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Old Man of the Lake

Llywrch · CC BY-SA 2.5

1% trees around it and 99 species recorded.

39Forestyas Score

Notable treeWildMountain forest

  • trees within 3 km1%
  • wild within 10 km100%
  • species recorded99
  • Altitude1,883 m

The forest around

1% trees.

Read like the rings of a cut trunk: from the centre out, the land within 1, 3, 6 and 10 km, coloured by what covers it.

Trees 1%Water 99%Bare ground 0%Trees 50%Grassland 9%Water 30%Bare ground 11%Built-up 0%Trees 88%Grassland 8%Bare ground 4%1%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km0%
  • 1–3 km1%
  • 3–6 km50%
  • 6–10 km88%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees1%
  • Grassland0%
  • Water99%
  • Bare ground0%

ESA WorldCover 2021 (10 m, from Sentinel satellites), sampled every 120 m. A clearing, a road or a lake counts as what it is.

Who lives here

99 species recorded.

The plants, fungi, birds and mammals people have recorded here most often.

Marumleaf buckwheat
Marumleaf buckwheatEriogonum marifolium9 recordsAnthony Baniaga · CC0
Crater Lake currant
Crater Lake currantRibes erythrocarpum9 recordsno rights reserved · CC0
Gray's licorice-root
Gray's licorice-rootLigusticum grayi5 recordsWalter Siegmund · CC BY-SA 3.0
Cobwebby Indian paintbrush
Cobwebby Indian paintbrushCastilleja arachnoidea5 recordsMerrie Freed · Public domain
Calyptridium umbellatum
Calyptridium umbellatumCalyptridium umbellatum4 recordsJason Hollinger · CC BY 2.0
Cushion buckwheat
Cushion buckwheatEriogonum ovalifolium3 recordsUnknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0
Ballhead ipomopsis
Ballhead ipomopsisIpomopsis congesta3 recordsLee Ferguson · Public domain
Oceanspray
OceansprayHolodiscus discolor3 recordsWalter Siegmund · CC BY-SA 3.0
Partridgefoot
PartridgefootLuetkea pectinata3 recordsWalter Siegmund · CC BY-SA 3.0
Rose meadowsweet
Rose meadowsweetSpiraea splendens3 recordsWalter Siegmund · CC BY 2.5
Pearly Everlasting
Pearly EverlastingAnaphalis margaritacea3 recordsPendragon39 · Public domain
Anderson's lupineLupinus andersonii7 records

Open records within 2 km (GBIF, licensed for any use). Busy places are better recorded than remote ones.

In numbers

The forest, measured.

39out of 100

Our own rating, from open data only: tree cover (40 points), wildness (20), species recorded (30) and protection or heritage (10).

  • 1%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 100%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 99Speciesrecorded more than once within 2 km
  • 1,883 mAltitudeabove the sea

When to walk

Best for walking in June and in September.

How good each month is for a walk: mild days and little rain make the bar taller.

  1. Jan1°-6°130 mm
  2. Feb2°-6°99 mm
  3. Mar5°-4°117 mm
  4. Apr8°-2°80 mm
  5. May14°2°61 mm
  6. Jun18°5°34 mm
  7. Jul25°9°10 mm
  8. Aug24°8°12 mm
  9. Sep20°4°29 mm
  10. Oct12°0°65 mm
  11. Nov5°-4°125 mm
  12. Dec1°-6°178 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Old Man of the Lake.

Log that has been floating in Crater Lake since 1896

Old Man of the Lake is a notable tree in United States, 1,883 m above the sea.

Seen from space, 1% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 100% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

99 species have been recorded around it: 49 plants, 14 fungi, 30 birds and 6 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Marumleaf buckwheat, Crater Lake currant and Gray's licorice-root.

The best time to walk is in June and in September.

"Old Man" (driftwood), Crater Lake, OR
Llywrch · CC BY-SA 2.5

Get there and walk

Plan the visit

A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.

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From above

The forest and its surroundings.

The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the trails, notable trees, picnic sites and huts that OpenStreetMap shows.

Old Man of the Lake seen from above (Sentinel-2)
Seen from above: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 6 × 6 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Around, in OpenStreetMap

  • 3marked trails within 5 kmWizard Island Summit Trail, Fumarole Bay Trail, Cleetwood Cove Trail
  • 1picnic sites within 4 km
  • 16viewpoints within 5 kmSinnott Memorial, Merriam Point, Cloudcap and 13 more
  • 3visitor centres within 6 kmRim Village Visitor Center, Bookstore, Steel Visitor Center
  • 1car parks within 3 km
  • 7campsites within 10 kmGrouse Hill Backcountry Campsite, Lightning Springs Backcountry Campsite, Red Cone Backcountry Campsite and 4 more
  • 1places to stay within 10 kmCrater Lake Lodge
  • named and notable trees within 6 km
  • shelters and huts within 6 km
  • restaurants and cafés within 3 km

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.

