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California North
Seasonal, outdoor hot-spring-fed swimming pool, indoor tubs.
bathing suit req in pool
fee $
address: 2150 N. Main St., no. 5 Red Bluff, CA 96080
how to get there: In Lassen National Park, at the end
of Warner Valley Road. c/o California Guest Services, Inside the Park
phone: 530/529-1512
Fax 530/529-4511
Website: www.drakesbad.com
Rates: $115-$140 per person, double occupancy. Rates include meals
Payment accepted: DISC, MC, Visa
shelter: Upscale rustic lodging/cabins (some with electricity, most with
kerosene lamps). 19 units, no phone.
food: restaurant
payment accepted:
massage: no
temperature:
Map: Lassen Volcanic Park Detail, or Google Map http://tinyurl.com/86ds9
DIRECTIONS to Lassen:
About 3 hrs and 40 min from San Francisco.
From San Francisco, I-80 E entry ramp to Bay Bridge/Oakland – go 53 mi
Take the I-505 N ramp to Winters/Redding – go 0.2 mi
Take the I-505 N ramp – go 34 mi
Continue on I-5 N – go 95 mi
Take the CA-36 E/CA-99 S exit 649 to Central Red Bluff/Chico – go 0.4 mi
Bear right at CA-36/CA-99 – go 40 mi
Turn right at CA-172 – go 5.8 mi
Turn left at Tamarack Way – go 0.1 mi
Continue on Birch Way – go 0.1 mi
Turn left at Dogwood Way – go 0.1 mi
NOTES: Seasonal, only open early June to early Oct. Children’s center. The only lodge in Lassen Park, in a high mountain valley. It is located on the south side of the park and accessed through the town of Chester. Surrounded by meadows, lakes, and streams. Very popular and often booked as far as 2 years in advance. Call May or June regarding cancellations. Drakesbad as a historic cultural landscape has recently been listed on the National Register of Historic Places. First homesteaded by Edward Drake in the late 1800s and purchased by Alex Sifford in 1900 as a business endeavor, Drakesbad consists of a historic lodge, dining hall, cabins, hot spring fed pool, recreational lake, and trail system nestled in a beautiful meadow in Warner Valley with views of Mt. Harkness and Flatiron Ridge. The Siffords owned and managed Drakesbad for nearly 60 years to provide recreation and tourism opportunities for many people. The property was sold to the National Park Service in 1958. Lassen Volcanic National Park continues to operate Drakesbad as guest accommodations in a fashion similar to the historic ways that the Siffords did.
