5. Crater Lake

Technically a volcanic caldera, Crater Lake is the deepest in the United States, at 1,943 feet deep. The lake’s famously beautiful blue-hued water is due to its remarkable purity, as algal growth is limited to thick belts of moss on the walls of the crater, where light is able to penetrate.

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4. Boardman Corridor

The 12-mile Samuel H. Boardman State Scenic Corridor runs between the towns of Gold Beach and Brookings on the southern Oregon coast. Home to warmer temperatures, stunning sea stacks and arches, hidden beaches, beautiful grassy headlands and coastal forests, the corridor might be the most scenic stretch of coastline in the state.

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