Bella Vista (Spanish for "Beautiful View") is a census-designated place (CDP) in Shasta County, California.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP covers an area of 22.3 square miles (57.9 km2), 99.36% of it land and 0.64% of it water.

A lumber flume fed a mill at the present day location of the end of Meyers Road and Deschutes.

The flume was completed by the Shasta Lumber Company in August 1888 when it reached Bella Vista.

Lumber from nearby Round Mountain was shipping via the flume to the mill at Bella Vista where it would be treated and sent south to the railhead at Anderson CA.

Bella Vista's community consisted of saloons, barber shops and various stores, including gas stations.

The bottleneck of the operation was the transfer of the lumber from the mill at Bella Vista to the nearest rail connection, which was 10 miles away in Anderson CA and on the wrong side of the Sacramento River.

[21] Federally, Bella Vista is in California's 1st congressional district, represented by Republican Doug LaMalfa.