Crater Lake National Park
(Crater Lake OR)
There are three, officially named, waterfalls in Crater Lake National Park: Annie Falls, Duwee Falls and Vidae Falls. Only Vidae Falls can be seen relatively close-up from the road. The highest fall in the Park, Vidae Falls is actually a cascade, tumbling about 100 feet down the rock debris from Vidae Cliff. Never a great flow of water, the waterfall is usually reduced to a shadow of its former self by August.
How to get to Vidae Falls
If you are continuing on our tour along Hwy 138 (the ‘Rogue-Umpqua Scenic Byway’), you eventually enter Crater Lake National Park via the North Entrance road (closed in the Winter). When you reach Crater Rim Drive (which encircles Crater Lake) continue on southward to the official Visitors’ Center. This is past the turnoff (on your left) to Rim Village.
We suggest you stop in at the visitors’ center if you are interested in the rest of the Park. To get to Vidae Falls, continue on the Rim Drive about 3 miles past the Visitors’ Center to the marked turnout and parking area.
If entering via the Southern Entrance Road, turn right on the Crater Rim Drive. When you pay your entrance fee you will get excellent guidance.
For photos of Vidae Falls, see:
- Photo by Bryan Swan
- Photo by Steve Strazdus
- Photo from digistar.org web site
- Photo from Kelvin Smith’s ‘UntraveledRoad’ web site
- Photo from Iowa U “Ecology And Evolutionary Biology” web site
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