# Manzanita Lake

Manzanita Lake is a lake located in Lassen Volcanic National Park. The name means "little apple" in Spanish.
Manzanita Lake was formed when Manzanita Creek was dammed 300 years ago by a rock avalanche from the northwest slope of the Chaos Crags, which also resulted in the debris formation known as Chaos Jumbles.
The area around the lake features the Loomis Museum, a campground, and the Manzanita Lake Naturalist's Services Historic District. Located near the park entrance, the lake is open for fishing and has rainbow, brown and brook trout.

## Climate

Manzanita Lake has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dsb) using the 0 °C isotherm or a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Csb) using the -3 °C isotherm with short, warm summers and cool winters, with most precipitation falling in the winter months.
Climate data for Manzanita Lake, California, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1949–present :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 67 (19) | 68 (20) | 71 (22) | 78 (26) | 88 (31) | 94 (34) | 97 (36) | 96 (36) | 96 (36) | 88 (31) | 78 (26) | 68 (20) | 97 (36) |
| Mean maximum °F (°C) | 55.2 (12.9) | 56.2 (13.4) | 61.5 (16.4) | 69.0 (20.6) | 77.8 (25.4) | 85.6 (29.8) | 89.8 (32.1) | 89.0 (31.7) | 85.7 (29.8) | 76.6 (24.8) | 63.5 (17.5) | 54.4 (12.4) | 91.5 (33.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 41.1 (5.1) | 41.8 (5.4) | 46.0 (7.8) | 50.2 (10.1) | 60.7 (15.9) | 69.5 (20.8) | 78.8 (26.0) | 78.3 (25.7) | 72.4 (22.4) | 58.7 (14.8) | 47.1 (8.4) | 39.5 (4.2) | 57.0 (13.9) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | 31.5 (−0.3) | 31.8 (−0.1) | 35.1 (1.7) | 38.8 (3.8) | 47.9 (8.8) | 55.3 (12.9) | 62.6 (17.0) | 61.6 (16.4) | 56.5 (13.6) | 46.0 (7.8) | 36.6 (2.6) | 30.6 (−0.8) | 44.5 (7.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 21.8 (−5.7) | 21.7 (−5.7) | 24.3 (−4.3) | 27.5 (−2.5) | 35.1 (1.7) | 41.0 (5.0) | 46.4 (8.0) | 44.9 (7.2) | 40.6 (4.8) | 33.4 (0.8) | 26.2 (−3.2) | 21.7 (−5.7) | 32.1 (0.0) |
| Mean minimum °F (°C) | 5.8 (−14.6) | 8.1 (−13.3) | 9.4 (−12.6) | 15.3 (−9.3) | 22.8 (−5.1) | 29.5 (−1.4) | 36.8 (2.7) | 36.4 (2.4) | 30.1 (−1.1) | 23.8 (−4.6) | 13.3 (−10.4) | 7.1 (−13.8) | 2.4 (−16.4) |
| Record low °F (°C) | −13 (−25) | −11 (−24) | −7 (−22) | −2 (−19) | 11 (−12) | 19 (−7) | 26 (−3) | 28 (−2) | 19 (−7) | 10 (−12) | 2 (−17) | −13 (−25) | −13 (−25) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 6.50 (165) | 5.51 (140) | 6.43 (163) | 4.30 (109) | 2.90 (74) | 1.32 (34) | 0.34 (8.6) | 0.29 (7.4) | 0.65 (17) | 2.70 (69) | 4.68 (119) | 6.49 (165) | 42.11 (1,071) |
| Average snowfall inches (cm) | 33.1 (84) | 34.9 (89) | 33.9 (86) | 20.8 (53) | 6.3 (16) | 0.8 (2.0) | trace | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.1 (0.25) | 3.9 (9.9) | 11.8 (30) | 31.7 (81) | 177.3 (451.15) |
| Average extreme snow depth inches (cm) | 31.3 (80) | 37.4 (95) | 38.8 (99) | 21.3 (54) | 4.6 (12) | 0.7 (1.8) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.1 (0.25) | 2.6 (6.6) | 8.6 (22) | 21.8 (55) | 46.3 (118) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) | 12.9 | 11.5 | 12.1 | 10.2 | 7.8 | 4.4 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 3.0 | 5.9 | 11.0 | 12.7 | 94.3 |
| Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 in) | 9.4 | 9.2 | 8.6 | 6.1 | 1.9 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 5.4 | 8.9 | 51.1 |
| Source 1: NOAA (snow, snow days, precip days 1981–2010) ||||||||||||||
| Source 2: National Weather Service ||||||||||||||

## Gallery

* View of Chaos Crags and Lassen Peak from the lakeshore.
* Fishing on Manzanita Lake.
* The shore of Manzanita Lake.