• View of the Tule Lake Segregation Center from guard tower on top of Castle Rock

    Tule Lake Unit

Things To Know Before You Come

Facilities
Currently there are no services or amenities located at the Historic Sites. The temporary visitor center is located at the Tulelake Fairgrounds Museum, 800 Main Street, Tulelake, CA.



Tours

Winter tours are offered on the first Saturday of the month, with the first tour on January 5, 2013.

Winter tours will start at 9:00 am at the visitor center located at the Tulelake fairgrounds. To reserve your spot on a winter tour please call the Lava Beds visitor center at 530-667-8113


Summer tours are offered from Memorial Day weekend - Labor Day weekend, on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Summer tours start at 11:00am and 1:00pm, at the visitor center located at the Tulelake fairgrounds at 800 Main St. in Tulelake, CA.


Map of the Monument
Map of the Tule Lake Unit Locations>

Camp Tulelake
The Camp is located on Hill Road approximately two miles north of the Klamath Basin Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center. You can see the outside of the buildings from the road.

Tule Lake Segregation Center
The Jail and parts of the old stockade can be viewed from the outside on Highway 139 near Newell, CA.

Did You Know?

snow on Castle Rock, Newell, CA

Japanese American families, prior to segregation at Tule Lake,  went  snow sledding on Castle Rock.