Crater Lake is a place of immeasurable beauty, and an outstanding outdoor laboratory and classroom. No place else on earth combines a deep, pure lake, so blue in color; sheer surrounding cliffs, almost two thousand feet high; two picturesque islands; and a violent volcanic past.

Crater Lake is located in Southern Oregon on the crest of the Cascade Mountain range. It lies inside a caldera, or volcanic basin, created when the 12,000 foot high Mount Mazama collapsed 7,700 years ago following a large eruption.

Generous amounts of winter snow, averaging 533 inches per year, supply the lake with water. There are no inlets or outlets to the lake. Crater Lake, at 1,943 feet deep, is the seventh deepest lake in the world and the deepest in the United States. Evaporation and seepage prevent the lake from becoming any deeper.

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Crater Lake National Park
P.O. Box 7, Crater Lake, Oregon 97604; 541-594-3000
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Winter Conditions: [NOV-MAY]
Rim Drive and North Entrance Road are CLOSED for the season. Highway 62 through the park and the road to Rim Village are usually open. Please use caution as snowy and icy road conditions may occur at anytime, and be aware that temporary road closures are sometimes necessary.

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Crater Lake Rim Runs [Mid-Aug]
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A unique and scenic marathon at elevation that runs around the rim of five-mile wide Crater Lake.

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