• Lassen Peak from Manzanita Lake

    Lassen Volcanic

    National Park California

  • Park Highway is closed to through travel

    The Lassen Volcanic NP Highway is closed at the Devastated Area (10 miles inside the northwest entrance) and Sulphur Works parking area (southwest entrance). More »

Plan A Field Trip

Extend your students learning by using Lassen Volcanic National Park as a classroom. 

  1. Use our extensive catalog of curriculum-based activities for onsite and offsite learning. These activities use the resources of Lassen Volcanic National Park to supplement lessons in the classroom back home. 
  2. Visit without a ranger and use our activities to lead your own field trip. Use this webpage to explore our onsite educational resources and don't forget to submit your fee waiver two weeks prior to your visit.
  3. Schedule an educational program with a ranger during your field trip. Click here for more information and to view our reservation schedule.
 

Pre-visit Information

 

Onsite Educational Resources

  • Lily Pond - self-guided trail with brochures available at trailhead. (near Loomis Museum)
  • Waysides - interpretive wayside exhibits are found throughout the park
  • Loomis Museum - free entry, provides interpretive exhibits and park information; open seasonally, call 530-595-6140 (summer), 530-595-4480 (fall-spring) for more information.
  • Discovery Center - educational exhibits and science lab, open by reservation only. For more information call 530-595-6142 (summer), 530-595-6132 (fall - spring) (near Loomis Museum)
  • Kohm Yah-mah-nee Visitor Center - free entry, provides interpretive exhibits, park video and park information; open year-round, call 530-595-4480 for more information.
  • Scheduling Scheduling

    Ranger-led Education Program requests should be made by phone. Read More

  • Lassen Volcanic Curriculum Materials Lassen Volcanic Curriculum Materials

    Download and print out onsite and offsite activities Read More

Did You Know?

View of devastated area from Main Park Road.

The 29 mile Main Park Road was constructed between 1925 and 1931, just 10 years after Lassen Peak erupted.  Near Lassen Peak the road reaches 8512 feet, making it the highest road in the Cascade Mountains.  It is not unusual for 40 feet of snow to accumulate on the road near Lake Helen.