In our other atlases

Around Old Man of the Lake.

The mountains, lakes, rivers, waterfalls and canyons around this forest, the viewpoints above it, the birds and the night sky, in the family's atlases.

Peakyas45 mountains within 25 km
Mount Mazama2,487 m · 3.6 kmGarfield Peak2,431 m · 5.5 kmHillman Peak5.6 kmMount Scott2,722 m · 7.5 kmUnion Peak2,351 m · 17 kmHuckleberry Mountain1,943 m · 21 kmMount Thielsen2,799 m · 23 kmMount Bailey2,553 m · 25 km
Lakeyas1 lakes within 15 km
Crater Lake53 km² · 1.1 km
Darkskyas4 dark-sky places within 30 km
Crater LakeBortle 2 · 0.9 kmMount MazamaBortle 2 · 3.9 kmSinnott Memorial Observation StationBortle 1 · 5.5 kmMount ThielsenBortle 2 · 23 km
Viewyas5 viewpoints within 15 kmComing soon
Mount Mazama8,159 m · 3.9 kmDevil's Backbone Viewpoint4.8 kmWatchman Overlook5.6 kmWatchman Lookout Station8,025 m · 5.9 kmDiscovery Point6,365 m · 6.1 km
Cascadyas3 waterfalls within 15 km
Plaikni Falls6.1 kmDuwee Falls10 kmAnnie Falls15 km

Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.

Photographs

The forest, as people saw it.

Crater Lake Old Man of the Lake
Markgorzynski · CC BY-SA 3.0
Boat Launch at Cleetwood Cove with the Old Man of the Lake to the left (4105429577)
Greg Willis from Denver, CO, usa · CC BY-SA 2.0
Old man of crater lake
TCY ( talk · contribs ) · CC BY-SA 2.5

Other forests nearby.

Old Man of the Lake

United States

  • 39Forestyas Score
  • 1%Trees
  • 100%Wild
  • 99Species

Umpqua National Forest

United States · 33 km

  • 84Forestyas Score
  • 99%Trees
  • 100%Wild
  • 115Species

See the guide

Deschutes National Forest

United States · 126 km

  • 85Forestyas Score
  • 93%Trees
  • 100%Wild
  • 157Species

See the guide

Willamette National Forest

United States · 129 km

  • 85Forestyas Score
  • 99%Trees
  • 100%Wild
  • 173Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q3350203) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species536 open records within 2 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only)
See these recordsgbif.org
Names and photosWikidata (CC0); GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
AltitudeCopernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Temperature and rainNASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2)
What is around© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Sister atlasesPeakyas, Lakeyas, Darkskyas, Viewyas, Cascadyas

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

The family

Do you prefer beaches, lakes, mountains, waterfalls, islands, rivers, canyons, caves, dark skies, viewpoints, birdwatching or forests?

Same idea, other landscapes: field atlases built on open data, in seven languages.

beachesCoastyaFind your beach: sea temperature, sun and swimming month by month.Visit lakesLakeyasEvery lake on Earth: water temperature, ice, depth and the shore.Visit mountainsPeakyasEvery summit in 3D: summit weather, the 0 °C line, huts and trails.Visit waterfallsCascadyasEvery waterfall: height, flow month by month and when it roars.Visit islandsIslandyasEvery island from the sea up: size, sea temperature, ferries and 3D.Visit riversRiveryasEvery river from source to sea: the journey, the flow and the basin in numbers.Visit canyonsCanyonyasEvery canyon cut to scale: depth to the floor, rim and floor temperatures, trails and viewpoints.Visit cavesCavernyasEvery cave with its real depth and length: the rock above, the temperature inside all year, and how to visit.Visit dark skiesDarkskyasWhere the night is still dark: the sky of every place, the Milky Way month by month, the Moon, eclipses and auroras.Visit
viewpointsViewyasEvery viewpoint with its real 360° panorama: the peaks you can name, how far you see and where the sun sets.Coming soonVisit
birdwatchingBirdyasEvery bird sanctuary and wetland with the species recorded month by month: who is resident, who comes for the summer, who only passes through.Visit
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