List of mountains of Oregon
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The mountain
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U.S. state
A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...
of Oregon
Oregon
Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located on the Pacific coast, with Washington to the north, California to the south, Nevada on the southeast and Idaho to the east. The Columbia and Snake rivers delineate much of Oregon's northern and eastern...
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- Mount AshlandMount AshlandMount Ashland ski area is located on Mount Ashland and features 23 trails on served by four lifts, in addition to chute skiing in a glacial cirque called The Bowl. The mountain receives over of snow annually with a season from early December until mid-April...
- Aspen ButteAspen ButteAspen Butte is a steep-sided shield volcano in the Cascade Range of southern Oregon. It is located south of Pelican Butte and southeast of Mount McLoughlin. It rises over above the nearby shore of Upper Klamath Lake...
- Mount BachelorMount BachelorMount Bachelor, formerly named Bachelor Butte, is a stratovolcano atop a shield volcano in the Cascade Volcanic Arc and the Cascade Range of central Oregon.The Mount Bachelor ski area has operated on the mountain since 1958....
- Mount Bailey (Oregon)Mount Bailey (Oregon)Mount Bailey is a relatively young tephra cone and shield volcano in the Cascade Range, located on the opposite side of Diamond Lake from Mount Thielsen in southern Oregon, United States. Bailey consists of a high main cone on top of an old basaltic andesite shield volcano. With a volume of ,...
- Bald PeakBald PeakBald Peak is a mountain top and highest point in the Chehalem Mountains in the Northwest area of the U.S. state of Oregon. Located in Yamhill County near the county line with Washington County, the tall point is the highest point within the Willamette Valley...
- Mount Baldy (Polk County, Oregon)Mount Baldy (Polk County, Oregon)Mount Baldy is a hill located within the Baskett Slough National Wildlife Refuge in Polk County, Oregon. A short trail loop operated by the wildlife refuge leads to an observation deck on the mountain's summit....
- Battle Ax MountainBattle Ax MountainBattle Ax Mountain, officially known simply as Battle Ax, is a shield volcano in the Cascade Range of Oregon. The shield is mostly made of andesite.The summit is in the Bull of the Woods Wilderness and can be reached by the Battle Ax Mountain trail....
- Belknap CraterBelknap CraterBelknap Crater is a shield volcano in the Cascade Range in the U.S. state of Oregon.Belknap volcano is a Holocene example of the process which built the High Cascade Platform during the Pleistocene. It is a small shield volcano with a capping cinder cone....
- Black Butte (Oregon)Black Butte (Oregon)Black Butte is a cinder cone butte located in Deschutes National Forest, northwest of the town of Sisters, Oregon. An extinct volcano, it is composed of basaltic andesite. The cone rises over the surrounding plateau. Black Butte is a striking feature just north of US Highway 20, which descends...
- Black CraterBlack CraterBlack Crater is a steep-sided shield volcano in the Cascade Range of central Oregon, located north of the Three Sisters and east of McKenzie Pass. Ice Age glaciers carved a large cirque into the northern flank of the mountain, and snow often lingers in its shady depths until late summer...
- Bosley ButteBosley ButteBosley Butte is a mountain in the Klamath Mountains of southwestern Oregon in the United States. It is located in southern Curry County in the extreme southwest corner of the state. It is approximately from the Pacific Ocean and north of the California state line....
- Broken TopBroken TopBroken Top is an extinct, glacially eroded stratovolcano in Oregon, part of the extensive Cascade Range. Located south of the Three Sisters peaks, the volcano, residing within the Three Sisters Wilderness, is 20 miles west of Bend, Oregon in Deschutes County...
- Brown Mountain (Klamath County, Oregon)Brown Mountain (Klamath County, Oregon)Brown Mountain is a small cinder cone on top of a shield volcano located in Cascade Volcanic Arc in Klamath and Jackson counties, Oregon. Most of the mountain, including its peak, is in western Klamath County, but its western flanks trail off into eastern Jackson County...
- Bunchgrass Butte
- Chetco PeakChetco PeakChetco Peak is a mountain in the Klamath Mountains of southwestern Oregon in the United States. It is located in the southern Kalmiopsis Wilderness in southern Curry County in the extreme southwestern corner of the state, approximately inland from the Pacific Ocean and north of the California...
- Cinnamon ButteCinnamon ButteCinnamon Butte is a group of cinder cone volcanoes and lava domes in the Cascade Range of Oregon. All of the vents are older than approximately 6,845 years as they are all covered in ash from the eruption of Mount Mazama.-Notable Vents:...
