Castle Lake is on the west side of Mt. Shasta City, on the upper side of Lake Siskiyou and is a glacial Lake. The waters drain into Castle Lake Creek and then into Lake Siskiyou
and is a favorite place for vacationers, campers, boaters and in some winters, ice skaters. The road can be impossible to get to however during some large snow storms and is closed
some parts of winters. I remember going up to the lake whne I was growing up, especially one trip with my cousins, and the road was still a simple dirt and gravel road which seemed
to take so very long. We even came across a rattle snake in the road which my cousin killed. The lake had boats there at that time and a dock with swimmers. It is one of my favorite memories
even though we got horrible sunburned being on the water so long and at that altitude with the thinner air.