Mount Shasta (/ ˈ ʃ æ s t ə / SHASS-tə; Shasta: Waka-nunee-Tuki-wuki; [5] Karuk: Úytaahkoo) [6] is a potentially active [7] stratovolcano at the southern end of the Cascade Range in Siskiyou County, California. At an elevation of 14,179 ft (4,322 m), it is the second-highest peak in the Cascades and the fifth-highest in the state.

Mt. Shasta is a majestic, steep-sided stratovolcano located about 97 km (60 mi) north of Redding along the I-5 corridor in Northern California. It is the most voluminous of all the Cascade Range volcanoes, and the towns of Weed, Mt Shasta City, and McCloud lie in the shadow of its 4,317 m (14,163 ft) high snow- and ice-clad edifice.

Nov 6, 2023 · Mount Shasta is located in the Cascade Range in northern California about 65 km (40 mi) south of the Oregon-California border. One of the largest and highest (14,162 ft) of the Cascade volcanoes, the compound stratovolcano is located near the southern end of the range that terminates near Lassen Peak.

Mount Shasta, California simplified hazards map showing potential impact area for ground-based hazards during a volcanic event. (Credit: Faust, Lisa. Public domain.)

Jan 11, 2025 · Mt Shasta in Siskiyou County, northen Californian, is the second largest volcano of the Cascade Range. Mount Shasta rises majestically nearly 10,000 ft (3000 m) above the surrounding terrain as it is not connected to any nearby mountain.

Jan 19, 2025 · Mount Shasta, peak (14,162 feet [4,317 metres]) of the Cascade Range in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest, northern California, U.S. The peak lies 77 miles (124 km) north of the city of Redding. An impressive double-peaked dormant volcano, it dominates the landscape (a vast panorama of tumbled

Mount Shasta in northern California, the largest volcano of the Cascade Range, is a complex stratovolcano composed of at least four overlapping volcanoes. From the SW, Shasta's prominent west flank lava dome, Shastina, appears at the left.

May 20, 2018 · Mt. Shasta is an active volcano that has erupted at least once per 800 years for the past 10,000 years, with an increased eruption frequency of about once per 250 years over the past 750 years. The region around Mt. Shasta is susceptible to lava and pyroclastic flows, lahars (mudflows), avalanches, and earthquakes.

Dec 12, 2024 · Mt. Shasta is a 14,179-foot high volcano in Siskiyou County, California, and has a more than eighty cubic miles volume. The towns of Weed, Mount Shasta, and McCloud sit at its base. It is the second-highest peak in the Cascade Mountain Range after Mount Whitney.

Jan 12, 2018 · However, the volcanic genesis of Mount Shasta is, in fact far more varied than many casual observers might suspect. Yet even the quickest of surveys of the mountain cannot help but notice the mighty satellite cone of Shastina …