Campground · Lassen Volcanic National Park
Cabins and ranger-led learning, reserved for youth groups.
Overview
Volcano Adventure Camp is Lassen Volcanic’s organized youth campground, on the former Crags Campground site. It is reserved for eligible youth organizations, including school and scouting groups; this is not an open campground for individual visitors. Groups apply through the Lassen Park Foundation. The operating season runs from mid-June to mid-September.
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Plan your stop
The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Lassen Volcanic Tour Guide
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.
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The Bird That Plants Pines“Some of the whitebark pines high on these mountains started in a bird's food stash. Clark's nutcrackers pull seeds from cones, carry them in a pouch under the tongue, and bury them for winter.”
Plays on the road 0.6 mi from Volcano Adventure Camp in the Parkwolf Lassen Volcanic Tour Guide.
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Guide
There are ten canvas cabins in two groups of five. Each sleeps up to eight on stacked cots. Four optional tent sites give groups another way to camp, but tents are not provided.
Each of the two covered, screened pavilions has a cold-water sink, bear locker and propane grill; groups bring their own propane cylinder, food, coolers, ice and cooking gear. There is no electricity. A shared solar-powered shower building and six vault toilets serve the camp, along with two campfire-circle activity areas and ranger-led programs.
The camp grew out of a youth-camping program that has operated in the park since 1996. Volcano Adventure Camp replaced the former Crags Campground: the facilities were completed in 2016 and opened to youth groups the following summer. Its cabins and shared kitchens make an overnight park experience practical for organized groups without turning the site into a general-public campground.
Wildlife
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.
Keep exploring
ModerateCrags Lake Trail4 mi · 2.5 hr · 2.8 mi awayRocky Chaos Jumbles give way to a high view of Crags Lake.
EasyLily Pond Interpretive Trail0.8 mi · 1 hr · 2.9 mi awayAn easy, interpretive loop through pond, meadow and volcanic forest.
EasyReflection Lake Loop0.6 mi · 30 min · 2.9 mi awayAn easy loop for Lassen Peak reflected in the lake.
EasyManzanita Lake Loop1.8 mi · 1 hr · 3.2 mi awayLassen Peak and Chaos Crags can double in still lake water.
ModerateManzanita Creek Trail7 mi · 4 hr · 3.3 mi awayA forest creek climb to a marshy meadow beneath Loomis Peak.
EasyDevastated Area Interpretive Trail0.3 mi · 20 min · 4.4 mi awayA quick accessible loop among the rocks left by Lassen's 1915 eruption.
ChallengingHat Creek Headwaters Trail6.1 mi · 5 hr · 4.7 mi awayA shuttle hike from creekside falls to meadow and lake country.ModerateHat Lake to Paradise Meadows Trail2.8 mi · 2 hr · 4.7 mi awayA shaded creek climb to a meadow beneath Lassen’s rocky cliffs.
Campground · 0.2 mi awayLost Creek Group CampgroundEight reservable group sites under the ponderosa pines.
Historic marker · 0.9 mi awaySunflower FlatA quick stop ties the park road to an 1850s wagon route.
Scenic pullout · 2 mi awayChaos Crags ViewpointQuick roadside stop: rock avalanches left a field of frozen waves.
Sight · 2.5 mi awayHot RockA mudflow carried this boulder down Lassen Peak in 1915.
Sight · 3 mi awayLoomis MuseumA compact museum built around photos of Lassen Peak’s 1914 eruption.
Sight · 3 mi awayReflection LakeLassen Peak and Chaos Crags double in a calm lake.
Store · 3.2 mi awayManzanita Lake Camper StoreFood, camper basics, showers and rentals at the Manzanita Lake campground.
Entrance station · 3.2 mi awayManzanita Lake Entrance StationPasses, maps and park information at Lassen's northwest entrance.Parkwolf’s Lassen Volcanic ranking
The audio tour guide for the drive, plus offline maps, trails, and wildlife heatmaps for when the signal drops.
