Red Bluff California Attractions

Kelly-Griggs House Museum

The Kelly Griggs House Museum is a classical two-story Victorian home built in the 1880s. Museum guides lead tours through rooms where Victorian-garbed mannequins grace the authentic antique furnishings of the period. Also on display are Native American artifacts, and the Pioneer Room is filled with photographs of Tehama County. For information call (530) 527-1129

Tehama County Museum

The Tehama County Museum is located in the town of Tehama, at C & 3rd. Streets, and is open Friday, Saturday & Sunday from 1:00pm to 4:00pm. No admission charge, but donations are accepted. In 1980 the Tehama County Museum foundation was created by a group of local citizens to preserve and exhibit artifacts that represent the cultural heritage of Tehama County.(530) 384-2595.

Colman National Fish Hatchery

North of Red Bluff off I-5. (530) 365-8622 • Open daily from 7:30 a.m. to dusk, the hatchery rears 13 to 15 million chinook salmon and about 1 million steelhead annually.

Red Bluff Diversion Dam

Red Bluff Diversion Dam combined with the Tehama-Colusa Canal annually supplies about 660,000 acre-feet of water to irrigate more than 200,000 acres of rich farming land. Managed by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, the diversion dam raises the level of the Sacramento River seventeen feet—giving it enough head to gravity-feed the diverted water the full 140-mile length of the canal. The canal runs 28 miles down the west side of the Sacramento River through Tehama Country and then angles through Glenn and Colusa Counties into Yolo County.

Ishi Wilderness, Red Bluff

The Ishi, a 41,000 acre low-elevation wilderness, featuring basaltic outcroppings, caves, and pillar lava formations, lies in the southern Cascade foothills, 20 miles east of Red Bluff. Many of the trails in Ishi originated as Native American travel routes and range from easy to difficult.

Lake Red Bluff

Lake Red Bluff. The Sacramento River winds through Red Bluff with a portion of the river forming a narrow lake. With some 15 miles of shoreline, Lake Red Bluff has been designated a Watchable Wildlife Area. The area offers excellent fishing, picnicking, camping, hiking and wildlife observation. Boating is also popular here. Swimming is available near the Diversion Dam and a Salmon-Viewing Plaza, where visitors can view live salmon and trout as they (the fish), bypass the diversion dam via man-made fish ladders.

Lassen Volcanic National Park

Whether you like to camp, fish, hike, view spectacular scenery, learn more about nature, or simply relax, visitors to the north state can enjoy 106,000 acres of volcanic terrain at Lassen Volcanic National Park. The National Park northeast of Red Bluff, offers its visitors fishing, horseback riding and during the winter months, cross-country skiing and guided snowshoe walks. The trans-park road (Highway 89), open only in summer, traverses near Lassen Peak at the 8,500' level and leads motorists to railheads for Sulfur Works, Bumpass Hell, Kings Creek Falls and the Devastated Area. For information call (530) 595-4444.

Sacramento River Discovery Center

Sacramento River Discovery Center Imagine the experience of learning science in a 500 acre outdoor classroom located on the Sacramento River. Enjoy walking interpretive trails through native riparian habitats, such as riparian forest, flowering grasslands, wetlands, and oak woodlands, or visiting a demonstration agricultural site.

Salmon Viewing Area

Located on the east bank of the Sacramento River, the plaza is open daily from 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. May through September. The plaza provides viewing, via TV monitors, of salmon as they work their way through the fish traps and ladders. Picnic sites, boat launching ramps and restrooms are available. For information, phone(530) 527-3043.

Nitro National Boat Festival

The Nitro National Dragboat Festival is held each year at Lake Red Bluff. Web site includes a schedule of events, race results, and pictures from the race. For information, phone (530) 527-8528.

Corning Museum

The Corning Museum preserves and exhibits artifacts that represent the cultural heritage of Corning and Tehama County specifically and Northern California in general. Displays at the museum include German and Japanese mounted machine guns, articles of period clothing, tools, pictures and other items dating back to the early days of Corning, such as many historical items from the Hotel Maywood. For information, phone (530) 824-5935.

The Red Bluff RoundUp

The Red Bluff Roundup is a yearly rodeo that takes place at the Sun Country Fairgrounds in Red Bluff California. This rodeo has a 79 year history in the town of Red Bluff. For Information call (530) 527-5534.