Butte Lake Trail

California

California

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2.3 mi

Distance

2,164 ft

Gain

1h 17m

Time

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What we do know

  • Inside Lassen Volcanic National Park

    National Park unit boundary is mapped — agency alerts for it feed this page automatically.

    Boundary data

What's missing

  • No access route mapped

    We don't yet know which road reaches this trailhead, so we can't tell you if it's gated.

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Through-trail
Out & back

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Butte Lake Trail

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Elevation & route

Distance
2.3 mi
Elevation gain
2,164 ft
Elevation loss
2,164 ft
Highest point
6,219 ft
Lowest point
6,040 ft
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Managing agency
National Park Service

About this trail

Butte Lake Trail is a 4.5-mile out-and-back hike in California with 2,164 feet of elevation gain and loss. The trail reaches a maximum elevation of 6,219 feet.

Facts about this trail

The climb

Starts at
6,100 ft
High point
6,219 ft
Total climbing
2,164 ft
Total descent
2,164 ft
Steepest stretch
24% grade around mile 0.7 on the way out
Length (round trip)
4.5 mi
Shape
Out and back

The climb is steady from start to finish.

Source: Roamze elevation profile and trail geometry (DEM samples along the mapped route)

When to go

Typical monthly averages (not a forecast) from the Manzanita Lake, CA weather station, 15 mi away. High / low in °F.

  1. Jan41° high22° low
  2. Feb42° high22° low
  3. Mar46° high24° low
  4. Apr50° high27° low
  5. May61° high35° low
  6. Jun70° high41° low
  7. Jul79° high46° low
  8. Aug78° high45° low
  9. Sep72° high41° low
  10. Oct59° high33° low
  11. Nov47° high26° low
  12. Dec39° high22° low

Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020

Where it is

Managed by
National Park Service

Source: NPS Land Resources boundaries; USGS PAD-US 4.1

Conditions

Active alerts for Lassen Volcanic National Park as of Oct 10, 2026:

Source: NPS Alerts API

Nearby

Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)

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