Loomis Museum at Lassen Volcanic National Park
This museum at the North entrance is the Lassen Volcanic National Park has a great history of the park and stunning images from throughout the years.
Lassen Volcanic National Park | California Travel Tips
Veronica Hill of California Travel Tips offers a guide to Lassen Volcanic National Park. Located about 50 miles from Redding in Northern California, Lassen National Park is named for Lassen Peak, which is the largest plug dome volcano in the world.
The last Lassen eruptions were between 1914 and 1921, and it remains, along with nearby Mt. Shasta, the most likely volcano in the Cascades to erupt in the next few decades.
They say this is the least visited of our national parks, and I find it really hard to believe because there's so much to do here!
Most of the Lassen National Park attractions are located along Highway 89, which circles around the park. All four types of volcanoes are found here, including shield, plug dome, cinder cone and composite varieties.
Start your Lassen tour at Loomis Museum, where you can check out historic displays of Lassen's 1915 eruption, then take the short 1-mile walk along the Lily Pond Nature Trail.
From the southwest entrance, begin at Kohm Yah-mah-nee Visitor Center, where you can grab a bite to eat at Lassen Cafe — the only restaurant in Lassen National Park — or stock up on water or picnic fare.
If you're looking for Lassen National Park lodging, Manzanita Lake is a great spot to go camping. Bring a tent or RV, or rent one of their cozy wooden Manzanita Lake cabins which start at $59 per night. The lake is a great spot for catch-and-release trout fishing, and they also offer kayak rentals!
There are several places to go hiking in Lassen National Park. The Devastated Area Trail is a 1/2-mile loop that showcases evidence of the 1915 eruption. Plan on around 20 minutes to explore the paved interpretive trail, which is where much of the lava and hot rocks settled after the eruptions. Along the trail you'll see Hot Rock, a 27,000-year-old boulder that was blasted 3 miles from Lassen Peak; and Puzzled Rocks, which were torn from Lassen's Summit.
Two miles away, you'll find Summit Lake, which is a great place to stop midday for a swim or a picnic. There are two campgrounds here as well!
Continuing along Highway 89, you'll come to Kings Creek Falls before arriving at Upper Meadow, which is a great place to stop and stretch your legs.
Be sure to pack a hat, sunscreen, and plenty of water and snacks before attempting the strenuous 5-mile round-trip hike to Lassen Peak, which sits at 10,457 feet. To avoid the heat, start early in the morning, or come during the cooler fall months.
While you're in Lassen, you have to do the Bumpass Hell Trail. It's three miles round trip and it's the signature hike in the park. Set alongside glacial Lake Helen, this 16-acre hydrothermal area sits on the eroded vent of Bumpass Mountain, a dormant dome volcano. Here, you'll find more than 75 fumaroles, turquoise-colored hot springs and mud pots fired by molten lava just 5 miles below the surface.
This area was named for Kendall Bumpass, who lost his leg after falling into a boiling mud pot. Bumpass discovered the area in 1864 while hiking, and he called the place Hell. The name stuck.
Boiling pool is one of many unique features in the park. Although the temperatures of these hot spring pools vary, most fall between 150 and 200 degrees. A highlight is Big Boiler, which is the largest fumarole in the park, and the hottest in the world for a non-erupting volcano.
If you're not up for the 3-mile hike, another great place to see volcanic activity is at Sulphur Works, which sits right off the highway near the southwest entrance.
One word of advice: Stay on the boardwalks and trails. People are severely burned each year when they ignore this caution.
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Attractions & Things to Do in Lassen Volcanic National Park, California TOP 15
Attractions & Things to Do in Lassen Volcanic National Park, California. TOP 15: Mount Lassen, Lassen Peak, Bumpass Hell, Manzanita Lake, Cinder Cone, Painted Dunes, Kohm Yah-mah-nee Visitor Center, Sulphur Works, Devastated Area Interpretive Trail, Kings Creek Falls, Loomis Museum, Fantastic Lava Beds, Boiling Springs Lake, Juniper Lake, Chaos Crags and Jumbles
Chaos Crags Lake Trail Lassen Volcanic National Park
The Crags Lake Trail is beautiful, easily accessible and much less crowded than many of the more popular trails in Lassen Volcanic National Park. The trailhead is located in the North West corner of the park between the Loomis Museum and the Manzanita Lake Campground. The first portion of the trail is beautiful in its own right but the most spectacular views start at about the 1.5 mile mark when the trees open up to reveal the towering crags.
The lake was firmed by volcanic activity that created a natural rock dam. Each year as winter gives way to spring, snowmelt runs of the crags and gathers in the lake. Through the summer the water level will recede. In some years it may dry out completely.
You may run into other people while you are out but overall this is a very quiet trail.
Approximate Distance Featured in the Video - 4.2 Miles round trip
Entrance Fee: $20 valid for 1-7 days as of February 2016
Toilets, Water and other amenities available at the camp store about 0.25 miles away.
There are no amenities on the trail. Bring lots of water.
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Devils Kitchen, Lassen Volcanic National Park, California
Devils Kitchen is a colorful group of hot springs, mud pots and fumaroles, along Hot Springs Creek in the little-visited Warner Valley section of Lassen Volcanic National Park, north California. See
Lassen: Manzanita Lake (in HD)
Manzanita Lake is located in Lassen Volcanic National Park, California. Located near the park entrance, the lake is open for fishing and has rainbow, brown and brook trout.
Manzanita Lake was formed when Manzanita Creek was dammed 300 years ago by a rock avalanche from the northwest slope of the Chaos Crags, which also resulted in the debris formation known as Chaos Jumbles.
The area around the lake features the Loomis Museum, a campground, and the Manzanita Lake Naturalist's Services Historic District.
Chaos Crags and Chaos Jumbles - Lassen Volcanic National Park - California
Chaos Crags and Chaos Jumbles - Lassen Volcanic National Park - California
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Manzanita Lake Trail, Lassen Volcanic National Park
An easy 1.5 mile trail around a mountain lake, the views are great on a clear day.
Sulfur Works mudpot -- Lassen Volcanic National Park
New Lassen Volcanic National Park Visitor Center
The new visitor center at Lassen Volcanic National Park has a ton of great information and a wonderful staff to help you decides what of the many things to do in the area you will choose for your visit.
Lassen Volcanic National Park Visitor Information Panels
You won't want to miss stopping that the south end visitor center to get some great information on the history Lassen Volcanic National Park.
Mt. Lassen climb to the summit june 2015
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Lassen Volcanic National Park is an American national park in northeastern California. The dominant feature of the park is Lassen Peak, the largest plug dome volcano in the world and the southernmost volcano in the Cascade Range. Lassen Volcanic National Park started as two separate national monuments designated by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1907: Cinder Cone National Monument and Lassen Peak National Monument.The source of heat for the volcanism in the Lassen area is subduction of the Gorda Plate diving below the North American Plate off the Northern California coast. The area surrounding Lassen Peak is still active with boiling mud pots, fumaroles, and hot springs. Lassen Volcanic National Park is one of the few areas in the world where all four types of volcano can be found—plug dome, shield, cinder cone, and stratovolcano.The park is accessible via State Routes 89 and 44. SR 89 passes north-south through the park, beginning at
SR 36 to the south and ending at SR 44 to the north. SR 89 passes immediately adjacent to the base of Lassen Peak.
There are five vehicle entrances to the park: the north and south entrances on SR 89; and unpaved roads entering at Drakesbad and Juniper Lake in the south, and at Butte Lake in the northeast. The park can also be accessed by trails leading in from the Caribou Wilderness to the east, as well as the Pacific Crest Trail, and two smaller trails leading in from Willow Lake and Little Willow Lake to the south.
The Lassen Chalet, a large lodge with concession facilities, was located near the southwest entrance, but was demolished in 2005. A new full-service visitor center in the same location opened to the public in 2008. The Lassen Ski Area was located near the lodge; it ceased operation in 1992 and all infrastructure has been removed.
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Subway Cave, Lassen Park, Ruth Dieke, geologist takes a group through the Subway and Christmas tree caves. The hike was a private party for the Karch Family and friends hiking group which has made several hikes to well known California sites including Sutter Buttes, Table Mountain and Lodi. Jim Meers led the group using GPS coordinates taken from old government maps. There are several lava tube caves in this area. This hike was directed toward kids as Ruth has an educational foundation that promotes geology in the schools.
Boiling Springs Lake, Lassen Volcanic National Park
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Volcanic Legacy scenic byway to KohmYahMahNee vistor center
this is a beautiful drive along Volcanic Legacy Scenic Byway on Hwy 89 to Kohn Yah mah nee visitor center
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