Crater Lake, Oregon
The Bluest Lake in America
A breathtakingly deep, impossibly blue caldera lake in the Oregon Cascades.
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Why Crater Lake, Oregon.
The deepest lake in the US, electric blue.
Drive the rim road around the caldera.
Boat to Wizard Island in summer.
Hiking, snowshoeing, and dark skies.
One of America's most beautiful lakes.
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Crater Lake fills a collapsed volcano with the deepest, bluest water in America — so vivid it hardly looks real. Drive the rim, hike to overlooks, and in summer boat out to Wizard Island. Snow blankets it much of the year.
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Crater Lake, Oregon
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Reviewed: 2026-06-06
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