4 Best Hotels in Crater Lake National Park, Oregon

The period feel of this 1915 lodge on the caldera's rim is reflected in its lodgepole-pine columns, gleaming wood floors, and stone fireplaces in the common areas, and the simple guest rooms. With magnificent lake views—and the all-too-brief tourist season at Crater Lake—rooms at this popular spot are often booked a year in advance, although cancellations sometimes create last-minute vacancies. Plan ahead, as this is the only "in-park" place to stay by the lake, but also check online reservations page if visiting on short notice, as you may just get lucky.

You'll find understated elegance and exquisitely comfortable down bedding in this inn's rooms and suites. The elaborate breakfasts garner rave reviews; before or after an evening at the theater, enjoy dinner in the acclaimed Alchemy Restaurant and Bar. Just a few blocks from the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Lithia Park, and an eclectic downtown shopping district, this impeccably kept inn puts you within walking distance of the best that Ashland offers.

In a wooded area 7 miles south of the lake, this complex is made up of several A-frame buildings and has modest rooms with two queen beds and a private bath. This property, which fills up fast (so book early), is adjacent to Annie Creek Restaurant as well as a convenience store and gas station.

The likes of Theodore Roosevelt, Zane Grey, Jack London, and William Jennings Bryan have stayed at this quaint, country-style bed-and-breakfast that's just 39 miles southwest of the park entrance on Highway 62. The traditional Dinner House restaurant serves lemon-dill salmon, lasagna, and the signature prime-rib special to hotel guests and the public from May through October. Behind the main house are clean but basic and less pricey motel units in which some pets are allowed.