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Manzanita Lake is a lake located in Lassen Volcanic National Park. The name means "little apple" in Spanish.
| Manzanita Lake | |
|---|---|
 Lassen Peak reflected in Manzanita Lake | |
  Manzanita Lake  Manzanita Lake | |
| Location | Lassen Volcanic National Park, Shasta County, California, US |
| Coordinates | 40.53371°N 121.56780°W |
| Native name | Lago Manzanita (Spanish) |
| Basin countries | United States |
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.[1]
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.[2]
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 (normals 1981-2010)(snowfall 1963-1994)(extremes 1949-2020) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 77 (25) |
78 (26) |
81 (27) |
88 (31) |
88 (31) |
94 (34) |
97 (36) |
96 (36) |
96 (36) |
88 (31) |
78 (26) |
68 (20) |
97 (36) |
| Average high °F (°C) | 42.4 (5.8) |
43.1 (6.2) |
47.1 (8.4) |
52.2 (11.2) |
61.7 (16.5) |
70.5 (21.4) |
78.8 (26.0) |
78.4 (25.8) |
72.3 (22.4) |
60.8 (16.0) |
47.0 (8.3) |
41.4 (5.2) |
58.0 (14.4) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | 31.9 (−0.1) |
32.3 (0.2) |
35.8 (2.1) |
40.0 (4.4) |
48.1 (8.9) |
55.6 (13.1) |
62.1 (16.7) |
61.1 (16.2) |
56.0 (13.3) |
47.0 (8.3) |
36.5 (2.5) |
31.5 (−0.3) |
44.8 (7.1) |
| Average low °F (°C) | 21.4 (−5.9) |
21.5 (−5.8) |
24.5 (−4.2) |
27.8 (−2.3) |
34.5 (1.4) |
40.7 (4.8) |
45.3 (7.4) |
43.9 (6.6) |
39.6 (4.2) |
33.2 (0.7) |
26.1 (−3.3) |
21.5 (−5.8) |
31.7 (−0.2) |
| 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) | 5.91 (150) |
5.23 (133) |
5.10 (130) |
3.72 (94) |
3.19 (81) |
1.30 (33) |
0.45 (11) |
0.39 (9.9) |
1.17 (30) |
3.04 (77) |
5.43 (138) |
6.22 (158) |
41.15 (1,045) |
| Average snowfall inches (cm) | 33.1 (84) |
34.9 (89) |
33.9 (86) |
20.8 (53) |
6.3 (16) |
0.8 (2.0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0.1 (0.25) |
3.9 (9.9) |
11.8 (30) |
31.7 (81) |
177.3 (450) |
| Source: NOAA[3] | |||||||||||||
Gallery
View of Chaos Crags and Lassen Peak from the lakeshore.
Fishing on Manzanita Lake.
The shore of Manzanita Lake.
See also
- List of lakes in California
References
- Hill, Richard L. (2004-10-01). Volcanoes of the Cascades: Their Rise and Their Risks. Falcon. pp. 86–87. ISBN 978-0-7627-3072-8.
- "Manzanita Lake". Wild Trout & Catch-and-Release Waters. California Department of Fish and Game. 2003. Retrieved May 12, 2006.
- "Manzanita Lake - NWS Sacramento NOAA Online Weather Data". NOAA. Retrieved February 7, 2021.
External links
Media related to Manzanita Lake at Wikimedia Commons
На других языках
- [en] Manzanita Lake
[fr] Lac Manzanita
Le lac Manzanita (en anglais : Manzanita Lake) est un lac américain dans le comté de Shasta, en Californie. Il est situé à 1 787 mètres d'altitude au sein du parc national volcanique de Lassen.Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.
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