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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. [3] Lassen Volcanic National Park is one of the few areas in the world where all four types of volcanoes can be found: plug dome , shield , cinder cone , and stratovolcano .
It was built in 1931 to a "classic rustic NPS design". It has a 15 by 15 feet (4.6 m × 4.6 m) cab with a log catwalk and railings, upon a 15 feet (4.6 m) stone tower. [2] It is at elevation 7,985 feet (2,434 m) and is staffed and open during the summer. [2] It is one of fewer than 40 operating National Park Service (NPS) fire lookouts in 2019. [3]
Due to the threat of an avalanche from nearby Chaos Crag if volcanic activity renewed in the area or an earthquake occurred, the Visitor Center for Lassen Peak located at Manzanita Lake closed in 1974. [11] In 1993, a rockfall with a volume of 13,000 cu yd (9,900 m 3) fell down Lassen Peak's northeastern flank, but no visitors were harmed ...
As part of Mount Tehama's main vent, Bumpass Hell is the result of fissures that tap the volcanic heat, thought to be a cooling mass of andesite, perhaps three miles (5 km) below the surface. It is named after Kendall Vanhook Bumpass, a cowboy and early settler who worked in the Lassen Peak area in the 1860s. Bumpass discovered the geothermal ...
Manzanita Lake is a lake located in Lassen Volcanic National Park. The name means "little apple" in Spanish. The name means "little apple" in Spanish. 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 ...
Cinder Cone lies in Lassen and Shasta counties, in Northern California, within the United States.Located 1.5 mi (2.4 km) southwest of Butte Lake and 2.2 mi (3.5 km) southeast of Prospect Peak [1] (which dwarfs Cinder Cone), [2] it is also sometimes referred to as Black Butte or Cinder Butte. [1]
Lassen National Forest is located about 80 miles (130 km) east of Red Bluff, California. It is bordered by Sierra Nevada mountain range to the south, the Modoc Plateau to the east and California's Central Valley to the west. The forest is in parts of Lassen, Shasta, Tehama, Plumas, and Butte counties. [1]
Mount Tehama (also called Brokeoff Volcano or Brokeoff Mountain) is an eroded andesitic stratovolcano in the Cascade Volcanic Arc and the Cascade Range in Northern California. Part of the Lassen volcanic area , its tallest remnant, Brokeoff Mountain, is itself the second highest peak in Lassen Volcanic National Park and connects to the park's ...