 It's a travel hot spot in Shasta County, about 70 miles (110 km) east of Redding, California and about the same distance to Susanville, California.According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP covers an area of 50.2 square miles (130.0 km²), 99.66% of it land and 0.34% of it water.Hat Creek has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate (Csb) according to the Köppen climate classification system.