100th Anniversary

Saturday, September 27, 2025

Help us celebrate Lava Beds National Monument turning
100 years old!!

 

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At 11:00 am join us at the visitor center porch for words from our Superintendent reflecting on the park's past and the next 100 years.

From 10am - 1pm we will have kid activities showing how rangers work to protect and preserve the park happening around the visitor center.

Activities Include:

- Identifying pelts, skulls, scat and animal tracks

- Tule Weaving

- Watercolor Painting

- Cave Conservation Station

- Learning how you can Leave no Trace

- How we all Protect Artifacts at Lava Beds

- Safely view the sun and learn about what you'll see when the sun goes down.

- Check out the park's Search and Rescue (SAR) trailer.

- It's Tool Time, with a Maintenance Ranger.

 

Ranger Programs:

- 9:30, 11:30 & 12:30 - Map Valentine Cave with Ranger Dominic. Pick up your free ticket at the Visitor Center.

- 12:00pm @ Mushpot Cave picnic area - Meet J.D. Howard and Polly Merrill and learn about the parts they played in the establishment of Lava Beds National Monument.

- 1:00pm @ B-loop of the Campground - Help GBI Botanist, Jonathan, plant sagebrush seedlings as part of our post Caldwell fire restoration.

- 7:00pm @ Campground Amphitheater - Join Biologist Emma for her Bat Chat and learn how we identify and protect the 16 species of bats at Lava Beds.

-7:30 @ Campground Amphitheater - Join Volunteer Steve and CL Steward Dayna to learn about our amazing Night Sky and see some celestial wonders.