Manzanita Lake Camping Cabins (CA)
- Right now
- Nobody has saidNo season, no closure, no bookings to read
- Sites
- 22All of them booked ahead
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 11 notices
In the agency’s own words
Situated near the northwest entrance to the park, the rustic Manzanita Lake Camping Cabins offer convenience and comfort in the scenic setting of Lassen Volcanic National Park. These 20 cabins are the first new accommodations in Lassen Volcanic National Park since 1972, and are available in three models: 2 Room, 1 Room, and Bunkhouse. They are within walking distance of Manzanita Lake, a popular catch & release fishing and family destination, and offer a view of 10,457-foot Lassen Peak, the largest volcano in the park. Keep reading
The cabins are located one mile south of the park entrance, perched at an elevation of 5,890 feet and adjacent to a 179-site campground. The Loomis Museum, Loomis Ranger Station and popular hiking trails are nearby. Educational programs are presented at the museum and amphitheater within the campground. Groceries, supplies, gifts, gasoline, laundromat and hot showers are located at the nearby Manzanita Lake Camper Store. Our cafe features a variety of delicious and healthy items including salads, fresh fruits, hot or cold sandwiches, espresso drinks and soft-serve ice cream. Kayak and paddle board rentals are also available on a first come, first serve basis at the Camper Store. A map of our cabins can be viewed under additional information or on our website, www.lassenlodging.com. Follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ManzanitaLake.
Recreation
Manzanita Lake is popular with fly fishermen for its trout; however, the area does maintain a catch-and-release policy and requires the use of artificial lures and single barb-less hooks only. Non-motorized boating is permitted and kayak rentals are nearby. The park boasts more than 150 miles of hiking trails, a variety of which can be accessed from the campground, including family-friendly hikes as well as those for more experienced hikers. Manzanita Lake is also a favorite spot for birders.
Facilities
There are a variety of cabin types available, including a one-room cabin that sleeps three, a two-room cabin that sleeps six, and a one-room bunkhouse that sleeps up to eight people. Each cabin has a double bed and/or bunk beds with a three inch firm mattress, lockable door, picnic table, fire ring and a bear-proof food storage locker. These are rustic cabins with no bedding or linens provided, so please bring your own. The one-room and two-room cabins also have a table and chairs. Please note that the one-room cabin has a double bed that sleeps two, with a third person on the floor in a sleeping bag, Restrooms, showers, a laundromat and a camper store with souvenirs, food, camping supplies and fuel are located within a short walk from the cabins. Showers are $5.00 per person per day and are unlimited. You can purchase a shower code inside the Camper Store. There is free wi-fi at the Loomis Plaza.
Natural Features
Lassen Volcanic National Park is known for its volcanic history, as well as its diversity of plants and animals. It contains 300 active volcanic domes and many hydrothermal features, such as mud pots and steam vents. Lassen Peak is the southernmost active volcano in the Cascades and the second most recent volcano to erupt in the lower-48 of the United States before Mount St. Helens. Lassen Volcanic National Park boasts over 700 species of flowering plants and 250 native species including birds, mammals, reptiles and fish. The park is at the junction of the Cascade Range, the Sierra Nevada mountains and the Great Basin, thus providing many unique habitats. The Manzanita Lake Camping Cabins lie within a ponderosa pine forest. Contact Info For facility specific information, please call (530) 816-3103.
Nearby Attractions
The Loomis Museum is at the north end of the park and the Kohm Yah-mah-nee Visitor Center is at the south end of the park. Both offer information, photos and videos of some of the most popular hikes in the park, along with a movie about the history of Lassen Peak eruptions. When visiting the Kohm Yah-mah-nee Visitor Center at the south entrance of the park, please visit us at Lassen Cafe & Gift. If interested in booking a stay with us at Drakesbad Guest Ranch, please visit www.lassenlodging.com.
What the agency tells you
There is no electricity, restrooms or water in the cabins, only propane heat. Drinking water, restrooms, pay showers and laundry facilities are located nearby at Manzanita Lake Camper store.
Campers must have a valid park entrance permit/pass before camping.
Be bear aware; food and scented products must be stored in the bear lockers provided at each campsite.
Everything else this campground posts · 8
There are a variety of cabin types, including a one-room cabin that sleeps three, a two-room cabin that sleeps six, and a one-room bunk-house that sleeps eight; please ensure your reservation can accommodate your party.
Smoking is prohibited within the cabins.
There are no linens in the cabins; you need to bring your own.
Pets are not permitted inside your cabin.
There is no internet or cellular service available in the park.
Remember to print or screen shot your confirmation email as it has your combination code to enter your cabin.
The cabins are self-serve; when you arrive go to your reserved cabin, enter the combination code in the lock box to access your key is inside.
Don't Move Firewood: Help protect our forests! Prevent the spread of tree-killing pests by obtaining firewood at/or near your destination and burning it on-site. Moving firewood is illegal in some states. Visit dontmovefirewood.org to learn more. We sell firewood at the Camper Store, or you can purchase some from our cabin host after hours.
