What to Do

Planning Your Visit to Crater Lake National Park

Webcams and Weather Stations in Crater Lake
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Activities of All Sorts – for All Sorts 

Auto-touring, Bicycling, Birding, Botanizing, Camping, Hiking, Photography, Skiing, Stargazing, Wildlife Viewing, and more.


Crater Lake 008

Lloyd Smith photo

Current Conditions and Weather
Roads, Trails, Weather, Avalanche Danger, Air Quality, Lake Level, Fire Conditions and more.

 


 

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Lloyd Smith photo

Directions and Maps

Directions and all sorts of maps, historic maps, road maps, trail maps, geological maps, and more.

 

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Frequently Asked Questions

Why is Crater Lake so blue? How deep is Crater Lake? You mean it snows here? How much snow does Crater Lake get?…


 

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Frozen Crater Lake in 1949 – a very rare event.
 Services – Where, what and where’s the Ice Cream

Food, Lodging, Fuel, Post Office, Books, Post Cards and more …. inside and outside of the park


Services – Quick Start Guide
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Yes, in 1933 you could camp in the Rim Campground

Park Webcam and Weather Stations
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Rim Weather Tower

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Floating Weather buoy, Crater Lake
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Munson Valley weather station