Cedar Lodge from the air under an orange sunset sky, the carved sign in the foreground.

Chester, California

Getting to Cedar Lodge

1487 County Road 324.

How far things are

1 mi

Lake Almanor

At the north end of Lake Almanor, about a mile from the shore

2.5 mi

Chester town centre

About 2.5 miles east of us

8 mi

The Highway 36 crossing of the Pacific Crest Trail

About eight miles

17 mi

Warner Valley and Drakesbad, Lassen Volcanic National Park

Roughly 17 miles from Chester

13 mi

Juniper Lake, Lassen Volcanic National Park

13 miles of road from the highway, partly unpaved

By road

Turn onto County Road 324 off Highway 36. You will need a car.

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Chester, at Highway 36 and Highway 89.

The meadow at Drakesbad Guest Ranch in Warner Valley, the ranch buildings among the pines.

Into Lassen

Warner Valley and Drakesbad are roughly 17 miles from Chester. Juniper Lake is 13 miles of partly unpaved road. Both roads are not maintained in winter.

Snow-covered Lassen Peak above Manzanita Lake in winter.

Winter, and the road through the park

The road through Lassen Volcanic National Park typically closes in mid to late November.

Chain control is a normal winter fact here. Check Caltrans QuickMap on the morning you drive.

Cedar Lodge from the air in low golden light: the lawn, the motel row, the home and the gravel lot between them.

When you arrive

The home is on the left, the motel row on the right, and parking is the gravel between them.

Check in is after 4 PM for a room or the home and after 2 PM for an RV site. Before you arrive, call 530-994-9913 and we will give you your room entry code. Policies.

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Area photographs from Wikimedia Commons: Frank Schulenburg (CC BY-SA 4.0); NPS photo (Public domain). Photographs of Cedar Lodge are our own.