CRATER LAKE National Pa^rR O T*~ E O O W

UNITED STATES RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION N AT IONAU PARK SERIES Reflections stand out distinctly in water that gleams as though glazed by the sun

Looking "Over the Top"

Page two An Appreciation of (rater Lake National Park By WINSTON CHURCHILL, Author of "The Crisis," "Richard Carvel," "The Crossing," etc. Written Especially for the United States Railroad Administration i|T IS not so man) years ago that I left San Francisco with a case of rods, bound for Crater Lake in Oregon. What I had heard about the place had filled me with awe and expectation, tempered by a little skepticism. I was personally conducted by patriotic and hos­ pitable Oregonians who met me in sight of the fountains of Klamath, put me in a motor car and sped me northward through great forests and across wide prairies which once, not long since, had been an almost inaccessible wilderness. The immensity of the extinct volcano whither we were bound, that in prehistoric times had strewn the entire countryside with powdered stone, was hard to grasp. It was July. We climbed the wooded slopes to the snows, forged through the melting drifts to the very lip of the crater and suddenly looked down upon a scene celebrated in Indian myth, and unique in all America. Some thousand feet below us lay a bottomless crystal lake, six miles across dotted with black volcanic islands. My delight in the grandeur of this view, it must be confessed, was heightened by the knowledge that the lake was in­ habited by large rainbow trout which would rise to the fly. After leaving our bags in one of the comfortable tents which the government provides, and eat­ ing a hurried lunch in the big dining room, we took our rods and started down the trail. It is quite safe, but new in the experience of a sportsman from the East; and I took the snow slopes gingerly, put to shame by a twelve-year-old daughter of Oregon who romped down ahead of me, careless of the precipice below. And when at last we were afloat, one recalled the Indian legend that he who attempts to swim in this water is never heard of again. The boat was gliding—over nothing. The water was as clear as air. Leaning dizzily over the side of the boat, we saw the walls of the crater going down and down into the bowels of the earth, and rainbow trout gliding below us, apparently, in a medium like air. Above us the walls seemed to reach to the sky itself. But presently, when wc had begun to fish, the clouds gathered and shut out the sky, in the midst of the summer afternoon darkness set in, thunder rolled and lightning played. It was a scene comparable only to something imagined by Dante in his Inferno. The rain pelted down, the lake grew white—but the fish rose. Trout after trout took the flies, and when the sky cleared our arms were tired from play­ ing them. The sun was setting. I made one last cast, near a bleak island, with a brown hackle. It was followed by that indescribable sensation of pure joy when a great fish gurgles on the surface, when the fisherman feels the first frantic tug and hears the singing of the reel. My rod weighed four ounces, and the trout at least eight pounds. He leaped, and leaped again. Twilight came on. For half an hour I played him, reeling him up to the boat only to see him rush away again: it became a question of staying down all night in the crater—or leaving him, since at night we could not have traced the trail. Reluctantly I left him. For when I tried to drown him by towing he snapped the leader and was free. We had all the fish we cared to carry up the steep slope. But many times since I have thought of that trout, and I have never abandoned my intention to go back to Crater Lake some day and get him.

Page three To the American People: Uncle Sam asks you to be his guest. He has prepared for you the choice places of this continent—places of grandeur, beauty and of wonder. He has built roads through the deep-cut canyons and beside happy streams, which will carry you into these places in comfort, and has provided lodgings and food in the most distant and inaccessible places that you might enjoy yourself and realize as little as possible the rigors of the pioneer traveler's life. These are for you. They are the playgrounds of the people. To see them is to make more hearty your affection and admiration for America.

' Secretary of the Interior

Crater Lake National Park IRATER LAKE National kind in the world—only one immense Park is in southwestern basin apparently formed through the Oregon, on the crest of the complete melting by intense heat of the Cascade Range, sixty miles entire core of a great volcano, and the north of the California line, falling in and utter disappearance midway between San Francisco and through subterranean caverns of its Portland. It contains 249 square miles. massive bulk. The elevation varies from 5,000 to That perpetual desolation — the 9,000 feet above sea level. The Park nightmare of a Dante—should follow is a broad and timbered plateau sur­ such a cataclysm would be expected; mounted by numerous volcanic peaks, that aeons of time and the mystical among them Scott Peak, Timber workings of Nature have transformed Crater, Desert Cone, Red Cone, Crater the devastation to a dream-picture, will Peak and Union Peak. Crater Lake, be a continual boon to the sightseer. weird and mysterious, lies in their The titanic convulsion that formed midst near the center of the Park, and this remarkable beauty-spot no human is, as its name implies, a lake in the ex­ eye witnessed. Geologists have con­ tinct crater of a volcano. It was not cluded that ages ago, in the great chain discovered by white men until 1853, of volcanic mountain peaks which to­ and today is recognized as one of the day extends from Washington to Cali­ greatest of scenic and most striking of fornia—among them Mt. Rainier, Mt. geologic spectacles. Hood, Mt. Adams, Mt. Jefferson, All of our great national play­ Three Sisters, Mt. McLoughlin, Mt. grounds have their distinctive beauties; Shasta and Lassen Peak—there tow­ each is different in great measure in ered one, which has been called Mount the sublimity and attractiveness of its Mazama, that may have topped the natural grandeur, but Crater Lake tallest of its fellows. Judging from the stands alone in this: that all likeness to pitch of the remnants of its outer slopes, any familiar landscape here ceases. scientists conclude with reasonable cer­ Other lands have their crater lakes tainty that, if reconstructed, its snow- —Italy, India and Hawaii—and there clad peak would rise from seven to are some craters in this country that eight thousand feet above its broken contain miniature lakes; but there is rim. Mazama stands today an un­ only one really great caldera of this crowned king, shorn of its diadem of

