--- title: "Redding – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Redding, United States: Redding is a city in and the county seat of Shasta County, California, United States, and the economic and cultural capital of the…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/redding" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/redding.md" image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/33/Sundial_Bridge_at_Turtle_Bay_%28cropped%29.jpg" --- City in California, United States # Redding Redding is a city in and the county seat of Shasta County, California, United States, and the economic and cultural capital of the Shasta Cascade region of Northern California. ![Redding](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/33/Sundial_Bridge_at_Turtle_Bay_%28cropped%29.jpg) Redding · Wikimedia Commons The place Redding is a city in and the county seat of Shasta County, California, United States, and the economic and cultural capital of the Shasta Cascade region of Northern California. Redding lies along the Sacramento River, 162 miles (261 km) north of Sacramento, and 120 miles (190 km) south of California's northern border with Oregon. Its population was 93,611 at the 2020 census. Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redding%2C_California), CC BY-SA 4.0. What is there ## Worth seeing in and around Redding 8 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name. 1. Sundial Bridge at Turtle Bay The Sundial Bridge is a cantilever spar cable-stayed bridge for bicycles and pedestrians that spans the Sacramento River in Redding, California, United States and forms a large sundial. It was designed by Santiago Calatrava and completed in 2004 at a cost of US$23.5 million. 1.4 km · glass cable-stayed bridge located in Redding, California · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sundial_Bridge_at_Turtle_Bay) 2. Bethel Church Bethel Church is a non-denominational American megachurch with 9,000 members in Redding, California, part of the neo-charismatic movement and known for its controversial teachings and practices. The church was established in 1952 and between 1954–2006 was affiliated with the Assemblies of God; it is currently led by Bill Johnson with a weekly congregation in excess of 8,000 people. 3.8 km · church in Redding, California · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethel_Church_(Redding%29) 3. Simpson University Simpson University is a private Evangelical Christian liberal arts college in Redding, California. Originally founded in 1921 in Seattle as Simpson Bible Institute, the institution relocated to San Francisco in 1955 and then to Redding in 1989. 5.8 km · private university in Redding, California · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simpson_University) 4. Cascade Theatre The Cascade Theatre is a prominent example of the Art Deco style in Redding, California. The cinema was designed by J. Lloyd Conrich of San Francisco in 1934 for the Naify family, who operated the Golden State Theaters chain of movie theaters in northern California, which later became the United Artists Theaters. 500 m · theater located in Redding, California · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cascade_Theatre) 5. Shasta College Shasta College is a public community college in Redding, California, with branch campuses in Burney, Weaverville, and Red Bluff. It was founded in 1950 and later moved to a much larger campus while the original campus became the new location of Shasta High School. 7.6 km · public community college in Redding, California, United States · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shasta_College) 6. McConnell Arboretum & Botanical Gardens The McConnell Arboretum & Botanical Gardens, also known as the Redding Arboretum, are located within Turtle Bay Exploration Park, in Redding, California. The gardens opened on May 30, 2005, and cover 300 acres, including 200 acres of undeveloped arboretum and 20 acres of botanical garden that span the Sacramento River. 1.2 km · park in Redding, California · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McConnell_Arboretum_%26_Botanical_Gardens) 7. Tiger Field Tiger Field is a former Minor League Baseball venue in the Western United States, located in Redding, California. Opened in 1923, it is the home of the summer collegiate Redding Colt 45s. 1.4 km · stadium in Redding, California · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger_Field_(baseball_stadium%29) 8. Pilgrim Congregational Church Pilgrim Congregational Church in Redding, California was designed in 1958 by the American architect Frank Lloyd Wright, and built between 1960 and 1963. One of the parishioners contacted Wright, the architect, to inquire about designing a building. 1.8 km · church building in California, United States of America · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilgrim_Congregational_Church_(Redding,_California%29) Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0. Go there ## Getting to Redding **Airports:** Sacramento (SMF), 221 km · Reno Tahoe (RNO), 254 km\ **Stations:** Benton Field, 1.9 km\ - Sacramento → Redding 236 km · quickest by road, 3h 7m · $21–29 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/sacramento-to-redding) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Sacramento&to=Redding) - Reno → Redding 249 km · quickest by road, 4h 18m · $26–35 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/reno-to-redding) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Reno&to=Redding) - Oakland → Redding 310 km · quickest by road, 4h 8m · $27–37 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/oakland-to-redding) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Oakland&to=Redding) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Redding) Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds. Not yet researched ## No local-transport research exists yet for Redding Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Redding. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more. What Wikivoyage says about moving around - Get in Do not hitch-hike or pick up hitch-hikers. From [Wikivoyage: Whiskeytown National Recreation Area](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Whiskeytown_National_Recreation_Area), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09. The nearest places where the work is done 1. [Port Townsend and the Olympic Peninsula](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/port-townsend) US 9 ways of moving, 17 sources 838 km 2. [Salt Spring Island and the Southern Gulf Islands](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/salt-spring-island) CA 10 ways of moving, 15 sources 919 km 3. [Nanaimo](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/nanaimo) CA 11 ways of moving, 41 sources 962 km 4. [Gibsons and the Sunshine Coast](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/gibsons) CA 10 ways of moving, 21 sources 984 km 5. [Courtenay, Comox and the Comox Valley](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/courtenay) CA 10 ways of moving, 14 sources 1,032 km If you know how people move in Redding – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Credding&title=Redding&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Fredding), and the note gets an entry. 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