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Crater Lake Rim Drive, Oregon

The 33-mile road around the deepest lake in the United States, the way the park trolley runs it: clockwise from Rim Village, past Wizard Island, Llao Rock, the Phantom Ship and Vidae Falls, ending at Park Headquarters.

30 min of audio · 32 miles · Read the transcript

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    Getting started

    1. Start in the right placeThis tour begins at Rim Village and the Sinnott Overlook. Start while parked; the first story plays when you arrive.
    2. Let's hear itSelect this phone as the car's Bluetooth audio source and set a comfortable volume. Download the tour while you still have signal.
    3. Stories meet you thereYour phone's location starts each story automatically. Music flows straight into the narration. Keep this page open; it keeps the screen awake for GPS.
    4. You're ready to exploreStart at Rim Village, then press Start; the tour goes clockwise around the lake and ends at Park Headquarters (Steel Visitor Center). Rim Drive is seasonal: it closes to cars on November 1 or with the first heavy snow, the west side usually reopens between mid-May and late June and the east side between mid-June and late July. In 2026 the east side between Phantom Ship Overlook and Park Headquarters was closed for construction, and the Pinnacles Road and Cleetwood Cove Trail are closed for projects too: check nps.gov/crla current conditions before you go. There is an entrance fee (no reservation needed); gas in the park is sold only at Mazama Village, mid-May to mid-October. Allow at least two hours.

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    Facts from Crater Lake National Park (NPS): the Summer/Fall 2026 Reflections visitor guide, park history brochure, FAQs, Rim Drive and place pages, and the park Historic Resource Study place-name appendix; Crater Lake Institute auto-touring notes. Music: Schubert, Piano Sonata D. 960, II. Andante sostenuto, David H. Porter for Musopen (public domain, via Wikimedia Commons). Narration is AI-generated. Not an official National Park Service product.