Project to Rehabilitate Rim Village Begins!
Date: April 01, 2005
Contact: Michael Justin, (541)594-3008
Crater Lake National Park is launching an exciting new project to improve visitor services and safety at Rim Village. The project includes relocating the existing parking lot at Rim Village to the rear of the cafeteria building and restoring the current parking lot area to a walking plaza. This design will relieve conflict between pedestrians viewing the lake and vehicle traffic accessing the area. A portion of the existing cafeteria building will be
rehabilitated as a year-round facility for gift sales and food service. In the future, the original 1928 camper’s store will be renovated as a year-round visitor contact station and interpretive center.
On April 1, 2005, the Llao Rock Café and Gift Store at Rim Village will close to the public for the season so that preparations for the project can begin. Beginning May 1, weather permitting, the gift store will reopen in the historic Community House at Rim Village and food service will be provided nearby with a temporary food service facility. During April, limited food and beverage items will be available at the National Park Service Visitor Center at park headquarters.
Beginning June 1, and during the first phase of construction through summer 2005, most of the pre-existing parking lot will be closed to parking. However, there will be some parking along the promenade at Rim Village.
Because of the parking limitations and as a safety measure, Rim Village will be closed to oversized vehicles during congested periods as necessary. Oversized vehicles include any vehicle larger than a full sized single rear-wheel 1-ton pickup truck or any vehicle towing a trailer or other vehicle. The only access for oversized vehicles will be for those with prior reservations at Crater Lake Lodge, vehicles with handicapped plates or placards, and authorized administrative, support and construction vehicles.
We expect some congestion during the middle of the day and on weekends at Rim Village, which is the most popular destination in the park. Visitors may want to consider bringing a picnic lunch and driving out East Rim Drive or West Rim Drive to one of the many scenic pullouts to enjoy lake views from those spots instead of Rim Village. While we certainly hope visitors will come and enjoy the park this summer, we want to provide the information you may need ahead of time to plan your visit.
In undertaking this project, we hope to enhance both educational and interpretive services, provide year-round viewing of Crater Lake, and provide upgraded commercial services to our visitors, while protecting the historic landscape of The Rim Village Historic District.
Other pages in this section
- Writers on the Range: Panhandling in our national parks – November 21, 2005
- Anniversary: Altorfer – 50 years – November 20, 2005
- New parkway signs go up – October 21, 2005
- Latest park proposal still worries some – October 20, 2005
- Scientists gather to save pines – October 09, 2005
- Prescribed burns planned at Crater Lake – October 4, 2005
- Crater Lake pines in peril – October 01, 2005
- ‘Rockin’ in the Klamath Basin – September 26, 2005
- Park rangers cleared in camper’s shooting death – September 23, 2005
- Seismic monitoring stations wanted at Crater Lake – September 17, 2005
- Editorial: Don’t let parks become political battleground – September 15, 2005
- Proposal: Parks need an update – September 6, 2005
- Hike of the Week: enjoy solitude, panorama on top of Crater Peak – September 2, 2005
- Spending a night on Crater Lake’s Wizard Island – September 04, 2005
- Longtime Crater Lake ranger retires – September 02, 2005
- Basin residents honor Crater Lake – August 26, 2005
- Oregon Governor just another tourist – August 26, 2005
- Crater Lake bicycle ride: 100 years, 100 miles – August 25, 2005
- Kulongoski, Walden in town for Oregon quarter celebration – August 23, 2005
- Jack Batzer dies after a household accident – August 22, 2005
- Crater Lake plates boost park funds – August 20, 2005
- Teens rehabilitate trails near Crater Lake – August 18, 2005
- Rim runs, marathon an oxymoron – August 15, 2005
- Bricco wins despite pain – August 14, 2005
- Hawkes wins marathon – August 14, 2005
- Layne claims victory in first trip to Crater Lake Rim Runs – August 14, 2005
- Hill, Glidden remember ’84 race well – August 13, 2005
- Parking a concern at Rim Runs – August 11, 2005
- Crater Lake National Park has seven rangers with authority to carry guns – August 02, 2005
- Man shot at Crater Lake arrested a year ago – August 02, 2005
- Ranger details Crater Lake shooting – July 30, 2005
- Ranger shoots violent camper at Crater Lake – July 29, 2005
- Teachers wanted for outdoor science school workshop – July 26, 2005
- Construction Projects Update – June 30, 2005
- Make the most of Crater Lake quarter – June 02, 2005
- Mint strikes Oregon quarter – May 27, 2005
- Celebrations planned for state quarter –
- Construction projects beginning at Crater Lake – May 24, 2005
- Multiple construction projects Begin! – May 23, 2005
- Since you asked: It would take centuries to drink up Crater Lake – May 6, 2005
- Officials unveil plan of action for tourism – April 27, 2005
- Postcards from the camps – April 25, 2005
- Wintery classroom at Crater Lake National Park – April 25, 2005
- Festival blooms in Jacksonville – April 7, 2005
- Courses set on Karuks, bats, Crater Lake biology – March 21, 2005
- Education Afoot: a local teacher takes the lesson out of doors – February 7, 2005
- Streamflow signs buried in the snow – February 1, 2005
- How Rogue forest began – January 30, 2005
- Winter fun at Crater Lake – January 6, 2005
- Crater Lake ski races set for this weekend – February 02, 2005
