• Introduction
• 1. Ahwahnee Hotel
• 2. Many Glacier Hotel
• 3. Banff Springs Hotel
• 4. Big Meadows Lodge
• 5. Jasper Park Lodge
• 6. Crater Lake Lodge
• 7. Jenny Lake Lodge
• 8. El Tovar
• 9. Cavallo Point
• 10. Paradise Inn

Crater Lake Lodge

CRATER LAKE NATIONAL PARK, OREGON

Famous for its intensely blue water, Crater Lake is one of the deepest and most pristine lakes in North America. Hovering near the edge of its steep rim (the lake was formed in a collapsed volcano 7,000 years ago), Crater Lake Lodge is the park’s only actual lakeside hotel and, thanks to a major overhaul in the 1990s, also its most comfortable. The lodge originally opened in 1915, and despite the remodel, it retains the feel of days gone by, down to the rustic rocking chairs on the veranda overlooking the lake and the families who claim them for remarkable stargazing after dark. With no modern distractions at the lodge, diversions center around the lake, where there is hiking, biking, boating, or fishing for rainbow trout and kokanee salmon. From mid-October to early summer, roads to the park are covered in snow, which makes for a short tourist season (the lodge opens in late May). Consequently, early reservations are essential—especially for the precious few rooms with water views. From $138/night; craterlakelodges.com

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