Rim Village is the main area for tourist services in Crater Lake National Park in southern Oregon, United States.

Crater Lake lies inside a caldera created 7,700 years ago when the 12,000 feet (3,658 m) high Mount Mazama collapsed following a large volcanic eruption.

This is surprisingly close to the modern sonar based readings made in 1959 that established the lake's deepest point at 1,932 feet (589 m).

The United States Department of Interior was charged with developing road access and visitor services for the park.

The lodge was located close to the edge of the rim to ensure visitors had views of the lake and the surrounding caldera.

This was an important step toward creating long-term development plans for National Parks like Crater Lake.

[3] In 1921, Fred Kiser was given permission to construct a stone building near the edge of the rim where he could sell his hand colored photographs of Crater Lake.

The development program was overseen by the National Park Service's Landscape Engineering Division, headed by Thomas C. Vint.

The first phase, between 1927 and 1932, included road improvements, new rustic style buildings, a paved strolling path along the rim, and careful landscape plantings.

Housekeeping cabins, a general store, a cafeteria, and the Sinnott Memorial Observation Station were all built during this period.

In addition, individual camp sites were marked and rustic-style picnic tables, benches, and fireplaces were built.

Maintenance became the primary concern of the park staff, as Civilian Conservation Corps manpower disappeared with the onset of the war.

In Rim Village, some rustic features were replaced or covered over in the effort to modernize park facilities and original landscape elements were altered or removed.

The main buildings, general landscape, pathways, and rim trails remain consistent with the original design.

Five of them are original structures; however, all six reflect the rustic style of architecture which is the common design theme that makes the Rim Village historically unique.

The structure was designed by landscape architect Merel S. Sager, a pioneer of the rustic style of park architecture.

In 2007, the original cafeteria was torn down and replaced with a modern dining facility designed in the rustic style so it remains consistent with the character of the historic districts.

[3][12] The Plaza Comfort Station (building 68) was built in 1938 to provide public showers, restrooms, and general services to park visitors.

The building remains an important part of the Rim Village landscape, despite minor alterations made to the structure when it was converted from a comfort station to an electrical transformer vault.

Various spur pathways provide access to the Crater Lake Lodge, Sinnott Memorial, Rim Village Plaza, and parking areas.

In the Rim Village area, winter lasts eight months with an average snowfall of 533 inches (13.5 m) per year, and many snow banks remain well into the summer.

While access to the Rim Village is normally year-round, the cafeteria and gift shop are the only facilities open in winter.