Record
About Southern Hotel & Stage Station
Southern's Stage Station was built in 1859 by Simeon Fisher Southern. The Southern's Stage Station site is on 9010 Mears Ridge Road, south of Castella, California in Shasta County.
This is a site record: what public sources say about Southern Hotel & Stage Station, gathered in one place. We haven't written a full guide yet, so history, current access and photos are still to come. Treat the status as unknown until a guide confirms it.
Map
Where Southern Hotel & Stage Station is

Historic maps
11 historic USGS maps cover Southern Hotel & Stage Station
Topographic sheets from the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain), oldest first. Older sheets often show the camp, mines and roads while the place was alive. The downloads are large map scans; USGS topoView shows them in the browser.
- 1886 Shasta sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1894 Shasta sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1935 Dunsmuir sheet, 1:125,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1948 Weed sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1950 Weed sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1954 Dunsmuir sheet, 1:62,500 · GeoTIFF download
- 1958 Weed sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1963 Weed sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1979 Mount Shasta sheet, 1:100,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1986 Tombstone Mtn sheet, 1:24,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1998 Tombstone Mountain sheet, 1:24,000 · GeoTIFF download
Directions
Getting there
Before you go
- Many ghost town sites are on private land, active mining claims or tribal land. Check land status and ask permission.
- Roads to old townsites are often unmaintained dirt. Map apps may route over closed or impassable tracks.
- Removing artifacts from public land is illegal under federal and most state laws.
Nearby
Other sites near Southern Hotel & Stage Station
Straight-line distance to other mapped sites in our California index.
- Kennett22.6 mi S · Shasta
- Minersville26.5 mi SW · Trinity
- French Gulch28.8 mi SW · Shasta
- Tower House Historic District31.3 mi SW · Shasta
- Whiskeytown31.6 mi S · Shasta
- Shasta33.3 mi S · Shasta
- Weaverville37.7 mi SW · Trinity
- Dedrick37.9 mi W · Trinity
Sources
Sources
- Wikipedia, "Southern Hotel & Stage Station": coordinates and summary.
- Wikidata Q123134530.
- USGS 3D Elevation Program, elevation at the coordinates.
- USGS The National Map and Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain).