Lava Beds National Monument : Ask Biography

Protected area information

Name

Lava Beds National Monument

IUCN Category

III

Location

Siskiyou / Modoc counties, California, USA

Nearest city

Klamath Falls, Oregon

Area

46560 acre (188421635 m2)

Established

21 November 1925

Visitors

107475 (2005)

Governing body

National Park Service

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Lava Beds National Monument is located in northeastern California, in Siskiyou and Modoc Counties. The Monument lies on the northeastern flank of the Medicine Lake Volcano, with the largest total area covered by a volcano in the Cascade Range.

The region in and around Lava Beds Monument is unique because it lies on the junction of the Sierra-Klamath, Cascade, and the Great Basin physiographic provinces. The Monument was established as a United States National Monument on November 21, 1925, including over 46000 acre (186.2 km2).

Lava Beds National Monument has numerous Lava tube caves, with twenty five having marked entrances and developed trails for public access and exploration. The monument also offers trails through the high Great Basin xeric shrubland desert landscape and the volcanic fields.