Cinder Cone
Cinder Cone rises to 2,105 m in California. Lassen Peak stands 3,187 m to the west-southwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Panther Spring, a spring 1.6 miles away.
The story
Cinder Cone is a cinder cone volcano in Lassen Volcanic National Park within the United States. It is located about 10 mi (16 km) northeast of Lassen Peak and provides an excellent view of Brokeoff Mountain, Lassen Peak, and Chaos Crags. The cone was built to a height of 750 ft (230 m) above the surrounding area and spread ash over 30 sq mi (78 km2). Then, like many cinder cones, it was snuffed out when several basalt lava flows erupted from its base. These flows, called the Fantastic Lava Beds, spread northeast and southwest, and dammed creeks, first creating Snag Lake on the south and then Butte Lake to the north. Butte Lake is fed by water from Snag Lake seeping through the lava beds. Nobles Emigrant Trail goes around Snag Lake and follows the edge of the lava beds. Its age has been controversial since the 1870s, when many people thought it was only a few decades old. Later, the cone and associated lava flows were thought to have formed about 1700 or during a 300-year- long series of eruptions ending in 1851. Recent studies by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) scientists, working in cooperation with the National Park Service to better understand volcanic hazards in the Lassen area, have firmly established that Cinder Cone was formed during two eruptions that occurred in the 1650s.
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Wikidata Q2181467, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2105 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Prospect Peak: 2.2 mi
- Sunrise Peak: 2.3 mi
- Fairfield Peak: 2.7 mi
- Ash Butte: 3.2 mi
- Cluster Lakes Peak: 3.7 mi
- Panther Spring: 1.6 mi
- Cascade Springs: 7.7 mi
- Old Boundary Spring: 8.7 mi
- Cold Boiling Spring: 10.7 mi
- Domingo Spring: 13.0 mi
- Crystal Cliffs: 6.0 mi
- Warner Valley Rim: 10.7 mi
- Crescent Cliff: 11.8 mi
- Mud Creek Rim: 14.0 mi
- Butte Creek Rim: 14.2 mi
- Devastated Area: 8.0 mi
- Hot Rock: 9.0 mi
- Devils Kitchen: 9.5 mi
- Bumpass Hell: 11.4 mi
- Seismograph: 12.8 mi
- Drakesbad Hot Springs: 8.6 mi
- Terminal Geyser: 9.3 mi
- Turquoise Pool: 11.4 mi
- Pyrite Pool: 11.4 mi
- Big Boiler: 11.4 mi
- Kings Creek Picnic Area: 10.2 mi
- Hat Creek Campground Picnic Area: 10.7 mi
- Old Station Day Use Area: 10.8 mi
- Elam Picnic Area: 21.9 mi
- Swain Mountain Experimental Forest: 13.6 mi
- Chester Park: 17.1 mi
- Dig It Meadow: 17.8 mi
- Clear Creek Park: 22.4 mi
- Kings Creek Falls: 8.9 mi
- Mill Creek Falls: 12.6 mi
- Bluff Falls: 14.6 mi
- Mount Harkness Lookout: 8.2 mi
- Fort Maxwell: 11.2 mi
- Bogard Rest Area: 11.2 mi
- Lake Almanor Rest Area: 18.9 mi
- Catfish Beach: 18.0 mi
- Westwood Beach: 23.6 mi
- Lassen Volcanic National Park: 6.0 mi
- Chester-Lake Almanor Museum: 17.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.6 miles of Cinder Cone. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lassen Peak | WSW 247° | 3,187 m | 10.6 mi |
| Eagle Peak | WSW 245° | 2,811 m | 11.6 mi |
| Mount Diller | WSW 244° | 2,750 m | 13.2 mi |
| Ski Heil Peak | WSW 244° | 2,721 m | 11.9 mi |
| Mount Helen | WSW 241° | 2,694 m | 11.0 mi |
| Pilot Pinnacle | WSW 244° | 2,672 m | 12.5 mi |
| Bumpass Mountain | WSW 237° | 2,664 m | 11.2 mi |
| Reading Peak | SW 235° | 2,647 m | 9.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:42 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:59 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:28 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 15:59 | 16:42 |
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, 14 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 258368 — Cinder Cone, Lassen County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358797298
Day trips start here
- Lassen Volcanic National Park · 6 mi
- Shingletown · 29 mi
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