Lassen Volcanic National ParkA38
Campsite #A38 at Butte Lake Campground, Lassen Volcanic National Park, CA
$15
Campsite #A38
| Drive-In | 6 people |
| 45 ft | Pull-Through |
| 2 | no signal |
5/29
Campsite #A38 Features: Pull-Through parking, Fire ring, Food Storage Locker, Picnic Table, RV Site, Tent Site, Trailer Site, Pets Allowed
Campsite Reviews (6)
5.0 out of 5
| 5 star | | 83% |
| 4 star | | 17% |
| 3 star | | 0% |
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@PradhyumnFA145 · Camped on Aug 28, 2025 at Campsite #A38
If yo are some one who loves the silence of a campground, and a beautiful night sky, this is the place to be! If you love a good hike , this is a campground to be at! If you are going to whine about your car doing an unpaved road, you will still love the campground!
@JessicaH685289 · Camped on Jun 9, 2025 at Campsite #A38
there are bathrooms on the camp grounds which they dont tell you in on the website which was a huge plus to find out when we got there. we also saw bears running around the camp road into the camp grounds so when driving be careful there are a lot of animals that use the dirt road into camp as a path
@RobertM1452522 · Camped on Jun 19, 2022 at Campsite #A38
The Butte Lake campsite was flat enough to be workable for an RV, nicely shaded in the forest but with stars visible through the trees at night. Busy on the weekend, not busy weekdays. Insects were not an issue. It would be nice to be able to get closer to the lake's edge with a vehicle to offload a boat.The area clearly had major fire damage along the Bathtub Lake trail; trail markers were findable, but more need to be replaced (we assume trail work will continue). A few wooden footbridges had burned, but most creek beds were dry anyway so that was not a problem.Cinder Cone trail was as always; hikers should take the front way up, not the back, and keep to the left. The back way is looser, steeper and more rugged, In front, the left / inside of the slope gives better footing than the right / outside. Step in prior hikers' footprints that angle up in back to lessen your workload. Once at the top, look for the tree along the back of the rim to find the route down to complete the loop; it's not marked (adding a marker would be useful). Best views of the Painted Dunes from atop the cone are mid-to-late afternoon just before they fall into the shade of the cone. The top has great views of the whole area - - Lassen Peak in the distance, Snag Lake (south), Butte Lake (behind you), the lava beds below. The trail rises a gradual 375 feet from trail head to the base of the cone, just over 400 feet from the base to the rim, and another 90 feet from where you arrive on the rim and the high point of the rim to your left. Only the base to rim is very strenuous. Best views of the Painted Dunes are from that rim high point and the back. You can go down to a lower loop partway inside the cone, or all the way down to the center of the crater, but allow for climbing 150 feet of elevation coming back out.We saw a family of marmots while there - - three adults and two young ones. Well keep their exact location private, but keep your eyes open for their kind.
@LautaroE5D6528 · Camped on Jun 10, 2022 at Campsite #A38
Great place. Spacious campsites and quiet. The camp hosts, John and Cathy are top notch!
@JanetG5443740 · Camped on Jun 24, 2021 at Campsite #A38
What a nice campground at Butte Lake in the Lassen Natl Park. At first I hated the 6 miles of gravel road, but then I loved it because it keeps this corner of the park a bit more remote. The campsites are large and the pines are tall. I swam in the lake every day, took a great hike on the Bathtub Lake loop and my daughter kayaked for hours. Not a good place for a dog, though. Cant be on trails or near the water, cant stay inside a vehicle. You need someone to be a dog sitter if you want to go anywhere.
@JanetG684 · Camped on Jun 24, 2021 at Campsite #A38
What a nice campground at Butte Lake in the Lassen Natl Park. At first I hated the 6 miles of gravel road, but then I loved it because it keeps this corner of the park a bit more remote. The campsites are large and the pines are tall. I swam in the lake every day, took a great hike on the Bathtub Lake loop and my daughter kayaked for hours. Not a good place for a dog, though. Can’t be on trails or near the water, can’t stay inside a vehicle. You need someone to be a dog sitter if you want to go anywhere.
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