Park Visitors

Plan your visit and keep in touch

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If you have never experienced Crater Lake, we hope this website will inspire you to visit soon, and give you the tools to plan your visit. If you are one of the nearly 500,000 people who visit Crater Lake National Park each year, we hope you will use this site to keep in touch with the changing seasons, and new developments at the Park.

Overheard...: "Crater Lake, in the southern Oregon Cascades, is a paradise for those who savor scenic driving, camping, hiking, and wildlife watching. The lake's translucent surface and dark, cold depths make for a scene of striking beauty. It is a place of moody moments, and like countless visitors I am overwhelmed by its size and awed by its sublime beauty. Its brilliant blue is magical, even enchanting, and yet its history speaks of ancient and fiery times."

- Grant McOmie, Author

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