Crescent Lake is a natural lake on the eastern side of the Cascade Range in the northwest corner of Klamath County,

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. The unincorporated community of Crescent Lake Junction on Oregon Route 58 and Crescent Lake State Airport are located northeast of the lake. The lake was named for its shape by

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and William Holman Odell in July 1865.

Recreation

Crescent Lake is located within the Crescent Ranger District of the

Deschutes National Forest The Deschutes National Forest is a United States National Forest located in parts of Deschutes, Klamath, Lake, and Jefferson counties in central Oregon. It comprises along the east side of the Cascade Range. In 1908, the Deschutes National ...

. The area has many trails for hiking, horseback riding, and mountain biking, and areas for

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vehicles. There are also a few developed campsites and boat ramps that provide opportunities for sailing, water skiing, camping and fishing. Diamond Peak ASTER 2011-06-20

Fish species found in the lake include: :*

Rainbow trout The rainbow trout (''Oncorhynchus mykiss'') is a species of trout native to cold-water tributaries of the Pacific Ocean in Asia and North America. The steelhead (sometimes called "steelhead trout") is an anadromous (sea-run) form of the coast ...

Kokanee salmon The kokanee salmon (''Oncorhynchus nerka''), also known as the kokanee trout, little redfish, silver trout, kikanning, Kennerly's salmon, Kennerly's trout, or Walla, is the non-anadromous form of the sockeye salmon (meaning that they do not migrat ...

Mountain whitefish The mountain whitefish (''Prosopium williamsoni'') is one of the most widely distributed salmonid fish of western North America. It is found from the Mackenzie River drainage in Northwest Territories, Canada south through western Canada and the ...

Brown trout The brown trout (''Salmo trutta'') is a European species of salmonid fish that has been widely introduced into suitable environments globally. It includes purely freshwater populations, referred to as the riverine ecotype, ''Salmo trutta'' morp ...

- ''non-native introduced species'' :*

Bull trout The bull trout (''Salvelinus confluentus'') is a Salvelinus, char of the family Salmonidae native to northwestern North America. Historically, ''S. confluentus'' has been known as the "Dolly Varden trout, Dolly Varden" (''S. malma''), but was re ...

- ''listed as a threatened species''

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Google Maps: User Content Google Sphere 360° Photo: Crescent Lake Campground (May 2017) Image credit: Frank Bobbio
- Panoramic 360 view from north end of the lake on a clear and sunny day. *
Deschutes National Forest

{{authority control Lakes of Oregon Lakes of Klamath County, Oregon Protected areas of Klamath County, Oregon Deschutes National Forest

Recreation

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