Castella, California

Castella is a small, unincorporated town of 240 in the upper Sacramento Canyon of Shasta County, California. It is located 46 miles north of Redding on Interstate 5, and is home to Castle Crags State Park. It has a Chevron gas station/store and a post office. The ZIP Code is 96017. The community is inside area code 530.

Commerce and tourism

Located in the Shasta Cascade area of Northern California, Castella sees many visitors and has a number of summer homes in the area. Visitors use Castella as a base to engage in nationally-recognized trout fishing in the nearby Sacramentocite book | last = Ross | first = John | title = Trout Unlimited's Guide to America's 100 Best Trout Streams, Updated and Revised | publisher = The Lyons Press | location = Guilford, CT | date = 2005 | isbn = 1592285856 ] cite book | last = Brooks | first = Wade | title = Fly fishing and the meaning of life | publisher = Voyageur Press | date = 2006 | location = St. Paul, MN | isbn = 0760325758 , p. 92. Excerpts of the text of this book are available [http://books.google.com/books?id=xa2Wah_PmOIC&pg=PA92&dq=upper+%22sacramento+river%22+trout+fishing&lr=&sig=EAI_YC8wgG0ArCJyK8A7afuXkUs#PPA92,M1 here] courtesy of [http://books.google.com/ Google Books] ,] McCloud and Klamath, [http://www.visitsiskiyou.org/fish.htm Siskiyou County information site] accessed 2008-02-21. ] Rivers, or come to see and climb Mount Shasta, Castle Crags or the Trinity Alps. [http://gorp.away.com/gorp/location/cities/regions/ca_shasta.htm Outdoor recreational activities in area] accessed 2008-02-24.] Visitors also engage in nearby skiing (both alpine and cross-country), or bike or hike to the waterfalls, streams and lakes in the area, including nearby Mossbrae Falls, Lake Siskiyou, Castle Lake and Shasta Lake.

Politics

In the state legislature Castella is located in the 4th Senate District, represented by Republican Sam Aanestad, and in the 2nd Assembly District, represented by Republican Doug LaMalfa. Federally, Castella is located in California's 2nd congressional district, which has a Cook PVI of R +13 [cite web | title = Will Gerrymandered Districts Stem the Wave of Voter Unrest? | publisher = Campaign Legal Center Blog | url=http://www.clcblog.org/blog_item-85.html | accessdate = 2007-10-20] and is represented by Republican Wally Herger.

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