Crane Lake, Northern Cascade Range, Skamania County, Washington     User input for Crane Lake, Northern Cascade Range, Skamania County, Washington: Be the first to submit input for Crane Lake. Help improve this web site with your great input. Submit Input: Your Name: Write or Paste Input here: Upload picture:      Review Guidelines       Crane Lake is a very beautiful lake in beautiful surroundings. This lake is one of the great places here in the Northern Cascade Range. Crane Lake is right by the Smith Creek Butte Trail, and camping at Curly Creek Campground is always a tremendous experience. Crane Lake sees pretty high levels of rain; through December this area sees the most rain; the driest of the months is July. Any time is a nice time at Crane Lake if you adore the outdoors. Nearby Ape       Canyon is a great site to go if you're at Crane Lake, and get covered with water paddling on Lewis River - North Fork. Be careful coming to the Northern Cascade Range, you might not ever want to return back home again. Take a side spree to Smith Creek, and if you came to camp Swift Forest Campground is a nice site to do that. That right there is a load of cool stuff already but it goes on, the Northern Cascade Range has it all. Hiking along the Bean Creek Trail                  is magnificent fun, and do go to Curtis Lake, it's a delightful lake. Smith Creek Butte can be distinguished from Crane Lake, and whitewater paddling is nice on Muddy River. At Crane Lake throughout the months of summer highs are in the 70's. Summer night lows drop down to the 40's. The cold days of the wintertime come with highs in the 40's while the cold winter nights at Crane Lake are in the 30's. This lake is so wonderful. This lake is so wonderful. Take a hike on the Muddy River Trail; a great close by hotel is Skamania Lodge.   Skamania Lodge, Stevenson 26 miles away Skamania Lodge is located in the beautiful Columbia River Gorge just 45 minutes from Portland International Airport. Discover all the luxuries of this Pacific Northwest style resort, including 18-hole... Bonneville Hot Springs Resort, North Bonneville 27 miles away This property is a 100 percent nonsmoking facility. Up to two children 16 and under stay free in same room with adult. Over two children are 10.00USD per child per day and purchase of rollaway is requ... Current weather conditions at Crane Lake, Northern Cascade Range, Skamania County, Washington Local climate location: GLENOMA 6 miles away   Coordinates: Latitude: 46.18611 Longitude: -122.0653 Northern Cascade Range Lakes Complete list of all the lakes in the Northern Cascade Range. Northern Cascade Range Outdoors Info Complete outdoors info for the Northern Cascade Range. Washington Lakes Complete list of all lakes in Washington Skamania County Lakes Complete list of all lakes in Skamania County Books about Crane Lake List of books available on Amazon.com about Crane Lake, Northern Cascade Range, Skamania County, Washington. Outdoors Recreation Near Hood River, Oregon Very comprehensive list of a variety of outdoors recreation in the vicinity of Hood River, Oregon, the metro area neareast to Crane Lake. Find info on campgrounds, hiking trails, ski resorts, lakes, beaches, parks, whitewater and more. Washington Outdoors Index This is a very comprehensive index of outdoors activities in the great state of Washington.     These outdoors activities are available near Crane Lake.   Hotels Near Crane Lake: Skamania Lodge, Stevenson, 26 miles away Bonneville Hot Springs Resort, North Bonneville, 27 miles away Best Western Columbia River Inn, Cascade Locks, 28 miles away Best Western Parkersville Inn & Suites, Washougal, 36 miles away Holiday Inn Express Gresham-Troutdale, Or, Troutdale, 38 miles away   Camp Grounds Near Crane Lake: Swift Forest Campground, Skamania County, 7 miles away Curly Creek Campground, Skamania County, 9 miles away Quartz Creek Big Trees Campground, Lewis County, 10 miles away Observation Berryfield Campground, Skamania County, 12 miles away   Hiking Trails Near Crane Lake: Smith Creek Butte Trail, Skamania County, 2 miles away       2.2 hiking miles, 1525 feet elevation difference Muddy River Trail, Skamania County, 3 miles away       2.1 hiking miles, 894 feet elevation difference Bean Creek Trail, Skamania County, 3 miles away       7.4 hiking miles, 3072 feet elevation difference   Whitewater Near Crane Lake: Muddy River, Skamania CountyCounty, 5 miles away       Class II-III(IV) - 5.5 miles long (FR 25 Bridge to Lewis North Fork) Lewis River - North Fork, Cowlitz CountyCounty, 7 miles away       Class II-III - 4.5 miles long (FR 9039 to Swift Reservoir) Lewis River - North Fork, Skamania CountyCounty, 10 miles away       Class III-IV - 8 miles long (Cussed Hollow to FR 9039)   National Parks Near Crane Lake: Mount Rainier National Park, Ashford - WA, 27 miles away   Lakes Near Crane Lake: Curtis Lake, Skamania CountyCounty, 5 miles away