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Crater Lake

1,881 m6,171 ft

Area: 53 km²
Max depth: 594 m
Tonight: 31°FFair · Wind 9–14 mph ENE

Crater Lake is a lake at 1,881 m above sea level in Oregon, United States, 53 km² in area and 9.7 km long.

All facts

Surface elevation: 1,881 m
Length: 9.7 km
Shoreline: 40.7 km

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Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Crater Lake

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Crater Lake, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

Nearest parking
3.9 km N
+2 more within 4.0 km
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Nearest trailhead
Wizard Island Trailhead
3.7 km WSW · +2 more within 4.9 km
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Nearest campsite
Grouse Hill Backcountry Campsite
5.6 km NNW · +2 more within 7.9 km
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All mapped places 9

Place	Distance
Wizard Island TrailheadTrailhead	3.7 km WSW
Parking	3.9 km N
Parking	3.9 km N
Parking	4.0 km NNE
Cleetwood Cove TrailheadTrailhead	4.4 km NNE
Phantom Ship TrailheadTrailhead	4.9 km S
Grouse Hill Backcountry CampsiteCampsite	5.6 km NNW
Lightning Springs Backcountry CampsiteCampsite	6.1 km W
Campsite	7.9 km SW

Lake

Crater Lake in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

Shoreline: 40.7 km

3D map

Crater Lake 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Crater Lake terrain and contours

25 m contours from the USGS 3DEP 10 m terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 125 mShowing west → east through the centre

Crater Lake elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Crater Lake weather

Today · Clear · 31 / 41°F (-1 / 5°C) · Wind 14 mph N

Crater Lake forecast for about 1,883 m.

Today31°41°–14 mph N
Sat38°45°–5–9 mph SE
Sun34°48°38%8–13 mph SW
Mon32°37°65%5–22 mph SW
Tue31°38°20%0–6 mph SW
Wed33°41°15%1–10 mph SSW
Thu34°42°10%0–10 mph SSE

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 23:41 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 11.7 × 11.7 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mostly gentle: 77% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

77.3%

Moderate, 15–30°

11.5%

Steep, 30–45°

8.4%

Cliffs, 45° and over

2.8%

Steeper than 30°: 11.2% of the 137 km² view
Relief in view: 710 m low point 1,776 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 43.1%Water 39.1%Grassland 8.9%Bare rock / sparse 8.7%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 5.8 km of Crater Lake.

Summit list 9

1Llao Rock2,453 m 4.2 km NW
2Garfield Peak2,454 m 4.5 km SSW
3Applegate Peak2,450 m 4.7 km S
4Roundtop2,109 m 4.7 km ENE
5Mazama Rock2,149 m 4.8 km NE
6Hillman Peak2,433 m 5.3 km WNW
7Cloudcap2,444 m 5.4 km ESE
8The Watchman2,442 m 5.4 km W
9Grouse Hill2,256 m 5.7 km NNW

Where it sits

Where Crater Lake sits

Nearby

Nearby places

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Crater Lake downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGCrater Lake satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-07-25.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Sources

Data sources

Terrain: U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-07-25)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Protected area: USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US (public domain)
Panorama: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast: Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
Sources: Official website · Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia

Crater Lake

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Nearest campsite

West → east through the centre