The Dee Wright Observatory was built with lava blocks from the lava fields produced by Belknap, Yapoah cinder cone, and other volcanoes. It offers views of local volcanoes; Belknap lies to the north. Little Belknap Crater can be reached by the Lava River Trail, which runs west from the observatory for and meets a path on the Pacific Crest Trail. The round trip is about and ranges in elevation from , with an easy to moderate difficulty level.