Shingletown, California

Shingletown is a census-designated place (CDP) in Shasta County, California, United States. The population was 2,283 at the 2010 census, up from 2,222 at the 2000 census.Shingletown is a small town located along California State Route 44 in the hills just below Mount Lassen. Shingletown has a history of logging large timber, including pine, fir and cedar. It is also known as "The Gateway to Lassen".GeographyShingletown is located at in Northern California, near Lassen Volcanic National Park.According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 24.7sqmi, of which 24.7sqmi is land and 0.1sqmi is water.The forests around Shingletown are home to the Shasta clarkia a rare subspecies of Clarkia borealis, a flowering plant in the evening primrose family.ClimateThis region experiences warm and dry summers, with average monthly temperatures above 71.6 °F. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Shingletown has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps.