National Parks Traveler Checklist: Lassen Volcanic National Park

Above, Lassen Peak from Devastated Area in 2017. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

The very first national park I ever visited was Lassen Volcanic National Park in 1968 with my parents. We camped in an umbrella tent at Manzanita Lake Campground.

I returned to Lassen Volcanic National Park in 2017 during my Great American Eclipse trip in 2017 and, again, camped at Manzanita Lake Campground. This time, it was in my motorhome. It was easy to get a campsite. 

Above, at Manzanita Lake Campground. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

National Parks Traveler has posted a checklist for Lassen Volcanic National Park.

They begin it with:

While Lassen Volcanic National Park might once have been an undiscovered gem, according to Lassen’s superintendent Jim Richardson, it’s now a discovered gem. Smaller than say, Yosemite or Yellowstone, with parts still closed due to the 2021 Dixie Fire, Lassen should still be a destination on your national park bucket list. You can hike to the top of a cinder cone for amazing views in every direction, walk alongside hydrothermal wonders of hot springs, bubbling mud pots, and steaming fumaroles, and hike to the summit of one of the largest plug dome volcanoes in the world. You can walk around a quiet lake frequented by Canada geese, blue herons and other waterfowl over which Lassen Peak and Chaos Crags tower, gaze up at the sparkling night sky with little to no light pollution, and drive a park highway listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

All set for a visit? The National Parks Traveler Checklist for Lassen Volcanic National Park should help you with your plans.

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