Part 3

66 On the down hill side of the road is MANZANITA LAKE, elevation 5,845 feet. This lake is young, formed by the Chaos Jumbles landslide. The water level was raised a few feet in 1912 by the Northern California Power Company, for electric power development purposes by the construction of a small earth dam at the lake’s southwest extremity.

Like most of Lassen’s lakes, it is well stocked with trout. In the fall large numbers of waterfowl, including Canada geese, stop here en route to their wintering grounds.

The lake derived its name from the abundance of greenleaf manzanita on its shores. This shrub can be seen across the lake to the south.

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67 MANZANITA LAKE ENTRANCE STATION. Vehicle entry permits and information may be procured daily during the summer season.

Lovely views of Lassen Peak are to be had along the Lake Trail just a few feet from the Entrance Station at this end of the lake. It is a fine area for taking photographs, especially in the afternoon and early evening. Lassen Peak towers 4,625 feet above Manzanita Lake to an elevation of 10,457 feet. The summit notch in the 1917 crater, and the black tongue extending down toward the right is the youngest rock in contiguous United States, pouring out as molten, redhot dacite lava on the night of May 19, 1915.

1915 DACITE (SW LAVA FLOW) 1917 CRATER STEAM EAGLE PEAK SKI HEIL PEAK CHAOS CRAGS LASSEN PEAK LOOMIS PEAK MANZANITA LAKE

AUTO TRIPS TO OTHER POINTS OF INTEREST

1. BIG SPRING, SUBWAY CAVE (lava tube), and BURNEY FALLS STATE PARK, 8, 14, and 41 miles respectively north of Manzanita Lake on Highway No. 89.

2. BUTTE LAKE CAMPGROUND and 1½-mile hike over the Old Emigrant Trail to CINDER CONE (Self-Guiding Nature Trail). A 30-mile drive from Manzanita Lake; proceed north on Highway No. 44 for nearly 15 miles, east, and later south, following the signs 15 miles to Butte Lake.

3. WARNER VALLEY and DRAKESBAD: South and east on Highways No. 89 and No. 36 to Chester, then north and west on an oiled road 18 miles to Drakesbad. (Self-guiding Nature Trail).

4. JUNIPER and HORSESHOE LAKES: via dirt roads about 18 miles north from Chester.

The Loomis Museum Association is a non-profit organization which is dedicated to the accumulation and dissemination of information concerning the human and natural history of Lassen Volcanic National Park. The following publications are available at the Manzanita Lake Visitor Center during the summer and at Park Headquarters in Mineral all year. Mail orders should be addressed to Loomis Museum Association, Mineral, Calif. 96063. Price lists are available on request.

LASSEN—HIS LIFE AND LEGACY— GEOLOGY OF LASSEN’S LANDSCAPE— PICTORIAL HISTORY OF THE LASSEN VOLCANO— ROAD GUIDE TO LASSEN VOLCANIC NATIONAL PARK— INDIANS OF LASSEN VOLCANIC NATIONAL PARK AND VICINITY— BIRDS OF LASSEN VOLCANIC NATIONAL PARK— FLOWERS OF LASSEN— FIELD GUIDE TO THE TREES AND SHRUBS OF LASSEN VOLCANIC NATIONAL PARK— AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES OF LASSEN VOLCANIC NATIONAL PARK—

ASK THE MAN IN THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE UNIFORM

_He’ll be glad to help you!_

BE PROUD OF THIS PARK

As a citizen of the United States it belongs to you.

Keep it unspoiled for your next visit and for future generations by helping to:

Prevent forest fires.

Protect the flowers, the animal life, and the rock and mineral formations.

Keep it clean.

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Transcriber’s note:

A few obvious typographical errors were corrected.