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Visitors: 141,00 (in 2023) [2] ... Lava Beds National Monument is located in northeastern California, ... (arranged by distance from Visitor Center) Description ...
Lavacicles within Mushpot Cave. Upon entering Mushpot Cave, an open lava-tube cave extends downstream on the right and an alcove extends upstream on the left. The walls of this alcove are covered with lava dripstone—a thick plaster of sticky lava that oozed and dripped down the wall in thin lobes as the surface of molten lava lowered within the tube.
The first 350 feet (110 m) of Valentine Cave is a good example of a lava tube that has almost completely drained. The lava remaining on the floor is mostly pahoehoe; in places it is glassy and lustrous whereas at the cascades it is frothy. Only a small amount of soil and a few scattered collapse blocks litter the tube floor.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Lava Beds National Monument, California, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a Google map.
Visitors can explore the limestone underground cave system that is amplified with a new LED lighting system for a truly colorful experience. Tours cost $10.75 for ages 13 and up; $5 for ages 3 to ...
Snowfall at the new visitor center near the southwest entrance at 6,700 ft (2,040 m) is around 430 in (1,090 cm) despite facing east. Up around Lake Helen , at 8,200 ft (2,499 m) the snowfall is around 600–700 in (1,520–1,780 cm), making it probably the snowiest place in California.
Geologists believe these basalt-lined table tops are the remains of ancient lava flow from a volcano that erupted 10 to 12 million years ago in what today is either eastern California or western ...
Satellite image of the monument, with Medicine Lake at center. The monument protects the Medicine Lake Volcano and surrounding highlands in Klamath National Forest, Shasta–Trinity National Forest, and Modoc National Forest northeast of Mount Shasta and south of Lava Beds National Monument.