Type
Overlook
Location
41.7930°N 121.5622°W
Devil's Homestead Overlook looks across an aa lava flow that erupted from Fleener Chimneys more than twelve thousand years ago. The viewpoint sits at the lower end of the flow in the northern part of the monument.
Details
- Type
- Overlook
- Accessibility
- Limited accessibility
The flow
The Devil's Homestead is aa lava, the rough, broken kind. As it advanced, the cooling, clinkery front cracked and tumbled, then was run over by the still-molten core behind it, leaving the jagged blocks visible today. The flow came from Fleener Chimneys, more than a mile south of the overlook. From here the spread of dark, sharp-edged rock reads clearly against the basin floor.