytown Lake has 1 named swimming spot in the datasets we read. These come from Recreation.gov (RIDB). Among them are Whiskeytown National Recreation Area. Assume no lifeguard is on duty and keep children within reach.
Questions about Whiskeytown Lake
Can you swim in Whiskeytown Lake?
Yes. This guide maps 1 named swimming spot around the lake, including Whiskeytown National Recreation Area. None is staffed by a lifeguard unless the operating agency posts one.
How big is Whiskeytown Lake?
About 3,458 acres.
What other lakes are near Whiskeytown Lake?
The closest in this guide is Keswick Reservoir, about 5 miles away in California.
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Sources
Every figure on this page comes from one of these public sources.