When you stop at Crater Lake National Park’s main visitor center, stretch your legs with a 0.5-mile loop trail through the park headquarters’ forest to see a dozen historic stone buildings on the Lady of the Woods Loop. If you like, you can add a second tour from the same trailhead—a loop to the wildflowers and mossy springs of Castle Crest. Pets are not allowed.

Drive north from Highway . . .

To find the trailhead, walk around . . .

This chapter is an excerpt from 100 Hikes: Southern Oregon