- Columbia Heights (Oregon)
- Cooper Mountain (Oregon)Cooper Mountain (Oregon)Cooper Mountain is a mountain in Washington County, Oregon, United States. Its summit has an elevation of . The mountain and surrounding area are named for Ohio immigrant Perry Cooper who settled on the mountain.- Namesakes :* Cooper Mountain Nature Park...
- Diamond Peak (Oregon)Diamond Peak (Oregon)Diamond Peak is a shield volcano in south west Oregon and is part of the Cascade Range. The mountain is located near Willamette Pass in the Diamond Peak Wilderness within the Willamette National Forest....
- Mount EmilyMount EmilyMount Emily is a mountain in the Klamath Mountains of southwestern Oregon in the United States. It is located in southern Curry County in the extreme southwest corner of the state, near Brookings, approximately from the Pacific Ocean and from the California state line.-Bombing during World War...
- Mount Emily (Union County, Oregon)Mount Emily (Union County, Oregon)Mount Emily is a mountain in the Blue Mountains of eastern Oregon in the United States. It is located in western Union County.Mount Emily is visible from much of the Grande Ronde Valley. Its southern edge is a landmark in, and symbol of, the city of La Grande....
- Fort Rock
- Fox Butte
- Frederick Butte
- Green MountainGreen MountainGreen Mountain is a common name for "The Peak", the highest point, on Ascension Island which has gained some fame for claims that it is one of very few large-scale artificial forests.-History and Vegetation:...
- Grizzly Mountain (Crook County, Oregon)
- Hager Mountain
- Hart MountainHart MountainHart Mountain is a fault-block mountain, in Lake County, Oregon, USA. It lies about to the east of Lakeview.It is sometimes confused with a mountain range, but is more properly described as one mountain. The two highest peaks are Warner Peak and Hart Peak.The top of the mountain is part of the...
- Hayden Mountain (Oregon)Hayden Mountain (Oregon)Hayden Mountain is located in the Siskiyou Mountains of Klamath County in the U.S. State of Oregon....
- Hayrick ButteHayrick ButteHayrick Butte is a tuya volcano in the Cascade Range of northern Oregon, located near Santiam Pass just west of the Cascade Crest. It is adjacent to the cinder cone, Hoodoo Butte, which overlaps its western edge....
- Mount HeboMount HeboMount Hebo is a mountain located on the border of Tillamook County and Yamhill County in the U.S. state of Oregon. Mount Hebo is known for being one of the best, most easily accessed viewpoints in the north Oregon Coast, with a 360-degree view from the summit....
- Hogback Mountain (Klamath County, Oregon)
- Hogg RockHogg RockHogg Rock is a tuya volcano in the Cascade Range of northern Oregon, located west of Santiam Pass beside the Santiam Highway . The highway wraps in a nearly 180-degree curve below cliffs on the south and west sides....
- Mount HoodMount HoodMount Hood, called Wy'east by the Multnomah tribe, is a stratovolcano in the Cascade Volcanic Arc of northern Oregon. It was formed by a subduction zone and rests in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States...
- Hoodoo ButteHoodoo ButteHoodoo Butte is a cinder cone butte in the Cascade Range of northern Oregon, located near Santiam Pass just west of the Cascade Crest. A ski area, also named Hoodoo, is located on the northwest through northeast flanks of the cone, and the summit area includes the top stations of two chairlifts...
- Mount Howard (Oregon)
- Howlock MountainHowlock MountainHowlock Mountain is a heavily eroded shield volcano in the Cascade Range of central Oregon, located along the Cascade Crest just north of Mount Thielsen. Ice Age glaciers eroded away most of the flanks of the volcano, leaving numerous deep cirques surrounding a central ridge capped by several horns...
- Humbug MountainHumbug MountainHumbug Mountain lies on the southern coast of the U.S. state of Oregon. It is located about south of Port Orford, and north of Gold Beach, on the Pacific Ocean. The mountain is completely within Humbug Mountain State Park, and U.S. Route 101 passes by its northern base...
- Mount IrelandMount IrelandMount Ireland is a mountain in Grant County of the U.S. state of Oregon. It is about east-northeast of Granite, Oregon. It is the second highest peak in the Blue Mountains at after Strawberry Mountain, and Oregon's 71st highest peak...
- Mount Jefferson (Oregon)Mount Jefferson (Oregon)Mount Jefferson is a stratovolcano in the Cascade Volcanic Arc, part of the Cascade Range, and is the second highest mountain in Oregon. Situated in the far northeastern corner of Linn County on the Jefferson County line, about east of Corvallis, Mount Jefferson is in a rugged wilderness and is...
- Larch Mountain (Multnomah County, Oregon)
- Larch Mountain (Washington County, Oregon)Larch Mountain (Washington County, Oregon)Larch Mountain is a mountain in the Northern Oregon Coast Range in Washington County, Oregon, United States. It is located near Timber, on Oregon Route 6....
