Best time to go
Snow usually closes or makes park roads impassable from roughly November through June. Check current road status before setting out; access to this pullout follows the park road.
Overview
About Southwest Entrance Sign
Why stop
- An easy stop for the classic Lassen entrance photo.
Map
Where it is
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Full mapPlan your stop
Before you go
Best time to go
1 active Lassen Volcanic alert
- ClosureJuniper Lake campground and day-use area closedJuniper Lake Campground and day-use area are closed for maintenance and campground-improvement projects. - Potable water is unavailable in the campground.Official details
The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Lassen Volcanic Tour Guide
Your drive to Southwest Entrance Sign, narrated.
Parkwolf is a GPS audio tour guide for Lassen Volcanic National Park. As you drive, it chimes in with what’s ahead: hidden gems, upcoming stops, history, geology, and wildlife, right through your car’s speakers.
See the Lassen Volcanic audio tourRecorded for this area
Brokeoff Mountain: A Full-Day Climb0:00 / 0:25
“You're approaching the Brokeoff Mountain trailhead, where a strenuous climb earns views of Lassen Peak and Mount Shasta.”
Plays on the road 0.5 mi from Southwest Entrance Sign in the Parkwolf Lassen Volcanic Tour Guide.
More stories near here in the app
- Kohm Yah-mah-nee Visitor Center and Café
- Diamond Peak Scenic Vista: Valley Views and Eagles
- Sulphur Works: Boiling Mud Beside the Road
- Little Hot Springs Valley: Vents and Spring Grass
- 45 audio storiesacross Lassen Volcanic’s roads, triggered by GPS as you drive
- Wildlife heatmapsfor Black Bear, Bald Eagle, Mule Deer, and 13 more
- Works offlinemaps, 59 trails, 56 places, and audio download before you lose signal
- CarPlay readysimple controls built for the drive
“Fantastic app with many points of information… It’s great to just turn on while you’re driving and it gives you an audio tour of the national Park. We love it!!!!”
Guide
More about Southwest Entrance Sign
What it isSouthwest Entrance Sign is a small pullout on Lassen Volcanic National Park Highway.
Southwest Entrance Sign is a small pullout on Lassen Volcanic National Park Highway. It gives you a quick photo with one of the park’s two entrance signs, then you’re back on your drive. It’s a brief arrival stop, not a place to set aside much time.
Get the entrance shotFrom the pullout, frame the stone-set sign with a little of the highway and the surrounding…
From the pullout, frame the stone-set sign with a little of the highway and the surrounding conifers. That keeps the marker clear while showing where you are.
Wildlife
Wildlife in Lassen Volcanic
103 sightingsBlack BearMost seen around 7 PMSighting map
44 sightingsBald EagleMost seen around 7 AMSighting map
348 sightingsMule DeerMost seen around 7 PMSighting map
17 sightingsSandhill CraneMost seen around 6 AMSighting map
47 sightingsGreat Blue HeronMost seen around 7 AMSighting map
12 sightingsGreat EgretMost seen around 7 AMSighting mapSighting maps show where each species has been reported across Lassen Volcanic. Wildlife moves, so no sighting is guaranteed.
