Still, several areas of the national park are open year-round; check here for details. Crater Lake is the only national park in Oregon, so you may wish to head to California for a profusion of ...

Crews will be rehabilitating the Cleetwood Cove Trail that leads down to the lake, as well as the Cleetwood Marina, where visitors can access the water and catch boat tours to Wizard Island.

At Crater Lake National Park, thousands of people hike down to the lake every year to swim in the shallows and dive from a 35-foot cliff face into the clear blue depths. They do this despite an ...

Crater Lake National Park's Cleetwood Cove Trail, the only legal access point to the lake, will close in 2026 for a construction project. The closure is expected to last for at least two years ...

Crater Lake National Park's Cleetwood Cove Trail, the only legal access point to the lake, will close in 2026 for a construction project. The closure is expected to last for at least two years ...

citing potential impacts by National Park Service project work. Visitors hike down the trail to Cleetwood Cove.Jamie Hale/The Oregonian A visitor takes a picture of Crater Lake from the rocks in ...

The National Park Service is cutting off access to Cleetwood Cove Trail, the most heavily used trail at Crater Lake National Park, at the end of the 2025 summer season. The NPS plans to ...