Lava Beds National Monument

National Monument · CA

Lava Beds National Monument is a land of turmoil, both geological and historical. Over the last half-million years, volcanic eruptions on the Medicine Lake shield volcano have created a rugged landscape dotted with diverse volcanic features. More than 800 caves, Native American rock art sites, historic battlefields and campsites, and a high desert wilderness experience await you!

What you’ll hear

61 places to explore in this park.

  • Attracted to Water
  • Balcony Cave
  • Big Nasty Trail Start, Tulelake, Ca
  • Big Painted Cave
  • Black Crater, Tulelake, Ca
  • Blue Grotto Cave
  • Boulevard Cave
  • Bunchgrass Overlook
  • Bunchgrass Trail Start, Tulelake, CA
  • Captain Jacks Stronghold Trail Start, Tulelake, Ca
  • Captain Jacks Stronghold, Tulelake, Ca
  • Catacombs Cave
  • Cinder Cones
  • Devil's Homestead Crossing
  • Devil's Homestead Overlook
  • East Wildlife Overlook at Lava Beds
  • Fleener Chimneys, Tulelake, CA
  • Fleener's Chimney - Spatter Cone
  • Fractured Land
  • Gillem Bluff Trail Start, Tulelake, Ca
  • Gillems Camp, Tulelake, Ca
  • Golden Dome Cave
  • Heppe Cave
  • Heppe Cave Trail Start, Tulelake, CA
  • Hercules Leg Cave
  • Hopkins Chocolate Cave
  • Hospital Rock, Tulelake, Ca
  • Indian Well Cave
  • Juniper Cave
  • LABE Fee Entrance Booth - North
  • Labyrinth Cave
  • Land of Many Habitats
  • Last meeting of the Peace Commision
  • Lava Brook Cave
  • Living in Extremes
  • Lyons Trail Start, Tulelake, Ca
  • Mammoth Crater, Tulelake, Ca
  • Merrill Cave
  • Missing Link Trail Start, Tulelake, CA
  • Mushpot Cave
  • NHA Store
  • Ovis Cave
  • Paradise Alleys Cave
  • Petroglyph Point Trail Start, Tulelake, Ca
  • Petroglyph Point, Tulelake, Ca
  • Schonchin Butte Lookout, Tulelake, Ca
  • Schonchin Butte Trail Start, Tulelake, Ca
  • Sentinel Cave
  • Skull Cave
  • Sunshine Cave
  • Symbol Bridge Cave
  • Symbol Bridge Trail Start, Tulelake, Ca
  • The Road to the Stronghold
  • Thomas-Wright Battlefield Trail Start, Tulelake, Ca
  • Thomas-Wright Battlefield, Tulelake, Ca
  • Three Sisters Trail Start, Tulelake, Ca
  • Thunderbolt Cave
  • Valentine Cave
  • War in the Lava Beds
  • West Wildlife Overlook at Lava Beds
  • Whitney Butte Trail Start, Tulelake, Ca

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