Shingletown, California - Lassen Volcanic National Park

Southwest Entrance off Hwy 89

Mt Lassen - Shingletown KOA

Our travel companions

Tyrone & Tabitha AKA Ty & Tabby

We are not always able to find hot peppers everywhere we travel so we thought it would be nice to have our own Thai & Tabasco pepper plants

Headed to Bumpass Hell

In 1864 Kendall Bumpass first saw this steaming, hissing, thumping hydrothermal area, which now bears his name.  He filed claim to these boiling springs with the intention of mining the minerals and developing it as a tourist attraction.  Those dreams were dashed when Bumpass stepped into a boiling mud pool at nearly 240 degrees.  Bumpass lost his leg by this unfortunate accident and his dreams of fortune never materialized.  

A funny note

There was no cell reception at our campground but Dave was able to answer a phone call in the middle of hell.

Mathias Supan came to America looking for a new life. He found one in northern California at a place he dubbed Dr. Supan’s Paint Mine, known today as Sulphur Works. As the area surrounding Sulphur Works became Lassen Volcanic National Park, there was much tension between the Supan family and

the park. Both parties saw potential in the Sulphur Works area. In the end, the park was able to purchase what is now a popular stop for visitors to explore Lassen’s most accessible hydrothermal area.

Sulphur Works, the most accessible hydrothermal area in the park. Plopping mudpots and smoking steam vents can be seen roadside. 

Northwest Entrance off Hwy 89

We have now covered all 5 entrances to the park.

The Loomis Museum was built by Benjamin Franklin Loomis in 1927 near Manzanita Lake, just outside Lassen Volcanic National Park in California. Loomis was a local homesteader and photographer who documented the 1915 eruptions of Lassen Peak, and was instrumental in the 1916 establishment of the national park. In 1929 Loomis donated the museum and 40 acres of surrounding lands to the National Park Service.

This Seismograph Station was built by the Loomises in 1926. It features three large windows that allow visitors to view the seismographic equipment within.

King Creek Falls

The trail takes you through King Creek Meadow and forests before dropping steeply down to the cascades and falls.

The return Cascades Foot Trail is a steep, narrow stone staircase for one-way, uphill traffic only.

Cold gases bubbling up through water

Cold Boiling Lake

A double mooning