A free guide and library about Crater Lake National Park

“A lake is a landscape’s most beautiful and expressive feature. It is Earth’s eye; looking into which the beholder measures the depth of his own nature.” Henry David Thoreau, Walden

top photo of Crater Lake by John Chao

Crater Lake’s current weather at Mazama Village 6024′

Long-term weather at Crater Lake

Monthly weather and climate at Crater Lake

Get started: Ranger Anne Spillane talks about Crater Lake.
_{Film thanks to finleyholiday.com}

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We have thousands of photos like this one. Those were the days: Caption: “Three bears being fed by a member of the kitchen staff, another kitchen staffer in doorway of log structure, William G. Steel sitting looking on”. And who is William Steel? Click around here and find out about the man responsible for Crater Lake National Park instead of a bunch of high-rise condos overlooking Trump Lake!

Not William Steel, but another ‘old man’ who floats around the lake. Short film from CBS Sunday Morning by Connor Knighton

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Crater-Lake-Reflections-Summer-Fall-2017

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Over 1400 National Park Service photos are now online.

From the  NPS Focus collection, many of these Crater Lake images have never publicly been seen before.

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Visiting? What to do at Crater Lake

We’ll help you with auto-touring, bicycling, hiking, camping, swimming, fishing and wildlife viewing – to name a few.

• Visitor Services

   A long and current list of lodging, camping, gas and repairs, restaurants, groceries and HELP.

  Maps and Directions

• USGS maps and historic maps – probably the single largest collection on online Crater Lake maps available

  

• Natural History and Nature

 

• All about Crater Lake birds, animals, amphibians, geology, climate, plants and everything: nature . We have field guides and research papers, bird checklists and more.

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• Our Online Library

   A deep library about all things Crater Lake – and then some. Over 3000 pages of documents, research papers, newspaper accounts, historic photos and more.

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• Crater Lake in the News

   Newspaper articles, announcements and all-things Crater Lake from 1865 to the present. We’ve put it all in here, the good, bad and  even a little unflattering.

• Our Own Art Collection

  

  Crater Lake Institute has a growing collection of commissioned art. We’ve commissioned some art to help us educate visitors about Crater Lake and other amazing parks in our area.

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• Research at Crater Lake

  See on-going and past field research documents at Crater Lake.  Much of this is in its own section of our Research Library.

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• Lots of People – Lots of Cultural History
  at Crater Lake

  

  Our historic photo library of the human side of Crater Lake National Park. Bears used to be common sights at the Park, but not so any more. See how it used to be and learn how we’ve all changed.

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• Current Conditions – Park Webcams and Park Weather Stations

  

  Weather and climate, current conditions right now – and webcams.

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• Geology

   

  Go to our Online Library for more details about Crater Lake than you could ever want. It’s search-friendly.

  We Recommend:
  Rob Mutch Ecosystem Photography	Crater Lake National Park website   Oregon Paleo Lands Institute	Larry Eifert Painter of American Wilderness

Our operators are standing by to help.