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 22 · 22 cabin
- Hookups
- None
- Longest rig
- 18 ft
- Accessible sites
- 4
- Pets
- Allowed at 20 of 22 sites
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
- Shade
- 20 of 22 sites
Around the campground
- On the water
- Lake
- Amphitheater
- Boating
- Fishing
- Hiking
- Historic site
- Kayaking
- Other Recreation Concession Site
- Paddle Boating
- Picnicking
- Swimming
- Water access
- Night sky · 155th darkest of 1,201 in CA
- Bortle 2
- Fall color · reported 12 days ago, 35 km away
- Peak color
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What you actually pay
Who keeps the booking fee
The agency’s own policy text says the reservation fee and the cancellation processing fee are “retained by the reservation service contractor”, and that a campground concessionaire will decline to refund them because “they did not receive these fees”. Recreation.gov is run under contract by Booz Allen Hamilton. What share of your booking fee the contractor keeps isn’t published in any federal dataset we can read, so we print no number for it. Our reporting on the contract →
How we know this receipt · 5
rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
22 sites · which ones have room · the site map
The sites, ranked
from 20 mapped sitesAll 22 sites
Toilet distances are OpenStreetMap’s, measured for 20 of the 22 sites listed. A site with no reading is unknown, never far.
The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 22 of the 22 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
| Manzanita Glamping Tents | T1 | cabin nonelectric | 18 ft | $88–$149 | ||||
| Manzanita Glamping Tents | T2 | cabin nonelectric | 18 ft | $88–$149 | ||||
| MANZANITA LAKE CAMPING CABINS | 1 | cabin nonelectric | yes | 74 ft | 547 ft | 208 ft | $88–$149 | |
| MANZANITA LAKE CAMPING CABINS | 10 | cabin nonelectric | 44 ft | 607 ft | 151 ft | $88–$149 | ||
| MANZANITA LAKE CAMPING CABINS | 11 | cabin nonelectric | 65 ft | 455 ft | 163 ft | $88–$149 | ||
| MANZANITA LAKE CAMPING CABINS | 12 | cabin nonelectric | 104 ft | 577 ft | 90 ft | $88–$149 | ||
| MANZANITA LAKE CAMPING CABINS | 13 | cabin nonelectric | 65 ft | 471 ft | 102 ft | $88–$149 | ||
| MANZANITA LAKE CAMPING CABINS | 14 | cabin nonelectric | yes | 124 ft | 472 ft | 98 ft | $88–$149 | |
| MANZANITA LAKE CAMPING CABINS | 15 | cabin nonelectric | 104 ft | 681 ft | 129 ft | $88–$149 | ||
| MANZANITA LAKE CAMPING CABINS | 16 | cabin nonelectric | 44 ft | 643 ft | 109 ft | $88–$149 | ||
| MANZANITA LAKE CAMPING CABINS | 17 | cabin nonelectric | 90 ft | 764 ft | 202 ft | $88–$149 | ||
| MANZANITA LAKE CAMPING CABINS | 18 | cabin nonelectric | yes | 68 ft | 678 ft | 287 ft | $88–$149 | |
| MANZANITA LAKE CAMPING CABINS | 19 | cabin nonelectric | 90 ft | 783 ft | 292 ft | $88–$149 | ||
| MANZANITA LAKE CAMPING CABINS | 2 | cabin nonelectric | 51 ft | 509 ft | 279 ft | $88–$149 | ||
| MANZANITA LAKE CAMPING CABINS | 20 | cabin nonelectric | 62 ft | 652 ft | 268 ft | $88–$149 | ||
| MANZANITA LAKE CAMPING CABINS | 3 | cabin nonelectric | 59 ft | 606 ft | 318 ft | $88–$149 | ||
| MANZANITA LAKE CAMPING CABINS | 4 | cabin nonelectric | 59 ft | 605 ft | 262 ft | $88–$149 | ||
| MANZANITA LAKE CAMPING CABINS | 5 | cabin nonelectric | 51 ft | 478 ft | 329 ft | $88–$149 | ||
| MANZANITA LAKE CAMPING CABINS | 6 | cabin nonelectric | 58 ft | 453 ft | 381 ft | $88–$149 | ||
| MANZANITA LAKE CAMPING CABINS | 7 | cabin nonelectric | 47 ft | 443 ft | 323 ft | $88–$149 | ||
| MANZANITA LAKE CAMPING CABINS | 8 | cabin nonelectric | yes | 47 ft | 455 ft | 277 ft | $88–$149 | |
| MANZANITA LAKE CAMPING CABINS | 9 | cabin nonelectric | 55 ft | 613 ft | 177 ft | $88–$149 |
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Manzanita LakeLassen Volcanic National Park · 0.1 mi
Manzanita Lake Group CampgroundLassen Volcanic National Park · 0.1 mi
Lost Creek GroupLassen Volcanic National Park · 3.3 miSouthwest Campground - Winter/SpringLassen Volcanic National Park · 6.6 mi
Southwest CampgroundLassen Volcanic National Park · 6.6 mi
Summit Lake NorthLassen Volcanic National Park · 7.6 miThe Manzanita Lake Camping Cabins are located approximately one hour east of Redding in Northern California. Redding is approximately three hours north of Sacramento on State Highway 5 and approximately 4.5 hours from the San Francisco Bay Area. From Redding, drive 48 miles east on State Highway 44. Turn right into Lassen Volcanic National Park and continue one mile south to the Manzanita Lake Campground, Camper Store and Cabins.
The weather
the next four days
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Mineral, CA
The land, and who answers for it
what threatens it · who answers for it
Roadless country, and what’s coming for it
You’re camping on ground somebody wants. We track the threats and the comment deadlines.
Who answers for this land
Manzanita Lake Camping Cabins (CA) is in California’s 1st congressional district. Whoever holds it votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. See how its representative votes on public lands →
Our roster still carries Doug LaMalfa for this district and the current federal record doesn’t list them as sitting, so we’re not naming a representative here until the two agree.