Finding Your Way Around Rim Village
This summer, four historic buildings at Rim Village will be renovated and restored to their historic appearance. Construction will make Rim Village more crowded than usual, and some services will be moved temporarily to new locations.

Visitor Information
The Rim Visitor Center (Kiser Studio) and Sinnott Memorial Overlook are both closed for renovation. A temporary visitor center is located next to the cafeteria and gift store.

Bathrooms
The Rim Comfort Station is closed. Temporary facilities are located next to the temporary visitor center.

Lodging, Food, and Gifts
The Crater Lake Lodge, Gift Store, Watchman Restaurant, and Llao Rock Café are open as usual.

The four structures being renovated were built in the 1920s and 30s. The Rim Visitor Center (Kiser Studio) was originally a photographic studio. The Sinnott Memorial Overlook and Museum offers one of the most spectacular views in Rim Village, as well as exhibit space. The Community House was used for many years to host activities including evening slide shows and children's programs. These three structures and the Rim Comfort Station were designed to fit in architecturally with the natural environment around them. All have suffered the stresses of time. The Community House and Sinnott Museum, in fact, have not been used for many years.

We ask for your patience during this summer's construction. The result will be greatly improved services, and facilities that have been restored to their historic character.

Please Help Us Conserve Water and Electricity
The winter of 2000-01 has been one of the driest on record in southern Oregon. Little snow in the winter means less water and electricity during the summer. You can help by conserving water and power during your visit to Crater Lake.

Crater Lake National Park's snowpack, usually more than ten feet deep by late March, reached only half of that this year. Total snowfall was also barely half of the average.

Our 44 feet of snowfall is an important source of water during the summer. Most years, the snow pack lingers at high elevations until July. The melting snow, gradually draining through underground aquifers and supplying springs with water, keeps rivers flowing and reservoirs filled throughout the summer. People in the Klamath Basin and Rogue and Umpqua Valleys depend in part on snow melting within Crater Lake National Park for the water they drink and use to irrigate their crops. Wildlife in rivers and marshes depends on the water as well. A significant percentage of Oregon's power is hydroelectric, produced by water in reservoirs.

In anticipation of this summer's drought, emergency measures have been put in place throughout southern Oregon. Lawns will go brown and cars unwashed. Farmers will leave fields fallow.

What you can do: Take shorter showers Turn off lights Turn off the air conditioning Turn down the thermostat on the furnace Skip the car wash Reuse hotel linens Don't leave the water running

The National Park Service is dedicated to conserving water and power as well. Crater Lake National Park has been implementing conservation measures for several years. Those efforts have been redoubled. Rangers use leak detection equipment to find and mend small breaks in the park's water lines. Low-flow shower heads and toilets and spring-loaded faucets have been installed throughout the park. Measures such as these have reduced water usage by almost 15% over the past five years.

You, too, can make a difference. Take shorter showers, and don't leave the water running as you brush your teeth. Turn off lights when you aren't using them. Turn down your thermostat and turn off the air conditioning. If you stay more than one night in a hotel, ask that your linens not be washed every day.

This summer, Oregon's residents, wildlife, and visitors will share the same limited supply of water. With careful effort, we can all do our part to make sure there's enough to go around.