Page four The Phantom Ship, which disappears illusively with shiftings of light and shadow burning gold and glittering silver, yet The Discovery of Crater Lake holding within its heart a treasure the rarest in the world—a beautiful lake, Surrounded by canyons, ravines and the deepest of all lakes, with waters pinnacled rocks, and belted by a wil­ the bluest of all blue waters. And this derness of boulder-strewn forests, the is Crater Lake! region for years was inaccessible, and unexpored except by the more venture­ some who were attracted by stories of the Indians of this mystery lake in its fantastic setting. Yet its discovery was accidental; it occurred in 1853 while an exploring party was searching in the Cascade Mountains for the famous Lost Mount Mazama if reconstructed Cabin Mine. The mine they did not find, nor has it ever been found, but Crater Lake is almost circular, vary­ instead they came upon this beautiful ing from five to six miles in diameter. lake in the crater. Its known depth is 2,000 feet and it is believed to be the deepest body of "Suddenly we came in sight of fresh water in the world. Its surface is water," writes J. W. Hillman, the 6,177 feet above the sea. It has no leader of the party. "We were much inlet or outlet, being fed by springs and surprised, as we did not expect to see winter snows; its water escapes by un­ any lakes, and did not know but that derground channels, reappearing as we had come in sight of and close to springs in the Klamath region, a few Klamath Lake. Not till my mule miles away. It is completely girdled stopped within a few feet of the rim by precipitous cliffs and steep talus of the lake did I look down, and if I slopes that fall sharply downward from had been riding a blind mule I firmly its rim 2,000 to 600 feet to the water's believe I would have ridden over the edge. Closely encircling it rise many edge to death." high peaks, notably Llao Rock, The A dispute arose over the choice of a Watchman, and Cloud Cap; also Gla­ name, the party dividing between cier, Garfield and Vidae Peaks. Mysterious Lake and Deep Blue Lake.

Page five Motorboating and fishing in the heart of an extinct volcano is novel sport

The advocates of Deep Blue Lake won roundings help the brilliance of the the vote, but in 1 869 a visiting party blue; the rocks are of metallic hues; the renamed it Crater Lake, and this by peaks of the rim are often snow cov­ natural right became its title. ered; the lava gray of the steep scarred walls is mottled and splotched First View of Crater Lake and Its with bright yellows and reds, markings left by volcanic action long ago, and Brilliant Coloring always there is the dark green of the The first sight of Crater Lake is well- pines and firs and shrubs that grow nigh bewildering. Unless looked into on these declivities wherever they find from the rim it is invisible. Wonder­ root-hold. The waters are usually ment at the height and steepness of its placid, gleaming as though glazed by encircling cliffs succeeds the first as­ the sun, and in this mirror of Nature tonishment; admiration of the loveli­ the reflections stand out with astound­ ness of its coloring next enthralls the ing distinctness. beholder in the sequence of impres­ Of this feature of Crater Lake, Joa­ sions. Its unique beauty lies in no quin Miller wrote: "Fancy a sea of small measure in its coloring, the bril­ sapphire set about by a compact circle liance of which if reproduced in paint­ of the grizzly rock of Yosemite. It is ing or print would seem exaggerated great, great; but it takes you days to and impossible to those who have not see how great. It lies 2,000 feet under seen the reality. Nowhere else is you, and as it reflects its walls so per­ there such an azure. One feels that fectly that you cannot tell the wall a glass of its water would show blue from the reflection, in the intensely as if stained with cobalt, but it is clear blue water, you have a continuous un­ as crystal and as pure. The deeper broken circular wall of twenty-four parts are a brilliant ultramarine, shad­ miles to contemplate at a glance, all of ing to turquoise in the shallower which lies 2,000 feet, and seems to lie reaches, and to light jade green in the 4,000 feet, below. Yet so bright, so few indented coves around the shore. intensely blue is the lake that it seems A hundred feet down the glaze of a at times, from some points of view, to plate is plainly discernible. The sur­ lift right in your face."

