Park officials and at the park service's Pacific West Regional Office declined to comment on staffing levels. Crater Lake has ...

Crater Lake National Park has a new interim superintendent as the National Park Service begins its search for a permanent replacement. As previously reported, former superintendent Kevin Heatley ...

Crater Lake is a very remote national park. The nearest airport to the park is in Medford, a nearly 100-mile, 2-hour drive away. The park is 244 miles from Portland, the state’s largest city.

Not far into the 20th century, on May 22, 1902, Crater Lake became the fifth national park in the United States. Today, it remains the only national park in Oregon. Since the redesignation of the ...

In an interview with the Washington Post, Kevin Heatley announced his decision to accept a buyout offer and resign as Crater Lake Superintendent amid staffing cuts under the Trump administration.

Kevin Heatley stepped down Friday as superintendent of Crater Lake National Park, as internal data shows a sharp decline in the National Park Service’s workforce.

Of the five deepest lakes in the U.S., Lake Tahoe comes closest to Crater Lake at 1,645 feet deep - 300 feet shallower than Crater. Here's how the other lakes compare: No. 1 Crater Lake: 1,943 feet.