Enter your zip code. It fetaures many hikes through old-growth forests, and also hosts sailing and paddle sports. Despite its size the lake has no inlet, leaving its waters so pure and clear they are virtually devoid of plant life. Boaters can watch fish swimming 100 feet deep.
Waves crash on boulders.
Gray lichen beards the snow-bent trees. The far shore, miles away, is a silhouette of forest-furred ridges. The 20.2-mile loop around this remarkable mountain lake is a classic tour for hiker and backpackers as well as mountain bikers. For a different sample, hike counter-clockwise on the lakeshore trail from North Waldo Campground 2.4 miles to Upper Rigdon Lake, a lovely pool with a wooded island and a cliffy backdrop. Waldo Lake is one of the wildest and prettiest of Oregon's mountain lakes to tour by sailboat or canoe.