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Lassen Volcanic National Park
Plan A Field Trip
 

Extend your students learning by using Lassen Volcanic National Park as a classroom. 

  1. Use our extensive catalog of curriculum-based activities for onsite and offsite learning. These activities use the resources of Lassen Volcanic National Park to supplement lessons in the classroom back home. 
  2. Visit without a ranger and use our activities to lead your own field trip. Use this webpage to explore our onsite educational resources and don't forget to get your fee waiver [240Kb pdf file]submitted two weeks prior to your visit.
  3. Schedule an educational program with a ranger during your field trip. Click here for more information and to view our reservation schedule.
 

Pre-visit Information

 

Onsite Educational Resources

  • Lily Pond - self-guided trail with brochures available at trailhead.  (near Loomis Museum)
  • Waysides - interpretive wayside exhibits are found throughout the park
  • Loomis Museum - free entry, provides interpretive exhibits and park information; open seasonally, call 530-595-4444 for more information
  • Discovery Center - educational exhibits and science lab, open by reservation only.  For more information call 530-595-4444.  (near Loomis Museum)
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Lassen Volcanic Curriculum Materials
Download and print out onsite and offsite activities
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Scheduling
Ranger-led Education Program requests should be made by phone.
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Did You Know?
Lassen Volcanic National Park started as two separate national monuments designated by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1907: Cinder Cone National Monument and Lassen Peak National Monument.

Last Updated: August 14, 2008 at 17:07 EST