Harvest Fruit Bakeoff & Cookoff Contest – public tasting/voting begins at 11am; be sure and get in line early if you want to taste the yumminess!

Heirloom Apple Tastings – taste several lesser-known apple varietals that were historically grown at Tower House.

Live Music – local musicians Annie Coty and Steve Cheek will perform from 10am to 12pm; Joe Steele from 12pm to 2pm.

Walking Tours of the Orchard – after death, new life…learn how the historic orchard was restored after the 2018 megafire. Tours start at 10:45am and 12pm.

Corn Husk Doll-Making with Shasta State Historic Park.

Chinese Lantern-Making Craft – discover lesser-known stories of Whiskeytown’s Chinese heritage while making a take-home craft.

Camden House Sketching – at 10:30am or 12:30pm, learn the basics of sketching and then sketch the historic residence.

Gold Panning – Charles Camden panned out $80,000 in the 1850s. How much will you pan out of the creek ?

Wintu Heritage Walk – stroll with a park ranger at 1pm and discover how local Native Americans traditionally utilized the land and water now known as Whiskeytown National Recreation Area.

Face-Painting with Whiskeytown Environmental School Community.

Old Timey Games with Stellar Charter School.

Drinks and lunches available for purchase courtesy of Whiskeytown Marinas and a couple of food trucks.

Information booths and informal activities with the following park partners: Friends of Whiskeytown, Western National Parks Association, Shasta Historical Society, Backcountry Horsemen, and UC Master Food Preserver Program.

Parking Information: Recommended parking at Oak Bottom. A 55-passenger charter bus is being rented and will provide free transportation between Oak Bottom and Tower House Historic District. Parking will be available in the historic district’s small parking lot on a first come, first serve basis.

Harvest Fruit Bakeoff & Cookoff Contest: Information for Contestants: All ages welcome to participate in this friendly competition that the public will taste test and vote on. Contestants must pre-register by emailing WHIS_Information@nps.gov by September 20th.

Contestants will make a dessert, side dish, or main dish using one of the following as an ingredient: apple, peach, cherry, fig, pear or quince. Contestants must bring their dessert to the NPS Welcome Tent at Tower House Historic District by 10:45 am on the day of the festival. The public will be allowed to taste and vote on their favorite entrees from 11am until all the food has been eaten or 1pm.

Contestant winners will be announced at 1:30 pm and will receive a National Parks & Federal Recreational Lands Pass courtesy of Friends of Whiskeytown. This pass is valued at $80 and allows free entry into the National Park System for an entire year. The second place and third place contestants will receive the Whiskeytown-Lassen Volcanic-Lava Beds-Crater Lake Annual Pass courtesy of Friends of Whiskeytown, a pass allowing free entry into the four parks for a year and valued at $55.

Bring yourself, your family, and your friends and enjoy Whiskeytown National Recreation Area’s fall heritage. See you soon!