California’s Crater Lake

California has a Crater Lake, too.

It’s not as big, as deep or as blue as Oregon’s Crater Lake National Park, but unlike the national park, hardly anyone is ever there.

It’s Crater Lake Campground in Lassen National Forest near Susanville.

The campground has 17 sites that rent for $10 each.

Groves of peaking aspen ring the lake, as shown in these shots in this First Report on Crater Lake submitted by Jason Paine.

Best of all, by camping there in autumn, you can say you visited Crater Lake and had it all to yourself. 

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