If this stunning national park is on your bucket list, you should visit before an important access trail closes for long-term renovations in 2026.

Crater Lake sits in a rugged portion of the Cascade Range and is famous for its deep, jewel-blue water. An impressive 20-mile ring of cliffs encloses the basin and adds to its magnificence. About a ...

Crater Lake National Park's Cleetwood Cove Trail, the only legal access point to the lake, will close in 2026 for a ...

Concessioner ExplorUS has yet to open reservations for the summer, citing potential impacts by National Park Service project ...

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.

Crater Lake National Park, formed from the now-collapsed volcano Mount Mazama ... which is the highest paved road in Oregon and offers spectacular vistas of the lake, especially at sunset. Phantom ...

Note: The sole boat tour operator in the park – Explore Crater Lake – will not be running its tours in 2025 nor 2026. Oregon's lone national park, Crater Lake, is arguably one of the most ...

Crater Lake has been recognized as a place worthy of reverence and special treatment by people for thousands of years. Starting in the late 1800s, citizens advocated to officially recognize and ...

Visitors planning to access Crater Lake via the Cleetwood Trail will need to adjust their plans starting in the summer of 2026.

In fact, it’ll be officially closed off by the end of this summer. SFGATE reports how Crater Lake National Park in Oregon — which is home to the deepest lake in the country — is closing down ...

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-hued caldera ...