Worth the trip from Altamont: Tule Lake National Monument, 28 mi off
Around 144K people visit Lava Beds National Monument each year. With nothing inside Altamont, the list has 4 places within 40 miles. Among them are 2 national monuments and 2 museums. At 60 mi, Mount Shasta is worth the journey.
Mount Shasta
Stratovolcano in Siskiyou County, California, United States.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
Where they are
The map puts most of the 4 to the north.
Orange: Altamont. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Every one of them
Each of the 10 is within 60 miles.
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3Crater Lake National Park
National park in Klamath, Douglas, and Jackson counties in Oregon, United States.
4Tule Lake National Monument
National monument in California.
5Lava Beds National Monument
National monument in the United States.
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10Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.
Parks and trails in Altamont →
Photo credits
Mount Shasta: Frank Schulenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Mount Mazama: Semionk (talk · contribs), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Crater Lake National Park: Zainubrazvi, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Tule Lake National Monument: Russell Lee, Public domain · Lava Beds National Monument: U.S. National Park Service, Public domain · Mount Ashland: Alex Lockhart, Public domain · Train Mountain Railroad: Tom703, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lithia Park: Unknown, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Collier Memorial State Park: Gary Halvorson, Oregon State Archives, Attribution · ScienceWorks Museum: Roberto J. Galindo, CC BY-SA 3.0
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