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  2. Wizard Island - Wikipedia

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    Wizard Island is a volcanic cinder cone which forms an island at the west end of Crater Lake in Crater Lake National Park, Oregon. The top of the island reaches 6,933 feet (2,113 m) above sea level, about 755 feet (230 m) above the average surface of the lake. The cone is capped by a volcanic crater about 500 feet (150 m) wide and 100 feet (30 ...

  3. Watchman Lookout Station - Wikipedia

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    The Watchman Lookout Station is located 8,025 feet above sea level on Watchman Peak, a high point on the western rim above Crater Lake. [5] [6] Watchman Peak was named by William Gladstone Steel in 1886 when he brought a survey team to Crater Lake to measure its depth. [7] The lookout structure (designated "Building 168") was constructed in ...

  4. Crater Lake National Park - Wikipedia

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    Established in 1902, Crater Lake is the fifth-oldest national park in the United States and the only national park in Oregon. [3] The park encompasses the caldera of Crater Lake, a remnant of Mount Mazama, a destroyed volcano, and the surrounding hills and forests. The lake is 1,949 feet (594 m) deep at its deepest point, [4] which makes it the ...

  5. Crater Lake - Wikipedia

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    Crater Lake ( Klamath: Giiwas) [2] is a volcanic crater lake in south-central Oregon in the Western United States. It is the main feature of Crater Lake National Park and is famous for its deep blue color and water clarity. The lake partly fills a 2,148-foot-deep (655 m) caldera [3] that was formed around 7,700 (± 150) years ago [4] by the ...

  6. Rim Drive - Wikipedia

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    Rim Drive is a 33-mile (53 km) loop road around Crater Lake. Rim Drive is located high in the Cascade Mountains. At its lowest point, Rim Drive is 6,500 feet (2,000 m) above sea level. The road reaches almost 7,900 feet (2,400 m) at its highest point on top of Cloudcap.

  7. Maroon Bells - Wikipedia

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    Maroon Bells. /  39.0708492°N 106.9889921°W  / 39.0708492; -106.9889921. The Maroon Bells are two peaks in the Elk Mountains, Maroon Peak and North Maroon Peak, separated by about half a kilometer (0.3 miles). [6] The mountains are on the border between Pitkin County and Gunnison County, Colorado, United States, about 19 kilometres (12 ...

  8. Homestead caldera - Wikipedia

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    The Homestead Caldera is the largest mineral dome in the area and is approximately 55 feet high and 400 feet wide at its base. The water in the crater is about 65 feet deep and an 8–14 foot deep layer of silt covers the bottom of the crater. There is an ongoing archaeological project that works to retrieve items from the silt that have been ...

  9. Crater Lake Lodge - Wikipedia

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    Crater Lake Lodge. /  42.90972°N 122.14083°W  / 42.90972; -122.14083. Crater Lake Lodge is a hotel built in 1915 to provide overnight accommodations for visitors to Crater Lake National Park in southern Oregon, US. The lodge is located on the southwest rim of the Crater Lake caldera overlooking the lake 1,000 feet (300 m) below.