Lake Crescent

Lake Crescent: access and conditions

The center of the lake is at 48.0596, -123.8291. Maximum depth is around 623 feet. It lies at roughly 584 feet of elevation.

Many smaller lakes have no designated beach at all, only informal shoreline access. No named swimming beach is mapped at Lake Crescent in the federal and state datasets this guide reads. Access is through whatever the operating agency provides on the ground, so check with them first. Olympic National Forest, on Lake Quinault, is the closest named beach in this guide, about 38 miles off.

Season dates vary by park; the operating agency publishes them each spring. There is no water temperature sensor here, so only air conditions are shown. Inland lakes are not monitored the way ocean beaches are, so posted signs matter more here.

Ask the managing agency directly if the level matters for your trip. Water level is missing from this page on purpose: no public feed covers Lake Crescent.

Nearby water includes Lake Ozette (Washington, 37 mi), Lake Quinault (Washington, 40 mi) and Wynoochee Lake (Washington, 46 mi). In all, 45 lakes in Washington are covered here.