Page six Wizard Island—A crater within a crater The Legend of the Indians call it Wizard Island, one of the small According to the legend of the Kla- islands that rise from its depths today. maths and Modocs the mystic land of 1 he Indians, even today, look upon the Gaywas was the domain of the power­ face of Crater Lake with uneasiness and ful demon Llao, whose throne was on awe. Wizard Island Llao Rock. His warriors were gigan­ The geological history of Wizard Island is tic crawfish which swarmed the lake, fully as remarkable as that ascribed to it by and with their great claws seized all the Indian legend. It was built up from the who dared to appear on the cliffs floor of Mount Mazama's crater by expiring above. The spirit chieftain Skell, of the volcanic forces, and is today a perfectly pre­ served cinder zone rising 800 feet above the neighboring Klamath Marshes, waged surface of the lake. It lies close to the cliffs bitter war against Llao, but Skell on the western shore of the lake, and its ap­ eventually was captured, and his heart, pearance, when looked down upon from the torn from his body, was given by Llao rim, is one of the curious sights that fill the beholder with wonder. Soundings show that to his minions who used it as a ball, several other peaks of like nature rise from hurling it from cliff to cliff with their great depths in the lake but do not come claws. within some hundred feet of the surface, forming a submerged range of miniature One of Skell's watchful eagles sud­ crater mountains. A trail has been built to denly swooped down and caught the the edge of Wizard Island's crater, which is heart in mid-air, passing it to a fleet- 500 feet across the top and 100 feet deep; footed antelope, which carried it to a trail also leads to the bottom. The western half of Wizard Island is a rough lava bed, safety. Then miraculously the body and in one of its hollows is a dark pool of Skell grew about his heart, and he known as the Witch's Cauldron. Thus Wiz­ again waged war against his enemy. ard Island is doubly remarkable, being in He captured Llao and upon the highest fact a crater within a crater and containing a pool within a lake. Skell Channel sep­ cliff cut his body into quarters, which arates Wizard Island from the mainland. The he cast into the lake where they were lake's superb reflections are seen to fine ad­ eaten by Llao's monsters under the be­ vantage from the island. lief that it was Skell's body. But when Llao's head was thrown in they recog­ The fhantom Ship The picturesque Phantom Ship lies near nized it and would not eat it. So Llao's the southern shore of the lake a few rods head still lies in the lake and white men from the base of Dutton Cliff. It is a high

Page seven Panorama of Crater Lake and its encircling shores craggy up-thrust of curiously sculptured lava; stock the waters with trout, but no fish were skirting its sculptured sides with its maze of Eagles soar and pelicans flap from rock to a mass of bronze and yellow spires and tur­ seen in the lake for twelve years; then a few lava rigging. Kerr Notch, just beyond Dut­ rock, and over all shines the brilliant sum­ rets showing almost a goblin fantasy of con­ were taken, one measuring 30 inches. Since ton Cliff, on Danger Bay, is the lowest point mer sunshine from an azure sky that is re­ struction. At a distance its outline resembles then trout of the gamiest have been caught in on the crater rim, 600 feet above the water. flected and thrown back from Crater Lake's a sailing ship—hence its name. The illusion ever-increasing numbers; preferably by fly- Sentinel Rock is the next peak outstanding profound depths in an ultra-blue that chal­ at dusk or in the moonlight is striking. Ap­ casting from vantage points along the shore, on the wall above, and then follows Cloud lenges the heavens. Approaching Skell proaching it in certain slants of light the and also by trolling with spoon from row- Cap, 2,070 feet above the shore. Skell Head, Channel, Glacier Peak looms high above the Phantom Ship, when seen against the cor­ boats. Fish weighing five and ten pounds suggesting Indian legends, appears on the rim and The Watchman rears over Wizard rugated background of Dutton Cliff, sud­ are frequently caught. southern point of Grotto Cove, where is seen Island's cinder cone surrounded by its arm- denly disappears and is exceedingly difficult In Crater Lake, five fish per person a day, The Wineglass, high on its northern cliff, a shaped lava flows and rising like an octopus to again "pick up"—a phantom ship indeed, and in all other waters in the park twenty strange rock-slide shaped like a huge goblet from the waters. The high-pitched roofs and in which the Ancient Mariner might well fish per person, is the limit. There is good and tinted as with winestain. Round Top, the gray walls of Crater Lake Lodge appear as a delight. fishing in Anna Creek below Dewie Falls, as Palisades and Rugged Crest are passed along dot above, as the launch heads for Eagle the northeast shore, and below Rugged Crest Trail from Crater Lake Lodge to Eagle Cove well as in neighboring streams. The fishing Cove, and one of the most singular and spec­ season is from July 1st to September 30th, is Cleetwood Cove, where the last great lava tacular of boat trips is ended. A new trail of very easy grade has been flow occurred. constructed, leading from the rim at Crater unless otherwise ordered by the Superintend­ The Rim Road—A Skyline Boulevard Lake Lodge to the water at Eagle Cove, a ent of the Park. No license is required. But what strange sights have been un­ The Rim Road entirely encircles Crater descent of about 1,000 feet and a little over Launch Trips—A Cruise Around the Lake folded in this half-circuit of the lake! Where Lake a distance of 35 miles, winding around a mile in distance. Horses and burros can can their like be seen? Contorted, twisted At Eagle Cove, motorboats and rowtoats are the base of the chain of peaks and crags that be used .if desired, but the low grading of shapes—the deformity of nature in its every hedge its outer slopes; it is unique among the trail makes the walk delightful, the acces­ provided for boating or fishing parties; guides phase. Dark caverns piercing flame- are also available for those who desire them. skyline drives. From Cloud Cap on the east­ sibility of the lake adding greatly to the scorched walls that over-hang in jagged ern shore to The Watchman on the western enjoyment of visitors. This charming walk, Trips to Wizard Island are made by launch masses streaked with charred reds and sul­ on regular schedules daily, and special trips side of the lake, a distance of 2 I miles, it is zigzagging in easy stretches down the heavily phur-yellows; gorges packed with winter in good condition. The remaining 14 miles timbered slope, contrasts strangely with the can be arranged for, by the hour, skirting snows that gleam like diamonds in jet set­ the Phantom Ship and nearby cliffs. connecting Cloud Cap with The Watchman, belief expressed by the party of explorers tings—snows unmelted since their fall, with around the northern end of the lake, is being who discovered the lake, that "its shore-line solid ice foundations, for sunshine has never The striking features of the crater's rim improved and surfaced. This work is pro­ would never be touched by the foot of man." can best be seen by making a circuit of the reached their rock-bound depths. And all But when you consider that an eighteen-foot around them is the bright green glaze of gressing rapidly and the expectation is that lake along its edge. It reveals in a thousand the road will be open, except possibly for launch crossing the lake is harder to "spot" changes the twisted and contorted lava for­ needled pine boughs, drooping and waving than an aeroplane flying 3,000 feet over­ in the breeze from trunks that slant at every short periods, the present year. In this cir­ mations, and is a moving picture of twenty- cular tour the vistas of the lake are every­ head, and that a rowboat is undiscernible, five miles of nature's wierdest film. This angle—the growth of centuries. Surely where superb and the surrounding mountain some idea may be had of the beliefs and close-up view of the aftermath of Mazama Nature, to sooth Mazama's wrath, has beauti­ disbeliefs that Crater Lake readily suggests. will never be forgotten. fied its scars with dressings most sublime. views are seen to excellent advantage. Unusual Fishing; Motorboats and Rowboats The Pinnacles—Sand Creek Canyon From Eagle Cove the launch heads east, Rounding Pumice Point the launch glides The Pinnacles are reached by following The cold and crystal-clear water of Crater rounding Eagle Point, with Garfield Peak into Steel Bay and then skirts Llao Rock, one the Rim Road from Crater Lake Lodge for Lake originally contained no fish of any kind towering high overhead; then crosses Chaski of the most striking summits on the rim. Just about ten miles, thence three miles down except a species of small crawfish. Bay, where Vidae Cliff rises 2,000 feet above. north of Llao Rock is a mile of desolation, Sand Creek Canycn. Here stand a jumble of In 1888, Mr. William G. Steel, now U. S. Just beyond, Dutton Cliff looks from its dizzv The Devil's Backbone, carved and ridged and giant monoliths crowding the canyon sides, carved Commissioner for the Park, was the first to height on the Phantom Ship, the launch lacerated as though by the whips of demons. by the winds and the rains of centuries into fan-

P a ge eight Page nine Crater Lake Lodge stands near the rim and overlooking the Lake. tastic forms. There are hundreds of these sharp Union Peak, 7,698 feet above sea level, is pointed figures, some of them over 100 feet in about ten miles southwest of Crater Lake height, rising like the wraiths of a forest turned to Lodge, and can be reached by saddle animals stone. By moonlight their gray ghost-like to within a quarter of a mile of its conical appearance borders on the uncanny. top. The last 700 feet is very steep, but the Dewie Canyon and Garden of the Gods footing is secure. Unlike most of the mountains in this region, Union Peak is not From Anna Spring Camp, five miles south a cinder cone, but the solid core of an ancient of Crater Lake Lodge, the road leads east­ volcano. The view embraces the entire park. ward a few miles along the northern wall of The trail to Bald Top extends beyond Union Dewie Canyon, a timbered gorge cut out of Peak three miles, but it is very rough and the solid rock, its sides a silent testimony of steep. Scott Peak, 8,938 feet, is to the east, its violent formation. At the head of the twenty-two miles from Crater Lake Lodge, canyon are Dewie Falls, foaming cataracts and rises 700 feet above any other point in which give the canyon its name, Dewie being the vicinity of Crater Lake It is reached by an Indian word signifying falling waters. auto to Cloud Cap, thence two miles by foot And here lies another Garden of the Gods, trail. There is an excellent trail to the top with its picturesque crags and towering of Garfield Peak, 8,060 feet, one and a pines, and meadows set about with paint quarter miles east of The Lodge. It can be brush, lupines and anemones. made by foot or saddle animal. From its Anna Creek Canyon summit, which overlooks the lake, can be From twelve to fifteen miles south of The seen the Klamath Lake region to the south Lodge, on the Fort Klamath Road, the drive and the green valley of the Wood River. The for eight miles overlooks Anna Creek Can­ lofty snow-capped peaks of Mt. McLoughlin yon, with many fine views three or four hun­ and Mt. Shasta loom beyond. Mount Thiel- dred feet into its depths. The canyon dis­ son, 9,178 feet, and Diamond Lake are seen plays the curious columns and other gro­ to the north of Crater Lake, a region which tesque forms characteristic of this entire it is proposed to include in a Greater Crater volcanic region, though each of these picture- Lake National Park. gorges is distinctive in some new shuffling of The Watchman, five miles north of The Mazama's magic deck. Lodge, and Glacier Peak, 8,156 feet, six miles north and the highest peak on the rim, are Easy Mountaineering on the east side of the lake, and each is Crater Lake National Park offers the reached by auto and easy foot trails. Vidae mountain climber a novel field and many Cliff, on the rim, rises three miles east of heights, some of which can be reached with­ The Lodge, and has a good horse trail to the out great exertion; good horse trails and top, distance seven miles. roads available for autos lead to several A complete list of the principal points of prominent summits. Union Peak and Scott interest, with heights and distances, is shown Peak are perhaps the most remarkable. on another page.

Page ten Horse trails lead to mountain heights and to many vantage points upon the rim. Wild Animals and Game and farther up its course the river is spanned The Park abounds in black and brown by a natural bridge of lava, a hundred feet bear, blacktail deer, pine marten, porcupine; across. At Rogue-Elk, thirty-six miles from also grouse, pheasants and numerous varie­ Medford, lunch is served, and the drive is ties of birds. Deer and bear are more plenti­ resumed, passing through the greatest forest ful each year and are becoming quite tame. of yellow pine in the world, with many firs, Firearms in the Park are not permitted. yews, larches and cedars. Climbing into the Cougar, lynx, timber wolves and coyotes are Cascades the view covers far-reaching vistas seen occasionally and are being exterminated of densely wooded heights. As the road by the ranger force. leaves the Rogue River it turns eastward up the canyon of Castle Creek and crosses the Scenic Approaches to Crater Lake by Medford western boundary of the Park. Ahead is a and by Klamath Falls cluster of sloping peaks, rising 1,000 feet The approaches to Crater Lake National above the general level of the range, and as Park are from the railroad stations of Med­ the road winds upward to the crest below— ford, Ore., and Klamath Falls, Ore. The dis­ like a glittering jewel in a sunken setting— tance from Medford by auto is 81 miles; lies Crater Lake. from Klamath Falls 62 miles, and these ap­ proaches constitute no little charm of the THE KLAMATH FALLS APPROACH: Crater Lake trip, for each drive traverses a Klamath Falls is the center of the "Klamath country of much diversity in scenic attrac­ Country" and is situated on the banks of the tiveness. Link River, about a mile from Upper Klam­ Crater Lake affords a most interesting side ath Lake. It is in a region full of the charm trip for tourists to or from California. of mountain and forest, much of it still a THE MEDFORD APPROACH: From wilderness—a fitting gateway for Crater Medford, the chief city of the Rogue River Lake National Park. Its marshes are breed­ Valley, the auto road leads nortbeastward ing-grounds for wild fowl; its clear streams through miles of orchard country. Gradu­ are full of fighting trout; in its forests roam ally the highway climbs out of the valley into deer, bear and cougars. Crystal River, the wooded foothills and as it leads up the Cherry Creek, Wood River, Odessa Creek, gorge of the Rogue River the scenery takes Williamson River, Spring Creek and Sprague on a wilder aspect. Among anglers the fast- River are a few of the trout streams, well flowing Rogue is noted for its hard-fighting known to anglers, that enter the upper lake. steelhead and rainbow trout. The river Pelican Bay is a favorite trolling ground. here runs like a thief and twists like a rogue, The auto road leads for eigtheen miles but its waters are white with rapids, the name along the shores of Upper Klamath Lake, being derived from its ruddy bed and given the home of the white pelican. The lake is it by those French Canadian voyageurs—the twenty-five miles in length and ten miles at Riviere Rouge, or red river, its greatest width. The snow-capped peak Higher up the canyon, in the deepest wil­ of Mount McLoughlin rises 6,000 feet above derness, thunder the great Falls of the Rogue its western shore, which shows tier upon tier

