PRINCIPAL POINTS OF INTEREST.
Distances from Crater Lake Lodge by road or trail to principal points.
| Name. | Distance and general direction. |
Elevation above sea level. |
Best means of reaching. |
Remarks. |
|
Llao Rock
Diamond Lake Glacier Peak Dyar Rock Vidae Cliff Sun Notch Dutton Cliff Scott’s Peak The Pinnacles Wizard Island Phantom Ship |
8 north 18 north 6 north 2 east 3 east 7 east 9.5 east 22 east 15.5 southeast 10 to 13.5 south 3.5 north 3 east |
8,046 ….. 8,156 7,880 8,135 7,115 8,150 8,938 ….. ….. 6,940 ….. |
Auto to Glacier Peak, then on foot. Horseback Auto and foot do do Auto and on foot do Auto and on foot Auto do Foot and boat do |
Fine view. Point from which Llao’s body was thrown into lake. All-day trip. Pretty lake. Near view of Mount Theilson. Fine view of formation and coloring of Glacier Peak. Highest Point on rim of lake; fine view. Fine view; easy climb Hard climb on foot. If taken on horse- back distance is 6 miles. Fine view. Monster bowlder, 100 feet high. Hard climb on foot. If taken on horseback distance is 6 miles. Fine view. Easy trip by horse; distance 7 miles. Fine view of Phantom Ship. View of Vidae Falls. Walk 1 mile. Easy trail. Fine view; 7.5 miles by auto, 2 miles on foot. Most comprehensive view from rim of lake. End of auto road. Fine drive. Good scenery. 2 miles by trail from end of road at Cloud Cap. Highest point in the park. Grotesque formations. Nice trip. Waterfalls, meadows, pinnacles, and pretty canyons. Beautiful canyon, 300 to 400 feet deep. 4 miles by trail from road. Hard peak to climb. Good view. Extinct volcano crater in summit. Trail to top. Grotesque rock, pinnacled island. |
Despite these publicity efforts, visitation to Crater Lake declined in 1917, primarily because heavy snowfall in late spring delayed regular tourist travel by several months. After considerable “shoveling of snow” by Crater Lake Company employees, automobiles arrived at park headquarters on July 7 and at Crater Lake Lodge on July 18. The roads, however, were not in condition for regular travel until August 1. The number of visitors and automobiles that entered the park in 1916 and 1917 were:
| Visitors
|
Automobiles
|
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| 1916
|
1917
|
1916
|
1917
|
|
| East Entrance | 859 | 1,174 | 193 | 293 |
| West Entrance | 9,571 | 5,368 | 1,293 | 1,234 |
| South Entrance | 1,835 | 5,103 | 1,163 | 1,229 |
|
12,265 |
11,645 |
2,649 |
2,756 |
|
A total of 1,766 automobile and 15 motorcycle licenses were issued during 1917, and $4,433 in receipts were collected from vehicles entering the park. [2]
Among the visitors to the park during 1917 was a large group of members of the Knights of Pythias Order. On August 14 the group held initiation ceremonies in the crater of Wizard Island–a practice that had been commenced several years earlier. [3]
Weather continued to play a major role in determining the extent of park visitation. The light snowfall of only ten feet during the winter of 1917-18, combined with warm weather early in the spring, made it possible for automobiles to reach the lake by June 18, one month earlier than the preceding year. As a result visitation to Crater Lake increased to 13,231 in 1918. The numbers of visitors entering the park were:
| Pinnacles Road | 1,193 |
| Fort Klamath Road | 5,625 |
| Medford Road | 6,413 |
|
13,231 |
The statistics relating to the means of transportation of the visitors were:
| Crater Lake Stage | 516 |
| Automobiles | 11,471 |
| Wagons | 1,022 |
| Motocycles | 10 |
| Mounted on Horse | 185 |
| On Foot | 27 |
|
13,231 |
