Going to Lassen Volcanic National Park

What to do in Lassen Volcanic National Park

Explore the surface of an active volcano? Have you gone mad? Lassen Peak in northern California is an active volcano that could erupt at any moment. But don't let that prevent you from visiting; seismologists claim they'll detect danger long before you need to worry. Besides, things have been pretty quiet around here since 1921, when the mountain last acted out.

Visible from miles around, 10,457-foot Lassen Peak is the largest volcano of the "plug dome" type, which gains a distinct rounded shape when thick lava cools and plugs its own vent. All four types of the world's volcanoes can be found within the boundaries of Lassen Volcanic National Park; its significance as an active volcanic landscape occasioned its national park designation in 1916.

Lassen enfolds 106,000 acres of forested foothills and volcanic relics just...

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