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Little Crater Lake

987 m3,238 ft
Tonight
27°FFog · Wind 0 mph

Little Crater Lake is a lake at 987 m above sea level in Oregon, United States.

All facts
Surface elevation
987 m
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3D map

Little Crater Lake 3D map

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Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Little Crater Lake terrain and contours

10 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 50 mShowing west → east through the centre

Little Crater Lake elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Little Crater Lake weather

Tonight · Fog · 27°F (-3°C) · Wind 0 mph

Little Crater Lake forecast for about 1,024 m.

  • Tonight27°–0 mph
  • Sat34°55°11%0 mph
  • Sun33°52°45%1 mph S
  • Mon33°47°63%0 mph
  • Tue31°46°32%0 mph
  • Wed31°47°33%1 mph E
  • Thu30°47°18%1 mph NE

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 24, 01:41 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Little Crater Lake

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

  • Nearest campsite

    North Arm Campground

    1.6 km WSW · +2 more within 4.0 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest trailhead

    Joe Graham / Pacific Crest Trailhead

    5.4 km S · +1 more within 5.4 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest parking

    Ranget Station/Museum Parking

    5.5 km S · +2 more within 5.6 km

    DirectionsMap
All mapped places 8
PlaceDistance
North Arm CampgroundCampsite1.6 km WSW
epic camp spotCampsite4.0 km SW
Oak Fork CampgroundCampsite4.0 km SSW
Joe Graham / Pacific Crest TrailheadTrailhead5.4 km S
Timothy Lake - West Shore TrailheadTrailhead5.4 km SW
Parking5.4 km NE
Ranget Station/Museum ParkingParking5.5 km S
Pine View Boat Launch ParkingParking5.6 km SW
Slope

Slope

Share of the 4 × 4 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mostly gentle: 99% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
98.7%
Moderate, 15–30°
1.2%
Steep, 30–45°
0.0%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.0%
Steeper than 30°
0.0% of the 16 km² view
Relief in view
280 m low point 985 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 95.5%Water 2.4%Grassland 2.1%

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

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 2 km; 267 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Western Bunchberry30
  • Western skunk cabbage27
  • Rose Spirea23
  • Pacific yew22
  • Pacific chorus frog18
  • White bog orchid18
Where it sits

Where Little Crater Lake sits

Region
Oregon44United States932North America1,313
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
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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 2026-09-08)
Land cover
© ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts
Wikidata (CC0)
Camping & parking, Geometry
© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Protected area
USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US (public domain)
Wildlife
iNaturalist community observations, counts only
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
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia