Beautiful area. Clean lake. Stunning view of Mt Bachelor. Wonderful spot to kayak & paddle board. Decent outhouse near boat launch.

Wanderlust Tours took our group on an evening/sunset canoe trip on this lake. Can't recommend it enough! It's awesome. If you have the means to get on the water here, it is beautiful. Not sure about the hiking.

An excellent scenic lake that is much more interesting than many of the others, which are simply round ponds. For these reasons it is extremely popular. Finding a parking spot is just about impossible on a sunny summer day. Avoid if you don't like crowds.

Loved, loved, loved this lake. Stayed four days in the Mallard Marsh Campground. We brought our SUPs and paddled every day. The lake sits in the shadow of Mt. Bachelor, South Sister and Broken Top. Very shallow (average depth is 3 feet) with gin clear water, you see large brook trout swimming below you. This is a fly fishing only lake, barbless hooks, catch and release. Loved paddling through the canals with the reeds on both sides and countless birds singing around you. Summer time weekends this lake can get a bit crowded, but during the week there is room for everyone. We will definitely keep this one on our list of favorite paddling lakes.

Getting crowded, but plenty of space to spread out. Take a picnic and head to north end for the day.