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§121 Establishment; boundaries

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER XIV— - CRATER LAKE NATIONAL PARK › § 121

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Creates Crater Lake National Park in Oregon to protect its unique volcanic features (including Crater Lake), plus important forest, fish, and wildlife resources. The park boundary is shown on the map titled “Crater Lake National Park, Oregon,” map no. 106–80–001–A, dated March 1981, kept by the National Park Service for public viewing. Any land or water inside the park that was part of a national forest is removed from that forest and the forest boundary is changed.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §121

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In order to preserve for the benefit, education, and inspiration of the people of the United States certain unique and ancient volcanic features, including Crater Lake, together with significant forest and fish and wildlife resources, there is hereby established the Crater Lake National Park in the State of Oregon. The boundary of the park shall encompass the lands, waters, and interests therein within the area generally depicted on the map entitled, “Crater Lake National Park, Oregon”, numbered 106–80–001–A, and dated March 1981, which shall be on file and available for public inspection in the office of the National Park Service, Department of the Interior. Lands, waters, and interests therein within the boundary of the park which were within the boundary of any national forest are excluded from such national forest and the boundary of such national forest is revised accordingly.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1982—Pub. L. 97–250 substituted “numbered 106–80–001–A, and dated March 1981” for “numbered 106–80,001, and dated February 1980”. 1980—Pub. L. 96–553 substituted provisions relating to establishment and map depicting boundaries of Crater Lake National Park for provisions setting out latitude and longitude of Crater Lake National Park and dedication of such Park.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Disposition of Excluded Lands, Water, and Interests Pub. L. 97–250, § 1(b), Sept. 8, 1982, 96 Stat. 709, provided that: “Lands, water, and interests therein excluded from the boundary of Crater Lake National Park by subsection (a) [amending this section] are hereby made a part of the Rogue River National Forest, and the boundary of such national forest is revised accordingly.”

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 121

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Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

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