- Lava ButteLava ButteLava Butte is a cinder cone located in central Oregon, USA, just west of US Highway 97 between the towns of Bend, Oregon, and Sunriver, Oregon. It is part of a system of small cinder cones on the northwest flank of Newberry Volcano, a massive shield volcano which rises to the southeast...
- Maiden Peak (Oregon)Maiden Peak (Oregon)Maiden Peak is a steep-sided shield volcano in the Cascade Range of central Oregon. It is the highest point in the distance between Mount Bachelor and Diamond Peak...
- Marys PeakMarys PeakMarys Peak is a mountain in Benton County, Oregon, United States, just southwest of Philomath. It is the highest peak in the Oregon Coast Range...
- Mount MazamaMount MazamaMount Mazama is a destroyed stratovolcano in the Oregon part of the Cascade Volcanic Arc and the Cascade Range. The volcano's collapsed caldera holds Crater Lake, and the entire mountain is located within Crater Lake National Park....
- Mount McLoughlinMount McLoughlinMount McLoughlin is a steep-sided lava cone built on top of a shield volcano in the Cascade Range of southern Oregon and within the Sky Lakes Wilderness area. It is one of the volcanic peaks in the Cascade Volcanic Arc. The mountain is north of Mount Shasta, south of Crater Lake, and west of Upper...
- Mount Mitchell (Oregon)Mount Mitchell (Oregon)Mount Mitchell is a mountain in Clackamas County in the US state of Oregon. It is located southwest of Mount Hood....
- Neahkahnie MountainNeahkahnie MountainNeahkahnie Mountain is a mountain on the Oregon Coast, north of Manzanita in Oswald West State Park overlooking U.S. Route 101. The peak is part of the Northern Oregon Coast Range, which is part of the Oregon Coast Range...
- Newberry VolcanoNewberry VolcanoNewberry Volcano is a large potentially active shield volcano located east of the Cascade Range and about southeast of Bend, Oregon. It is not a typical shield volcano. In addition to erupting basaltic lavas, it also has erupted andesitic and even rhyolitic lava.The volcano is in diameter and...
- Olallie ButteOlallie ButteOlallie Butte is a steep-sided shield volcano in the Cascade Range of northern Oregon. It is the largest volcano and highest point in the distance between Mount Hood and Mount Jefferson, Oregon's two highest peaks...
- Pearsoll Peak
- Pelican ButtePelican ButtePelican Butte is a steep-sided dormant shield volcano in the Cascade Range of southern Oregon. It is located due south of Crater Lake and northeast of Mount McLoughlin, and rises over directly above the shore of Upper Klamath Lake...
- Pilot Butte (Oregon)
- Powell ButtePowell ButtePowell Butte is an extinct volcanic cinder cone butte in Portland, Oregon, United States. It is one of four such cones inside the city that are home to a city park and is part of the Boring Lava Field, an area of extinct volcanoes. Powell Butte hosts the Powell Butte Nature Park.- External links...
- Pueblo MountainPueblo MountainPueblo Mountain is the highest mountain in the Pueblo Mountains located in southeastern Oregon, United States....
- Quartz Mountain (Douglas County, Oregon)Quartz Mountain (Douglas County, Oregon)Quartz Mountain is a located east of Roseburg in Douglas County, Oregon, United States. Located within the Jackson Creek subbasin, a tributary of the South Umpqua River, Quartz Mountain is above sea level. It has a large deposit of high-purity silica....
- Reed Rock
- Rocky ButteRocky ButteRocky Butte is an extinct volcanic cinder cone butte in Portland, Oregon, United States. It is one of four, along with Kelly Butte, Powell Butte, and Mount Tabor, inside the city that are each home to a city park, Rocky Butte playing host to Joseph Wood Hill Park. It is also part of the Boring...
- Rogers PeakRogers PeakRogers Peak is the highest mountain in Tillamook County, Oregon. Located in the Tillamook State Forest, the peak is also the highest peak in the Northern Oregon Coast Range, which is the northern section of the Oregon Coast Range.- Geology :...
- Round Top (Oregon)Round Top (Oregon)Round Top is a mountain in Washington County, Oregon in the Northern Oregon Coast Range and is located west of Timber, on Oregon Route 6 and south of South Saddle Mountain.From 1933 to 1946, the summit was the site of a fire lookout tower and cabin....
- Roxy Ann PeakRoxy Ann PeakRoxy Ann Peak is a tall mountain in the western Cascade Range located at the eastern edge of Medford, Oregon. The peak is approximately 30 million years old and is of volcanic origin. Despite its relatively small topographic prominence of , it rises above Medford and is visible from most of the...
