Visitor Center at South entrance
Where can we stay when we visit the park?
Lassen Volcanic National park is located northern California. From San Francisco bay area, it is about a several hours driving. It is possible to do a day trip. It might be easy to stay over night over there. There are a couple options where we stay.
One is camping. It is not too bad. I guess most of time, it is not so cold in this season of a year. However, it is better to have some experience camping on snow. Some people just using RV car to stay. A good thing for camping is staying in the park. People can use their time efficiently. It could be a bit hard if people have young kids or babies.
The other option could be staying hotel / motel. The closest town near the south entrance could be Chester or Red Bluff. We usually stay Chester since the town is closer to the park than Red Bluff. Only problem is not many restaurants in the town. We were told that the choice could be Chinese, Mexican, pizza, a stake house. Last year, we went to a Mexican restaurant and it was not too bad. Since a receptionist mentioned a Mexican, we thought it was the same one we went last year. So that we went there, but the restaurant was closed. It was another restaurant. That restaurant was also OK.
Here is the one we went this time. Mi Casita Restaurant
Here is a motel we stayed Best Western Rose Quartz Inn
There are some vacation houses. I have not tried them. But some people mentioned that they stay in a vacation rental house.
Lunch in the park
If the visitor center is open, there is a small cafe inside. However, it was closed this time. Other than the cafe, there is no place to get food in the park in this season. We usually prepare lunch when we visit the park this season. With some camping equipment, we can cook "warm food" and it would be better in a cold weather.
It is important that we need well prepared when we visit there this time of the season. It is not like summer time. I just want to remind this!
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