Page eleven Mount McLaughlin rears to the west on the Medford road, and rises above the shore of Upper Klamath Lake on the Klamath Falls road. The Falls of the Rogue River on the Medford road. Mount Shasta looms to the south on the Klamath Falls road. of heavily timbered ridges that hem the hori­ Season zon. Passing through the Klamath Indian The 1919 season of Crater Lake National Park Agency at the head of the lake, the road five extends from July 1st to September 30th, miles further runs through Fort Klamath, both lying in a broad valley, surrounded by Park Administration wooded foothills. As the grade ascends, the Crater Lake National Park is under the juris­ view looking back is a revelation in land­ diction of the Director, National Park Service, scape loveliness. Winding upward through Department of the Interior, Washington, D. C. heavier timber it follows Anna Creek Canyon The Park Superintendent is located at Crater to Anna Springs Camp at the Park head­ Lake, Ore. quarters, thence five miles to Crater Lake How to Reach Crater Lake National Park Lodge on the rim. Crater Lake National Park is connected by Accommodations Within the Park automobile stages of the Crater Lake Company CRATER LAKE LODGE: This attractive with the railroad stations at Medford, Ore., and hotel constructed mainly of gray stone stands Klamath Falls, Ore, in the pines directly on the southeastern rim During the Park season, round-trip excursion overlooking the lake, 1,000 feet above the tickets at reduced fares are sold at many stations water. It contains sixty-four rooms and af­ in California and Oregon to Crater Lake National fords comfortable accommodations and good Park as a destination. Passengers wishing to service. It has ample bathing facilities and visit the Park as a side-trip in connection with fire protection. Around the large open fire­ journeys to other destinations will find stop-over place in its lobby visitors each evening re­ privileges available on through round-trip and count their day's experiences, and anglers one-way tickets, and may, if they choose, enter unreel their tales of the fish they caught, and the Park via Medford and leave via Klamath of the fish that got away. Falls, or the reverse. Tents are provided, on request, for those Storage charges on baggage will be waived at who prefer them, meals being taken at The railroad statiors at Medford, Klamath Falls or Lodge. There are many inviting spots on Weed, or at Portland, or at Sacramento, Oak­ flower dotted meadows around the lodge, where land Pier, San Francisco or Los Angeles, for beneath the pines on shaded slopes are snow­ actual length of time consumed by passengers banks, with bright snow-flowers peeping in making the Crater Lake trip. through their melting edges. Automobile-Stage Rates ANNA SPRING CAMP: At the park head­ The Crater Lake Co. will operate regular daily auto­ quarters, at Anna Spring, five miles south of mobile service from Medford, and Klamath Falls, Oregon, to and from Crater Lake National Park at the following Crater Lake Lodge, a good camp is main­ rates: One Round tained. The spring gushes from the moun­ Way Trip tainside at the head of Anna Creek. There Medford to Crater Lake $ 8.50 $15.00 Klamath Falls to Crater Lake 8.00 12.50 is a general store here (with branch at The Medford to Klamath Falls, via Crater Lake. 1 5.00 Lodge) where necessary supplies are obtainable. Klamath Falls to Medford. via Crater Lake. 15.00

