Volcanic Legacy Scenic Byway
Lassen Volcanic NP → Crater Lake NP · ~500 miles · 2–4 days
This ~500-mile All-American Road traces the Cascade volcanic chain from Northern California into southern Oregon, connecting a string of volcanoes — Lassen Peak, Mount Shasta, the lava-tube caves of Lava Beds, and Mount Mazama, whose collapse formed Crater Lake.
Good to know: Crater Lake’s Rim Drive and the Lassen Park Highway are snowbound much of the year and often don’t fully open until July — check park road status and entry rules before you go.
Two volcano parks and Mount Shasta on one road.
One route links two volcanic national parks — Lassen and Crater Lake — past the towering, glaciered bulk of Mount Shasta.
States on this route
The signature stops
What to pull over for.
01Lassen Volcanic National Parkall four volcano types, with boiling mudpots and Lassen Peak — open the guideCA02Mount Shastaa 14,179-ft glaciered stratovolcano looming over the routeCA03Medicine Lake Volcanothe largest-volume volcano in the Cascades, a quiet detourCA04Lava Beds National Monumenta maze of lava-tube caves you can walk intoCA
05Crater Lake National Parkthe deepest, bluest lake in America, in a collapsed volcano — open the guideORPlan the drive
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