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Stories Archive: Crater Lake
While Crater Lake National Park may be your main destination for vacation, the journey’s half the fun. For travelers coming from Medford or Grants Pass, the winding route along the upper Rogue River offers adventures along the way, with the communities of Prospect, Trail and Shady Cove serving as gateways to fishing, boating and hiking to waterfalls, wilderness and mountain vistas in the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest.
This area of cosmic wonder includes portions of Malheur, Lake and Harney counties to the east of larger Southern Oregon cities like Medford, Klamath Falls and Ashland. They are so sparsely populated that the region is also known as the Oregon Outback. And while much of the nighttime world grows brighter every year, as much as 11 million acres of Outback are on track to become an official Dark Sky Sanctuary in 2023. That would be the largest area of its kind, and good news not just for curious humans checking out the Milky Way but also for wildlife that needs the dark to thrive.
After a two-year hiatus, Crater Lake’s car-free event returns.
by Megan Monson A Gold Hill Adventure Rogue Zipline Adventures in Gold Hill (open year-round) specializes in a three-hour course […]
During the summer months, Crater Lake is one of the state’s most popular destinations, where parking and trails can be quite full. But a visit to the lake and its rugged surrounding park during the winter is just as magical, and less crowded. Here’s everything you need to know.
