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Containing 30 volcanic peaks, Lassen Volcanic National Park offers the opportunity to see the devastating results of relatively recent volcanic activity on the landscape along with still-active geothermal features.
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Containing 30 volcanic peaks, Lassen Volcanic National Park offers the opportunity to see the devastating results of relatively recent volcanic activity on the landscape along with still-active steam vents, boiling mud pools, and other geothermal features. Set in the Cascade Mountains of California, the park includes 10,547-foot Lassen Peak, a young volcano born "only" 27,000 years ago that last had a major eruption about a century ago. Close to the Kohm Ya-Mah-Nee Visitor Center at the park's south entrance is and area of steaming fumaroles called the Sulphur Works, while further along the main park road is the beginning of a tough, 2.5-mile trail to the summit of Lassen Peak. The Loomis Museum at Manzanita Lake includes photographic exhibits on the 1914-17 eruption of Lassen Peak. The park also features eight campgrounds, hiking trails to sights like Cinder Cone and Boiling Spring Lake, backcountry hiking, trail rides on horseback, and kayaking and canoeing on mountain lakes. Established: Aug. 9, 1916 Area: 106,372 acres Website: [www.nps.gov/lavo](http://www.nps.gov/lavo)
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