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Lava Beds National Monument
Operating Hours & Seasons
 
Visitor Center Displays

Lava Beds National Monument is always open to visitors.

Lava Beds' caves, trails, camping, and attractions are open year-round. Cave Loop Drive is closed to vehicles after dark, but you may still enter on foot or bicycle. Occasionally in winter, snow can temporarily close park roads until they are plowed.

Most years, the Visitor Center is open every day except December 25th.

Hours are as follows:

  • Summer: 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
    (the Friday before Memorial Day through Labor Day)
  • Fall, Winter, Spring: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (with occasional short closures at mid-day)

 

 

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Woodland Star  

Did You Know?
Slender woodland star (Lithophragma tenellum) is a small, delicate white flower common in the spring on shaded slopes such as those along the Schonchin Butte Trail.

Last Updated: February 26, 2009 at 16:47 EST