Phantom Ship Overlook

Phantom Ship Overlook sits at mile 107 of 138 along the Volcanic Legacy byway, at an elevation of 7,169 feet and facing 30°. The terrain drops 995 feet within 600 meters of the overlook. From here, visitors see the Phantom Ship, a dark, jagged island just offshore in Crater Lake that resembles a ship with tall masts and drooping sails. The island is 170 feet high, 500 feet long, and 200 feet wide, and is a resistant remnant of an ancient volcanic cone that was engulfed by the growing Mount Mazama volcano; its rock, over 400,000 years old, is the oldest exposed in the Crater Lake basin. To the northeast lie Victor View (2.3 miles, 7,445 feet), Redcloud Cliff (2.9 miles, 7,595 feet), Cloudcap (3.4 miles, 8,060 feet), and Skell Head (4.0 miles, 7,133 feet). The overlook lies between Watchman Overlook and Kerr Notch on the byway. Chiloquin is 25.3 miles to the south-southeast, Shady Cove is 41.6 miles to the west-southwest, and Eagle Point is 46.6 miles to the southwest. On the June solstice, sunrise is at 05:30 and sunset at 20:51; on the December solstice, sunrise is at 07:37 and sunset at 16:38.