One of the biggest natural attractions in the United States will be closed off to visitors for a few years. In fact, people won’t be able to get to it by the end of this summer.

Over the centuries, snowmelt and rainwater filled the yawing crater to create a lake that's impossibly blue, nearly 2,000-feet deep in spots, and ringed by a ragged circle of toothy, often snow ...

Crater Lake was formed about 7,700 years ago when the ancient Mount Mazama volcano erupted and collapsed. This created a giant volcanic caldera, which naturally collects rainfall and melted snow ...

According to a separate NPS page, Crater Lake was formed “when a violent eruption triggered the collapse of a tall peak.” The rain and snow of the region feeds into its deepness, and causes ...

This coming summer will be the last chance to swim or take a boat tour in the waters of Crater Lake for an extended period. Cleetwood Cove Trail, the only legal pathway to the shoreline of the ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A private lunar lander is no longer working after landing sideways in a crater near the moon’s south pole and its mission is over, officials said Friday.