This summer will be the last chance to swim or take a boat tour in the waters of Crater Lake for an extended period.

If you’re after a reasonably short Crater Lake hike that you can do in less than an hour and a half (not including stops), then we heartily recommend checking out the Cleetwood Cove Trail. At just two ...

Boat tours will be offered again this summer on Crater Lake.

According to the National Park Service, the Cleetwood Cove Trail at Crater Lake National Park in south central Oregon – the only permitted access to the lakeshore – will close in 2026 for ...

The remote park, famous for its blue-hued caldera lake, has seen a steady decline in visitors since 2016, when a record 756,344 people visited during the National Park Service’s centennial ...

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.

Technical issues aside, park officials have previously given a variety of potential reasons for the steady decline in Crater Lake attendance, including gas prices, trail closures, wildfires ...