Lassen Peak Lookout Site
US 1993, CA 121
Lassen Peak Lookout

Lassen Peak Lookout - courtesy of NPS/Hampton

Lookout Details

Registry Numbers US 1993, CA 121 (view other lookout sites in United States, California)
Date Registered April 12, 2020
Nominated by Brad Eells
Location Lassen Volcanic National Park
Shasta County, California
Coordinates N 40° 29.277' W 121° 30.327' (view using Google Maps)
N 40° 29' 17" W 121° 30' 20"
N 40.487949° W 121.505452°
Elevation 10,385 ft (3,165 m)
Built 1912
Removed 1914 Volcanic Eruption
Administered by National Park Service - Lassen Volcanic National Park

Description

Lassen Peak was constructed in 1912, a California Region 5 Plan GDN, 12' 8" X 12' 8" wood ground cabin.

On May 30, 1914 the mountain began to erupt and over the course of the Summer the lookout house was completely destroyed, never to be rebuilt.

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Photos

Photo courtesy of Mark Swift Collection

October 1914

October 1914

September 1914

September 1914 - courtesy of National Park Service