Big Boiler
Marked no entry. Do not count on getting in.
Big Boiler is a hot spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 2,497 m. Lassen Peak stands 3,187 m to the north, 2.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Bumpass Hell, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Bumpass Mountain: 0.3 mi
- Mount Helen: 0.9 mi
- Diamond Peak: 1.3 mi
- Ski Heil Peak: 1.5 mi
- Eagle Peak: 1.6 mi
- Cold Boiling Spring: 1.0 mi
- Supans Springs: 1.8 mi
- Tophet Springs: 1.8 mi
- Cascade Springs: 3.8 mi
- Growler Hot Spring: 4.5 mi
- Crescent Cliff: 2.5 mi
- Warner Valley Rim: 10.7 mi
- Crystal Cliffs: 10.9 mi
- Mud Creek Rim: 16.2 mi
- Palisade Cliff: 16.4 mi
- Bumpass Hell: 0.0 mi
- Sulphur Works: 1.9 mi
- Devils Kitchen: 3.7 mi
- Devastated Area: 4.5 mi
- Hot Rock: 5.3 mi
- Mill Creek Falls: 1.3 mi
- Kings Creek Falls: 3.2 mi
- Bluff Falls: 3.5 mi
- Deadhorse Falls: 15.6 mi
- Deer Creek Falls: 17.7 mi
- Turquoise Pool: 0.1 mi
- Pyrite Pool: 0.1 mi
- Drakesbad Hot Springs: 5.3 mi
- Terminal Geyser: 7.0 mi
- Kings Creek Picnic Area: 1.5 mi
- Hat Creek Campground Picnic Area: 14.8 mi
- Elam Picnic Area: 14.8 mi
- Old Station Day Use Area: 15.2 mi
- Chester Park: 17.5 mi
- Dig It Meadow: 18.0 mi
- Meadow Park: 20.3 mi
- Swain Mountain Experimental Forest: 20.8 mi
- Shingletown Rest Area: 17.7 mi
- Lake Almanor Rest Area: 20.8 mi
- Bogard Rest Area: 22.6 mi
- Lassen Volcanic National Park: 5.4 mi
- Deer Creek Preserve: 20.6 mi
- Mount Harkness Lookout: 10.7 mi
- Fort Maxwell: 11.5 mi
- Chester-Lake Almanor Museum: 17.7 mi
- Catfish Beach: 19.9 mi
- Totem Pole: 20.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.1 miles of Big Boiler. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lassen Peak | N 355° | 3,187 m | 2.1 mi |
| Brokeoff Mountain | WSW 254° | 2,814 m | 3.2 mi |
| Eagle Peak | NW 326° | 2,811 m | 1.6 mi |
| Mount Diller | W 281° | 2,750 m | 2.3 mi |
| Ski Heil Peak | NW 314° | 2,721 m | 1.5 mi |
| Mount Helen | N 357° | 2,694 m | 0.9 mi |
| Pilot Pinnacle | WNW 294° | 2,672 m | 1.8 mi |
| Bumpass Mountain | NNE 33° | 2,664 m | 0.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:42 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:59 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:29 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 16:00 | 16:43 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 32 | 32 | 35 | 39 | 48 | 55 | 63 | 62 | 57 | 46 | 37 | 31 |
| Precip in | 6.5 | 5.5 | 6.4 | 4.3 | 2.9 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 2.7 | 4.7 | 6.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Manzanita Lake, 7 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Lassen Volcanic National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Dec and Mar; busiest: Jul.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/521436856
Day trips start here
- Lassen Volcanic National Park · 5 mi
- Shingletown · 19 mi
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