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Vidae Falls is perhaps the main waterfall attraction in Crater Lake National Park. Granted, waterfalls aren't exactly what you come to Crater Lake for, though. The falls is very easy to visit as it's right off a roadside pullout with a signpost nearby the scree slope at the base of the falls.
The falls itself is actually a tumbling cascade. There were some wildflowers in bloom when we were there adding a little color to the scene. However, it seemed its best flow would probably be in the June or July timeframe as most of the lower parts of the falls were flowing beneath the loose scree instead of above.
The position of the falls is kind of a bit of a paradox as it's not too far downslope of the uppermost slopes of what's left of Mt Mazama. With no river or conventional drainage feeding this falls, you might wonder where the water comes from?
We suspect the springs responsible for this falls is from snow accumulations and other precipitation that managed to seep into some of the more porous parts of the volcano's caldera resulting in an aquifer that more-or-less results in a year-round spring thereby allowing this waterfall to flow even this late into the Summer (we were there in late August).
Directions: Vidae Falls sits to the southeast side of the lake along the Rim Drive roughly 6 miles east of Rim Village. It's just minutes before one of the Phantom Ship parking areas (the one requiring a 1/4-mile walk to view the protruding rock attraction surrounded by the sapphire blue lake).
My cousins and I lived on State Hwy. 216, just a mile or so east of the park entrance in 1978 and 1979. We frequently went to the falls during the hot summer...[more]
Northwest Waterfall Survey
Curly Creek Falls appears to have been partially channeled into a sink between the bridge on FR 90 and the falls. It flows well during the spring and early melt season, but...[more]
Shoshone Falls
Shoshone Falls on the Snake River near Twin Falls, Idaho is truly spectacular during the mid-April to mid-May high season. The river plunges...[more]
Two Spectacular Falls
Diamond falls is a bit of a hike in. I didn't measure it but it felt like 2 miles. There were several nice view points on the walk in showing the surrounding hills...[more]
Further on the Eagle Creek Trail
Next time you are in Oregon and have a day to devote to Eagle Creek, I would highly recommend making the trek to Tunnel Falls...[more]
Loowit Falls, Mt St Helens, Washington
Picture of Loowit Falls, Mt St. Helens, Washington...[more]