- Sacajawea PeakSacajawea PeakSacajawea Peak is a peak in the Wallowa Mountains, in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is in the Eagle Cap Wilderness and the Wallowa–Whitman National Forest.-Description:...
- Saddle Mountain (Clatsop County, Oregon)Saddle Mountain (Clatsop County, Oregon)Saddle Mountain is the tallest mountain in Clatsop County, Oregon. Part of the Oregon Coast Range, Saddle Mountain is in Saddle Mountain State Natural Area in the northwest corner of Oregon...
- Sand MountainSand MountainSand Mountain may refer to:* Sand Mountain, a ski resort, in the fictional city of Bikini Bottom* Sand Mountain , the fourth-highest point in Florida* Sand Mountain , a Singing sand dune in Nevada...
- South Saddle MountainSouth Saddle MountainSouth Saddle Mountain is the tallest mountain in Washington County, Oregon.Part of the Oregon Coast Range, the peak is located in the Tillamook State Forest in the northwest section of the state of Oregon. It is the eighth highest peak of the Oregon Coast Range.- History :South Saddle Mountain is...
- St. Patrick Mountain
- Mount Scott (Klamath County, Oregon)
- Squaw Butte
- Steens MountainSteens MountainSteens Mountain is a large fault-block mountain in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Oregon. Located in Harney County, it stretches some and rises from an elevation of about above the Alvord Desert to its peak at...
- Strawberry Mountain (Oregon)
- Mount SylvaniaMount SylvaniaMount Sylvania is an extinct volcano, part of the Boring Lava Field, on the outskirts of Portland, Oregon. The parts of the mountain are within the cities of Portland, Lake Oswego, and Tigard...
- Mount Tabor, Portland, OregonMount Tabor, Portland, OregonMount Tabor is the name of a volcanic cinder cone, the city park on the volcano, and the neighborhood of Southeast Portland that surrounds it, all in the U.S. state of Oregon. The name refers to Mount Tabor, Israel. It was named by Plympton Kelly, son of Oregon City pioneer resident Clinton...
- Mount ThielsenMount ThielsenMount Thielsen, or Big Cowhorn, is an extinct shield volcano in the Oregon High Cascades, near Mount Bailey. Because Mount Thielsen stopped erupting 250,000 years ago, glaciers have heavily eroded the volcano's structure, creating precipitous slopes and its horn-like peak...
- Three Fingered JackThree Fingered JackThree Fingered Jack, named for its distinctive shape, is a Pleistocene volcano in the Cascade Range of Oregon. It is a deeply glaciated shield volcano and consists mainly of basaltic andesite lava...
- Three Sisters (Oregon)Three Sisters (Oregon)The Three Sisters are three volcanic peaks of the Cascade Volcanic Arc and the Cascade Range in Oregon, each of which exceeds in elevation. They are the third, fourth, and fifth highest peaks in the state of Oregon and are located in the Three Sisters Wilderness, about southwest from the nearest...
- Tom Dick and Harry MountainTom Dick and Harry MountainTom Dick and Harry Mountain is a two-mile-long volcanic mountain in Clackamas County in the U.S. state of Oregon.It is located southwest of Mount Hood, west-southwest of Government Camp between the Zigzag River and Still Creek, south of Zigzag Mountain...
- Trask MountainTrask MountainTrask Mountain in the Northern Oregon Coast Range, is the tallest mountain in Yamhill County, Oregon.It is located in the northwest corner of the county....
- Tumalo MountainTumalo MountainTumalo Mountain is a shield volcano in the Cascade Range of central Oregon, located just northeast of Mount Bachelor across the Cascade Lakes Scenic Byway. Ice Age glaciers carved a large cirque into the northeast flank of the mountain, producing a bowl which is popular with local backcountry skiers...
- Union PeakUnion PeakUnion Peak is a heavily eroded shield volcano in the Cascade Range of central Oregon, located along the Cascade Crest less than southwest of the rim of Crater Lake. Ice Age glaciers eroded away most of the flanks of the volcano, leaving numerous deep cirques surrounding a central glacial horn...
- Mount Washington (Oregon)Mount Washington (Oregon)Mount Washington is a deeply eroded shield volcano in the Cascade Range of Oregon. The mountain dates to the Late Pleistocene. However, it does have a line of basaltic andesite spatter cones on its northeast flank which are approximately 1,330 years old according to carbon dating...
- Yamsay MountainYamsay MountainYamsay Mountain is a large shield volcano in the Cascade Range of south-central Oregon, located about east of Crater Lake on the border between Klamath County and Lake County. It is part of the Cascade Volcanic Arc, but is located in a mountain range behind the main Cascade volcanic front...