Now that the school kids are back to pencils, books and teacher's looks, Oregon's Crater Lake National Park is ripe for a visit. And the lack of crowds is only one bonus: You'll find perfect, cooler weather in the Cascades in September.
Obviously, you'll want to see the namesake lake, nearly 2,000 feet deep and more than 7,000 years old. The best way is on a boat tour, but you'll have to act fast: The final tours of the season wrap up this month, just before the weather turns sour.
If a guided tour won't do it for you, independent hiking and camping are your best bets. Fishing is also a possibility. Just make sure to get there before the snow arrives in October: Crater Lake gets buried under about 44 feet of the stuff every year.
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· Crater Lake National Park [Official Site]
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