This summer will be the last chance to swim or take a boat tour in the waters of Crater Lake for an extended period.

The volcanic crater lake attracts thousands of visitors each year. Those wanting to enjoy the deepest lake in the U.S. will need to schedule a visit soon, before access closes for more than two years.

Crews will be rehabilitating the Cleetwood Cove Trail that leads down to the lake, as well as the Cleetwood Marina, where visitors can access the water and catch boat tours to Wizard Island.

The remote park, famous for its blue-hued caldera lake, has seen a steady decline in visitors since 2016, when a record ...

The Mazama newts are a unique subspecies of newts. They evolved over hundreds of years in Oregon's Crater Lake after being ...

PORTLAND – Crater Lake is famous for its incredible views from the towering lip of the volcanic caldera, but some visitors are there to get a closer look at the deepest lake in the U.S. This ...

This coming summer will be the last chance to swim or take a boat tour in the waters of Crater Lake for an extended period. Cleetwood Cove Trail, the only legal pathway to the shoreline of the ...

There is no more wondrous place to snowshoe in southern Oregon than Crater Lake National Park, where the elevated volcanic ...

This coming summer will be the last chance to swim or take a boat tour in the waters of Crater Lake for three years. Cleetwood Cove Trail, the only legal pathway to the shoreline of the United ...

PORTLAND – Crater Lake’s visitor numbers continued to fall in 2024, with the Oregon national park posting its lowest annual count in more than a decade. The remote park, famous for its blue ...