Mill Creek Falls (Lassen)
Southwest Entrance, Lassen Volcanic NP · near Mineral · Shasta Cascade
Hiking
At a glance
- Difficulty
- moderate
- Route type
- out-and-back
- Distance
- 3.8 miles
- Elevation gain
- 600 ft
- Time needed
- day
- Best season
- July–October · Strongest flow early summer
Permits and booking
- Permit required
- Yes
- How the permit works
- $30/vehicle Lassen NP entrance. Trailhead at the Kohm Yah-mah-nee Visitor Center. Dogs prohibited.
- How hard the permit is to get
- 1 of 5
What is here
- Features
- ~75 ft — the park's tallest waterfall · Wildflower slopes · Forested creek gorge · Starts at the visitor center
Worth knowing
- Dogs
- Not permitted
- Good for a first timer
- No
Hiking detail
- Intl tip
- It's a gentle rolling up-and-down (not a straight climb), so budget for the profile both ways; the falls are viewed from across the canyon, not the base.
The guide
The tallest waterfall in Lassen, reached by a rolling forest traverse that dips through two creek drainages before arriving at …
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Mill Creek Falls (Lassen) — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 40.437, -121.533