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It is a good place to stay for a visit to Crater Lake. The town has very few restaurants that are open at odd days. The taco place and Chalet restaurant were very good. Hwy 97 is a busy trucker road so it is a little noisy. The town looks run down.

Chemult is less than one hour from each of Crater Lake and Toketee Falls and Deschutes National Forest. It is about 3 hours south of Bend and Newberry Volcanic and Lava Butte. I definitely recommend all three. I recommend the trolley ride around Crater Lake. Avoid Toketee if you have vertigo or are unsteady on your feet because of 20-foot section with narrow path and cliff. Further North at Newberry the Obsidian Flow trail is exceptional and there are hand-railings for the climbs and worth it as long as you can handle steps with railing and slightly jagged path for the actual loop on top of the flow. The Paulina Falls is worth the walk also.

The town of Chemult is basically a truck stop, but is the closest town with lodging near Crater Lake. There is one diner/tavern in town and a way overpriced Mexican food truck. Do not stay at the Budget Inn. There are two other motels in town, one.much nicer for the price (but with only 8 rooms) and the Chemult Motel which is comparable to the Budget Inn, but $30 a night less expensive.