Scenic County Road A18

Scenic County Road A18 is Lake Boulevard, a designated scenic drive overlooking Shasta Lake near Redding, California. First defined as a route in 1960 and designated a scenic highway by Shasta County in 1981, Lake Boulevard runs from Route 273 through Redding's city and urban limits before connecting to Route 151, Shasta Dam Boulevard, tying it directly into the larger Shasta Lake scenic corridor. As one of California's officially designated county scenic highways, it meets the state's criteria for a road offering meaningful recreational and scenic value, in this case views over the north state's largest reservoir. The drive functions as a local connector as much as a destination route, linking central Redding to the lake and dam area rather than running deep into wilderness on its own, but its lake-facing stretches give Redding residents and visitors an easy scenic option without leaving the city limits. Paired with the adjoining Shasta Dam Boulevard, it forms one continuous scenic corridor from downtown Redding out to Shasta Dam itself.

• Lake Boulevard (County Road A18)
• designated scenic 1981
• Redding, Shasta County
• connects to Route 151 / Shasta Dam Boulevard
• Shasta Lake views
• defined as a route in 1960