Vidae Falls

Drive to Crater Lake National Park, and proceed towards the park headquarters along the Rim Drive. If you are coming from SR 62, turn onto SR 209 and drive 3 1/2 miles to the headquarters, then proceed along the rim drive for 3 more miles to the falls. If you are coming from the north, all you have to do is pretty much drive around the lake, and you'll pass the falls.This is the only publicized of the three waterfalls in Crater Lake National Park. Vidae Creek drains a very small area near the rim of the Crater Lake caldera but is also fed by a very consistent albeit somewhat low volume spring. Thanks to the high elevation of the source there is always ample flow in the creek to make the falls presentable. The falls splash over a three-stepped bluff, dropping 115 feet before cascading down a steep talus slope and flowing under the Crater Rim drive. There is said to be another waterfall less than half a mile downstream as well, but accessing it would be an entirely off-trail endeavor.