Blue Lake Crater, Deschutes National Forest

Name: Blue Lake Crater
Address: Deschutes National Forest, United States

#38 among attractions in Deschutes National Forest

Volcano, Nature

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Blue Lake Crater is a maar, or a broad, low-relief volcanic crater, in the U.S. state of Oregon. Located in Jefferson County, it consists of three overlapping craters, which hold Blue Lake. The drainage basin for Blue Lake has very steep, forested slopes and is mostly part of the explosion crater left by the volcano's eruption. The volcano lies within the Metolius River basin, which supports a wide array of plant life, large and small mammals, and more than 80 bird species. In 2009, Governor of Oregon Ted Kulongoski signed a bill designating the Metolius River basin as an area of critical concern, preventing large-scale development on the land and protecting its wildlife. ()

Coordinates: 44°24'45"N, 121°46'12"W

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Day trips

Blue Lake Crater – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Hoodoo, Three Fingered Jack, Hogg Rock, Elliott Corbett Memorial State Recreation Site.

5 miW
Winter sport, Ski area
Hoodoo, Andrews Forest
128 min walk • Hoodoo is a ski resort in the northwest United States, in the central Cascade Range of Oregon. Located near the summit of Santiam Pass on U.S. Route 20, the ski area operates on federal land through agreement with Willamette National Forest on Hoodoo Butte, a volcanic cinder cone. Hoodoo's slopes primarily face northeast.
5.8 miNW
Natural attraction, Volcano
Three Fingered Jack, Mount Jefferson Wilderness
149 min walk • Three Fingered Jack is a summit of a shield volcano of the Cascade Range in the U.S. state of Oregon. Formed during the Pleistocene epoch, the mountain consists mainly of basaltic andesite lava and was heavily glaciated in the past.
5.2 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Volcano
Hogg Rock, Andrews Forest
132 min walk • Hogg Rock is a tuya volcano and lava dome in the Cascade Range of northern Oregon, located close to Santiam Pass. Produced by magma with an intermediate andesite composition, it has steep slopes and thick glassy margins.
~1660 ftSW
Locality
Elliott Corbett Memorial State Recreation Site, Deschutes National Forest
8 min walk • Elliott Corbett Memorial State Recreation Site is a state park along the south shore of Blue Lake Crater in Jefferson County, Oregon, United States. The park is named in honor of Elliott R. Corbett II, who was killed while serving in the United States Army during World War II.
6.5 miSW
Natural attraction, Volcano
Mount Washington, Mount Washington Wilderness
166 min walk • Mount Washington is a deeply eroded volcano in the Cascade Range of Oregon. It lies within Deschutes and Linn counties and is surrounded by the Mount Washington Wilderness area.
5.1 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Volcano
Hayrick Butte, Andrews Forest
130 min walk • Hayrick Butte is a tuya, a type of subglacial volcano, in Linn County, Oregon. Located in the Willamette National Forest near Santiam Pass, it lies adjacent to the cinder cone Hoodoo Butte, which has a ski area.
1.6 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Suttle Lake, Deschutes National Forest
40 min walk • Suttle Lake is a natural lake near the crest of the Cascade Range in central Oregon, United States, covering 253 acres. It was named in honor of John Settle, whose name was misspelled when the lake was officially recorded as a geographic feature.
4.1 miSW
Mountain pass, Nature
Santiam Pass, Andrews Forest
104 min walk • Santiam Pass is a 4,817-foot mountain pass in the Cascade Range in central Oregon in the United States. It is located on the border between Linn and Jefferson counties, about 18 mi northwest of Sisters, between the prominent volcanic horns of Three Fingered Jack to the north and Mount Washington to the south.