Chaos Crag

Because geologically recent volcanic activity in an area is the best guide to forecasting future eruptions, scientists study the lava flows, ash, and other deposits from past eruptions. Volcanoes in the Lassen area tend to erupt ...

Brokeoff Mountain

Brokeoff Mountain, in Lassen Volcanic National Park, was once part of a much larger composite volcano, called Brokeoff Volcano that towered 1,000 feet above Lassen Peak and looked similar to Mount Shasta.

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Cinder Cone

After traveling through northern California in the spring of 1851, two gold prospectors reported seeing an erupting volcano that “threw up fire to a terrible height.” They further claimed that they walked 10 miles over rocks ...

Volcanoes: Kohm Yah-mah-nee Visitor Center

Every rock at Lassen originates from volcanoes. Lassen's volcanic domes are part of the most recently active Lassen Volcanic Center, which began to erupt about 825,000 years ago. Represented in the park are all four types ...

UNESCO World Heritage Site- Viñales Valley

The Viñales Valley is encircled by mountains and its landscape is interspersed with dramatic rocky outcrops. Traditional techniques are still in use for agricultural production, particularly of tobacco. The quality of this cultural landscape is enhanced by the vernacular architecture ...

James K.Carr Trail

Before becoming a park, the land was privately owned. Loggers were generally the only people who knew about Whiskeytown falls. Logging resulted in fragmented old growth and abandoned roads and features that disrupt natural drainage patterns and contribute to debris ...

Blue Oak Grassland

This community derives its name from, not surprisingly, blue oaks — which are low branching, wide spreading trees that reach heights in excess of 50 feet. Blue oaks are well adapted to dry grassland sites and are a familiar sight ...

Chaparral

Chaparral is a general term that applies to various types of bushland found in certain climates throughout the world, including the scrublands of Southern California. Chaparral is usually characterized as having warm and dry summers and wet and mild winters. ...

Riparian Corridor

Seven perennial tributaries of the northern Sacramento River are located in Whiskeytown National Recreation Area, making it one of the largest contributing watersheds to supply the river. Riparian communities line these seven tributaries and their accompanying drainage networks. About 4,000 ...

Levi Tower’s Grave Site

Levi Tower died on November 13, 1865 at age 45 in San Francisco. Tower had gone to see a doctor about a lingering illness, later identified as typhoid fever. Typhoid Fever, or Salmonella Typhi, lived only in humans and was ...