[1] Access to the lake is provided by a 17 miles (27 km) long unpaved road which opens to vehicles in mid June to early July.

Mowich Lake is also a busy campground during the summer with 30 walk-in tent camping spots.

Old-growth trees, waterfalls, creeks, cliffs, and wildflower meadows are also located in and around the area.

[2] This body of water was named Crater Lake in 1883 by the geologist Bailey Willis under the belief that it was formed in a volcanic crater, however I. C. Russell later wrote that the land was shaped instead by ice erosion.

[3] Correspondents to the U.S. Board on Geographic Names (BGN) proposed Mowich to avoid ambiguity with the well-known Crater Lake to the south in Oregon.