P n $ e twelve Rates at Crater Lake Lodge National Park Service, Washington, D. C. or by Board and lodging (lodging in tents), one person: personal application to the office of the superin­ Per day $ 3.50 Per week.._ 20-00 tendent of the park. Board and lodging, two or more persons in one tent: Circular of General Information Regarding Crater Lake Per day each 3.00 National Park. Per week each 17.50 Map showing location of National Parks and National Lodging in tents: One person, per night 1.00 Monuments and railroad routes thereto. Two or more persons in one tent, per night, each .75 Board and lodging (lodging in hotel), one person: U. S. R. R. Administration Publications Per day 4.00 The following publications may be obtained Per week 22.50 Board and lodging, two or more persons in one room: free on application to any consolidated ticket Per day each 3.50 office; or apply to the Bureau of Service. National Per week each 20.00 Parks and Monuments, or Travel Bureau—West­ Lodging in hotel: One person, per night 1.50 Two or more persons in one room, per night,each 1.25 ern Lines 646 Transportation Bldg.,Chicago, 111.: In hotel rooms, with hot and cold water: Arizona and New Mexico Rockies Board and lodging, one person: Per day 4.50 California for the Tourist Per week 25.00 Colorado and Utah Rockies Board and lodging, two ormore persons in room: Crater Lake National Park, Oregon Glacier National Park, Montana Per day each 4.00 Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona Per week each 22.50 Hawaii National Park, Hawaiian Islands Lodging: One person, per night 2.00 Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas Two or more persons in one room, per Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado night each 1.75 Mount Rainier National Park, Washington Baths (extra)—to house guests. 25 cents; others. .50 Northern Lakes—Wisconsin, Minnesota, Upper Michigan, Fires in rooms (extra) 25 Iowa and Illinois Single meals 1 -00 Pacific Northwest and Alaska Rates at Anna Spring Tent Camp Petrified Forest National Monument, Arizona Rocky Mountain National Park. Colorado Board and lodging, each person: Per day $ 2.50 L Per week 15.00 Sequoia and General Grant National Par s, California Meals: Breakfast, lunch or dinner 75 Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, Montana. Idaho Lodging: One person, per night 1.00 Yosemite National Park, California Children under 10 years, half rates at lodge or camp. Zion National Monument, Utah Automobile Rates Distances from Crater Lake Lodge by road or trail to Fare between Anna Spring Camp and Crater Lake principal points of Interest Lodge: One way $ .50 Round Trip < 1.00 Special trips will be made when parties of four or Distance more are made up, as follows: and Above Best Means Transportation, per mile, within the park 10 Name General Sea of Reaching Remarks To Anna Creek Canyon, including Dewie Canyon : Direction Level J and Garden of the Gods, 24-mile trip, for each person 2.00 Miles Feet Trip around the Lake on rim road, side-trip to the Llao Rock. 8 north 8.046 Auto, horse­ Point from which the Pinnacles, and picnic lunch, for each person. . . 5.00 back, and legendary Llao's The Sunset Drive, from Crater Lake Lodge to sum­ foot body was thrown mit of road at Watchman, at sunset, 10-mile into lake. All-day trip, for each person 1.00 Diamond trip. Rates for Horses, Burros and Pack Animals Lake 18 north... Horseback... Good fishing. Near Saddle horses, pack animals and burros (when fur­ view of Mt. Theil- nished): Per hour $ 50 Devil's son. Per day 3.00 Backbone 3.5 north. . Fine view of forma­ Service of guide, with horse: Per hour 1.00 tion and coloring of Per day 6.00 Glacier Glacier Peak. Peak 6 north.... 8,156 Auto and foot Highest point on rim Launches and Rowboats TheWatch- of lake; fine view. Launch Trips: 5 north... 8,025 ...do Easy climb. Wizard Island and return, on regular schedule, Garfield Foot or horse­ launches leaving lake shore at 9 a. in., II a. m., Peak 1.25 east... 8,060 back Easy climb. 2 p. m., and 5 p. m., per person $ .50 Vidae Cliff. 8.135 ...do Fine view. Easy trip Wizard Island and return, special trip, per person 1.00 by horse; 7 miles. Around Wizard Island and Phantom Ship and Sun Notch. 7 east 7.115 Auto and foot Fine view of Phan­ return (about 15 miles), per person 2.00 tom Ship. Walk Around the Lake, per person 2.50 1 mile. Easy trail. Rowboats: Per hour 50 Dutton Per day 2.50 ciiff 9.5 east... . 8.150 ...do Fine view; 7.5 miles With boat puller, per hour 50 by auto, 2 on foot. With detachable motor, per hour 50 Sentinel Per day 5.00 Rock.... 18east.... Auto Most comprehensive U. S. Government Publications view from rim. Cloud Cap. ...do Fine drive and view. The following publications may be obtained Scott's from the Superintendent of Documents, Gov­ Peak 22 east.... 8.839 Auto and fool 2 miles by trail from ernment Printing Office, Washington, D. C. at Cloud Cap. High­ Pinnacles. 15.5 south­ est point in park. prices given. Remittances should be made by east Auto Grotesque forma­ money order or in cash: Garden of tions. Geological History of Crater Lake, by J. S. Diller, 32 the Gods pages, 28 illustrations. 10 cents. Dewey Forests of Crater Lake National Park, by J. F. Pernot, Falls 5 south.. ...do Waterfalls.meadows, 40 pages, 26 illustrations. 20 cents. Anna pinnacles, and Panoramic view of Crater Lake National Park; 16H by Creek pretty canyons. 18 inches. 25 cents. Canyon.. 10 to 13.5 National Parks Portfolio, by Robert Sterling Yard, 260 south ...do Beautiful canyon. ages, 270 illustrations, descriptive of nine National 300 to 400 feet Parks. Pamphlet edition, 35 cents; book edition, 55 cents. Union Peak 10.5 south- deep- 7,698 Auto and fool Fine view of entire The following may be obtained from the Wizard park. Director of the United States Geological Survey, Island.... 3.5 north. . 6,940 Boat and foot Extinct volcano, Washington, D. C. at price given. crater in summit. Map of Crater Lake National Park; 19 by 22 ins., 10 cents. Trail to top and Phantom into crater. The following publications may be obtained Ship ...do Grotesque lava- pin­ free on written application to the Director of the nacled island.

