Anderson is a city located in Shasta County, California. It situated in the northern part of California, in the Shasta Cascade region. It is located just south of Redding, the largest city in the area. The city is nestled between the Sacramento River and the foothills of the Cascade Range.

Horsetown-Clear Creek Preserve is located in Shasta County, California, just west of Redding. The Preserve is in the middle of BLM's Clear Creek Greenway on Clear Creek Road, seven miles west of highway 273 and just west of the Clear Creek Bridge.