Crane Flat
Crane Flat is a minor service area that provides opportunities for quiet, pleasant camping in the summer and nordic skiing and other snow play activities in the winter.
Visitor Use Goals
Increase opportunities for camping
Provide adequate support facilities to accommodate existing levels of winter use
Provide experimental day parking area for Valley visitors
Visitor Use Actions
Increase size of campground from 164 to not more than 200 sites
Renovate and winterize the store and provide cross-country ski rental and snow play equipment rental
Keep gas station open all year
Provide parking for 200 cars for winter activities; use in summer as experimental staging area for Valley day visitors
Provide comfort station and ranger contact shelter at parking area
Park Operations Goals
Improve utilities to bring them up to state and federal standards
Retain essential employee housing
Park Operations Actions
Drill well(s) to provide a reliable year-round domestic water source
Construct sewage treatment facility
Provide commercial electrical power through a commercial hookup from Hodgdon via South Landing Road
Provide enclosed storage for sand and sand truck at South Landing for winter snow operations
Retain existing ranger residence
Retain old blister rust camp