Page thirteen Page fourteen The National Parks at a Glance United States Railroad Administration Director General of Railroads For particulars as to fares, train schedules, etc., apply to any Railroad Ticket Agent, or to any of the following Consolidated Ticket Offices: West Austin, Tex 521 Congress Ave. Lincoln, Neb 104 N. 13th St. St. Paul, Minn. .4th and Jackson Sts. Beaumont, Tex., Orleans and Pearl Sts. Little Rock, Ark 202 W. 2d St. Sacramento. Cal 801 K St. Bremerton, Wash 224 Front St. Long Beach, Ca'. . . L.A. & S.L. Station Salt Lake City. Utah, Butte. Mont 2 N. Main St. Los Angeles, Ca 221 S. Broadway Main and S. Temple Sts. Chicago, 111 1 79 W. Jackson St. Milwaukee, Wis 99 Wisconsin St. San Antonio, Tex., Colorado Springs, Colo., Minneapolis. Minn.. 202 Sixth St.South 315-17 N. St. Mary's St. 119 E. Pike's Peak Ave. Oakland, Cal. . . 13th St. and Broadway San Diego, Cal 300 Broadway Dallas. Tex I 12-1 14 Field St. Ocean Park, Cal. . Pacific Elec. Depot San Franciso, Cal 50 Post St. Denver, Colo 601 17th St. Oklahoma City, Okla., San Jose, Cal., 1st andSanFernandoSts. Des Moines, Iowa. . . .403 Walnut St. 131 W. Grand Ave. Seattle, Wash 714-16 2d Ave. Duluth, Minn 334 W. Superior St. Omaha, Neb 1416 Dodge St. Shreveport, La..Milam and Market Sts. El Paso, Tex. . .Mills and Oregon Sts. Peoria, 111. .Jefferson and Liberty Sts. Sioux City, Iowa 510 4th St. Ft. Worth. Tex 702 Houston St. Phoenix, Ariz., Spokane, Wash., Fresno. Cal J and Fresno Sts. Adams St. and Central Ave. Davenport Hotel, 815 Sprague Ave. Galveston, Tex. 21st and Market Sts. Portland, Ore., 3d and Washington Sts. Helena, Mont 58 S. Main St. Pueblo, Colo 401-3 N. Union Ave. Tacoma, Wash .. I I I 7- I 9 Pacific Ave. Houston, Tex 904 Texas Ave. St. Joseph. Mo 505 Francis St. Waco, Tex 6th and Franklin Sts. Kansas City. Mo., St. Louis, Mo., Whittier. Cal L. A. 6c S. L. Station Ry. Ex. BIdg.. 7th and Walnut Sts. 318-328 N. Broadway Winnipeg, Man 226 Portage Ave, East Annapolis, Md 54 Maryland Ave. Detroit, Mich. . 13 W. LaFayette Ave. Philadelphia. Pa... 1539 Chestnut St. Atlantic City, N. J.. 1301 Pacific Ave. Evansville, Ind..L. & N. R. R. BIdg. Pittsburgh. Pa Arcade Building Baltimore, Md. . . B. & O. R. R. BIdg. Grand Rapids. Mich 125 Pearl St. Reading, Pa 16 N. Fifth St. Boston, Mass 67 Franklin St. Indianapolis,Ind., I 12-14 English Block Brooklyn. N. Y 336 Fulton St. Montreal, Que...... 238 St. James St. Rochester, N. Y 20 State St. Buffalo. N. Y., Main and Division Sts. Newark, N. J., Clinton and Beaver Sts. Syracuse, N. Y 355 S. Warren St. Cincinnati, Ohio. .6th and Main Sts. New York, N. Y 64 Broadway Toledo. Ohio 320 Madison Ave. Cleveland. Ohio. . . 1004 Prospect Ave. New York, N. Y....57 Chambers St. Washington, D. C. . 1229 F St. N. W. Columbus, Ohio 70 East Gay St. New York, N. Y 31 W. 32d St. Williamsport, Pa...4th and Pine Sts. Dayton, Ohio 19 S. Ludlow St New York. N. Y I 14 W. 42d St. Wilmington. Del 905 Market St. South Ashevillc, N. C 14 S. Polk Square Lexington. Ky Union Station Paducah. fCy 430 Broadway Atlanta, Ga 74 Peachtree St. Louisville, Ky...4th and Market Sts. Pensacola. Fla San Carlos Hotel Augusta, Ga 811 Broad St. Lynchburg. Va 722 Main St. Raleigh, N. C 305 LaFayette St. Birmingham, Ala 2010 1st Ave. Memphis, Tenn 60 N. Main St. Charleston, S. C. . . .Charleston Hotel Richmond, Va 830 E. Main St, Charlotte. N. C 22 S. Tryon St. Mobile. Ala 51 S. Royal St. Savannah, Ga 37 Bull St. Chattanooga, Tenn. . .817 Market St. Montgomery, Ala .... Exchange Hotel Sheffield. Ala Sheffield Hotel Columbia, S. C Arcade Building Nashville Tenn..Independent Life BIdg. Tampa, Fla Hillsboro Hotel Jacksonville. Fla 38 W. Bay St. New Orleans. La. . . .St. Charles Hotel Vicksburg, Miss. 1319 Washington St. Knoxville, Tenn 600 Gay St. Norfolk. Va Monticello Hotel Winston-Salem, N. C.. 236 N. Main St. ror detailed information regarding National Parks and Monuments address Bureau of Service, National Parks and Monuments, or Travel Bureau—Western Lines, 646 Transportation BIdg , Chicago. P a & e fifteen The ehr»st-lik~ pinnacles in Sand Creek Canyon. A forest of these giant monoliths crowd the canyon walls.