Sun Creek

When Crater Lake National Park was established in 1902, native Bull Trout (Salvelinus confluentus) occupied many streams and rivers of southern Oregon's Upper Klamath Basin. Within Crater Lake National Park, Bull Trout occurred naturally in Sun Creek and lower Annie ...

Crater Lake Lodge

Crater Lake Lodge was renovated in the 1990s but first opened in 1915. Located here is the Great Hall and history exhibits.

Crater Lake Lodge was built to encourage tourism to Crater Lake National Park and southwestern Oregon. It opened to ...

Bridge Creek Springs

The purpose of the park is stated in its establishing act signed into law by President Theodore Roosevelt on May 22, 1902. The park was to be an area "dedicated and set apart forever as a public park or pleasure ...

Discovery Point

On the back of a mule, the gold prospector, John Hillman, became the first European American to stumble across what he called the “Deep Blue Lake”.

In the spring of 1853, eleven miners from Yreka, California, stopped for supplies at Isaac ...

Devil's Backbone

A vent or vents fed by the Devils Backbone dike system emitted voluminous outpourings of andesite of Devils Backbone and created an extensive lava flow on the northwestern flank of Mount Mazama between 50,000 and 40,000 years ago. As seen ...

Mount Scott

Mount Mazama began to grow half a million years ago. The oldest rocks visible today, 420,000 years old, formed Mount Scott on the east side of Crater Lake. Over time, lava flowed from many volcanic vents, overlapping and building an ...

UNESCO World Heritage Site- Temple of Preah Vihear

Situated on the edge of a plateau that dominates the plain of Cambodia, the Temple of Preah Vihear is dedicated to Shiva. The Temple is composed of a series of sanctuaries linked by a system of pavements and staircases over ...

Pinnacles Overlook

The Pinnacles are chimneys formed when hot ash cooled after the big eruption. Formed during the same eruption that gave birth to the lake, these colorful volcanic spires are tucked away in the park’s southeast corner.

Pinnacles Overlook is a colorful ...

Watchman Overlook

Rising some 763 feet above the water, Wizard Island is an excellent example of the smallest type of volcanic cone. The summit of this perfect little cone is a crater about 90 feet deep and 300 feet in diameter. The ...

Cleetwood Cove Trail

Cleetwood Cove Trail is one of the only trails that leads directly to the water. Believe it or not, the water in Crater Lake is cleaner than the water that pours from your faucet at home. That’s because roughly 83% ...