Happy birthday to Crater Lake National Park May 22, 2018

Happy birthday to Crater Lake National Park

Roughly 7,700 years ago, give or take 150 years, Mount Mazama erupted and collapsed, creating a massive crater that would become Crater Lake. Fast-forward to this day in 1902, and Crater Lake National Park was established. With a maximum depth of 1,943 feet, equivalent to 3.5 Washington Monuments, Crater Lake is also the deepest lake in the US.

© Joseph Giacalone/SuperStock

palette

Today in History

May 22, 2019The artists come to Venice
May 22, 2020The scene of a literary crime
May 22, 2021Blue paradise on the Costa Brava
May 22, 2022International Day for Biological Diversity
May 22, 2023International Day for Biodiversity
May 22, 2024International Day for Biological Diversity
May 22, 2025International Day for Biological Diversity
May 22, 2026International Day for Biological Diversity

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Jan 6, 2024Apple Tree Day
Mar 10, 2018Johnston Canyon in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada
Nov 7, 2021Mack Arch Rock
Dec 9, 2018There’s treasure in them thar hills
Aug 8, 2021Bridge to infinity
Jan 1, 2019New Year’s Day in the land of the rising sun
Feb 26, 2018A leafy seadragon in the waters off Wool Bay, Australia
Sep 14, 2023Przewalskis horses, Hustai National Park, Mongolia
Nov 16, 2025A traboule in Lyon, France
Nov 17, 2025National Take a Hike Day
Jan 23, 2018Lençóis Maranhenses National Park in Brazil
Nov 15, 2025Irohazaka Road in fall, Nikko, Tochigi, Japan
Jun 24, 2026Pollinator Week
Jun 21, 2024World Giraffe Day
Jun 7, 2022Haaga Rhododendron Park
Jun 2, 2022Queen Elizabeth s Platinum Jubilee
Nov 3, 2020Vote!
Jan 24, 2023Colle Santa Lucia, Dolomites, Italy
Mar 13, 2023National Napping Day
Nov 18, 2025Male hooded merganser, Oregon
Jul 25, 2024Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee
Aug 31, 2025Scotts Bluff National Monument, Gering, Nebraska
Oct 19, 2020A cliff-hanging complex of temples
Oct 23, 2020Saskatchewan s spookier side
Nov 19, 2020That bill s just not going to fit
Nov 25, 2022Native American Heritage Day
Jul 3, 2019Keep calm and drive on (slowly)
Apr 23, 2023World Book Day
Jul 28, 2022Longs Peak, Rocky Mountain National Park
May 7, 2026Kofa National Wildlife Refuge, Arizona