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Lassen Peak
- Easiest route
- 3.9 km+617 m · about 2 h · T2
- Prominence
- 1,594 m5,229 ft
- Isolation
- 115 km
- Tonight
- 25°FFair · Wind 17–35 mph ENE
Lassen Peak is a 3,189 m (10,463 ft) lava dome in the California Cascades, California, United States.
All facts
- Elevation
- 3,189 m · 10,463 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Mount Shasta (4,322 m)
- Range
- California Cascades
- Region
- California, United States
- Protected area
- Lassen Volcanic National Park
- Spanish name
- Pico Lassen
- Coordinates
- 40.4882° N, 121.5050° W
How to get to the top of Lassen Peak
The shortest mapped walking route from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
From Lassen Peak Trailhead (trailhead)
- Distance
- 3.9 kmone way
- Climb
- +617 m−12 m (2,024 ft up)
- Time up
- about 2 h
- Difficulty
- T2Mountain trail, sure footing needed
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Lassen Peak 3D map
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Lassen Peak terrain and contours
50 m contours from the USGS 3DEP 10 m terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one, from Lassen Peak Trailhead. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
West → east through the summit
Lassen Peak weather
Today · Clear · 25 / 30°F (-4 / -1°C) · Wind 14 mph NE
Lassen Peak forecast for the summit, about 2,891 m.
- Today25°30°–14 mph NE
- Sat30°43°–1–32 mph ESE
- Sun30°39°4%7–13 mph SSW
- Mon25°34°22%9–30 mph SSW
- Tue27°35°6%2–12 mph SSW
- Wed29°38°6%2–14 mph SSW
- Thu29°36°15%2–14 mph SSW
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 21:00 UTC.
Camping & parking near Lassen Peak
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Lassen Peak, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest trailhead
Lassen Peak Trailhead
Nearest parking
Lake Helen
Nearest campsite
Southwest Campground
All mapped places 9
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Lassen Peak TrailheadTrailhead | 1.5 km S |
| Parking | 2.1 km SSE |
| Lake HelenParking | 2.4 km S |
| Parking | 2.4 km S |
| Bumpass Hell TrailheadTrailhead | 2.6 km SSW |
| Terrace Lake-Park Highway TrailheadTrailhead | 2.6 km ESE |
| Southwest CampgroundCampsite | 6.2 km SSW |
| D-19Campsite | 6.4 km NW |
| Manzanita Lake CampgroundCampsite | 6.8 km NW |
How steep is the route to Lassen Peak?
The easiest mapped route, 3.9 km from 2,577 m to 3,189 m. Steepest stretch: 25°.
- 0–15°3.6 km
- 15–30°0.3 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 50 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 5.2 km, measured from the Lassen Peak summit.
Summit list 8
- 1Eagle Peak2,811 m 1.7 km SW
- 2Mount Helen2,694 m 2.0 km S
- 3Ski Heil Peak2,721 m 2.3 km SW
- 4Bumpass Mountain2,664 m 3.0 km S
- 5Pilot Pinnacle2,672 m 3.2 km SW
- 6Loomis Peak2,626 m 3.3 km W
- 7Reading Peak2,647 m 4.0 km ESE
- 8Mount Diller2,750 m 4.3 km SW
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 5.2 km; 782 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Purple Mountain-heath582
- Satin lupine510
- Mountain hemlock420
- Common Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel357
- California Tortoiseshell352
- Davis' knotweed334
Where Lassen Peak sits
- Range
- American Cordillera467North American Cordillera271Pacific Coast Ranges119Cascade Range35California Cascades3
- Region
- California152United States932North America1,313
- Protected area
- Lassen Volcanic National Park3
Ranked in 1
Nearby places
Lassen Peak downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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3D printing & 3D apps
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How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 3,185 m at the summit; the official height is 3,189 m.
A 10 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 3,189 m | — |
| USGS 3DEP lidar | 3,188 m | -1 m |
| USGS 3DEP 10 m (used on this page) | 3,185 m | -4 m |
| Copernicus GLO-30 | 3,176 m | -13 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 3,161 m | -28 m |
Data sources
- Terrain
- U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-09-30)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Routes, Camping & parking
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Protected area
- USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US (public domain)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Accuracy comparison
- Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Accuracy comparison, Panorama
- Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
- Sources
- Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia