Seven Lakes

Seven Lakes: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this lake: Full / gates open · Low water level · Entry closed.

Best time to visit Seven Lakes

Season: August to December when reservoirs are full and gates may open.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Seven Lakes — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 40.74776, -121.78298. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Seven Lakes

• Snow Mountain · viewpoint · Shasta · ~3 km · Must-see
• Latour Demonstration State Forest · sanctuary · Shasta · ~17 km · Must-see
• Burney Mountain · viewpoint · Shasta · ~18 km · Must-see
• Magee Peak · viewpoint · Shasta · ~19 km · Must-see
• Twin Buttes · viewpoint · Shasta · ~21 km · Must-see
• Thousand Lakes Wilderness · sanctuary · Shasta · ~21 km · Must-see
• Latour Butte · viewpoint · Shasta · ~21 km · Must-see
• Little Round Mountain · viewpoint · Shasta · ~25 km · Must-see
• Pit Number 7 97-122 Dam · lake · Shasta · ~26 km · Must-see
• Tumble Buttes · viewpoint · Shasta · ~27 km · Must-see
• Pit Six Dam · lake · Shasta · ~33 km · Must-see
• Reflection Lake · lake · Shasta · ~37 km · Must-see
• Manzanita Lake · lake · Shasta · ~37 km · Must-see
• Burney Falls · waterfall · Shasta · ~39 km · Must-see
• Lake Britton · lake · Shasta · ~40 km · Must-see
• Chaos Crags · viewpoint · Shasta · ~42 km · Must-see
• Baker Lake · lake · Shasta · ~45 km · Must-see
• Lassen Peak · sanctuary · Shasta · ~47 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Seven Lakes

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Seven Lakes

• Pit Number 7 97-122 Dam · lake · Shasta · ~26 km · Must-see
• Pit Six Dam · lake · Shasta · ~33 km · Must-see
• Reflection Lake · lake · Shasta · ~37 km · Must-see
• Manzanita Lake · lake · Shasta · ~37 km · Must-see
• Lake Britton · lake · Shasta · ~40 km · Must-see
• Baker Lake · lake · Shasta · ~45 km · Must-see
• Emerald Lake · lake · Shasta · ~48 km · Must-see
• Shasta Lake · lake · Shasta · ~50 km · Must-see
• Summit Lake · lake · Shasta · ~52 km · Must-see
• Lake Shasta Caverns · lake · Shasta · ~55 km · Must-see

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