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Hampton Buttes is a small range of mountains or hills in the U.S. state of Oregon. The range lies mostly in Crook County but extends south and west into Deschutes County in Central Oregon near the unincorporated community of Hampton .
A rockhound's tools: a geologist's hammer and loupe. The amateur geologist's principal piece of equipment is the geologist's hammer. This is a small tool with a pick-like point on one end, and a flat hammer on the other. The hammer end is for breaking rocks, and the pick end is mainly used for prying and digging into crevices.
Rockhounding is legal in Washington for certain materials. The material guidelines will depend on where you are: federal land, land managed by the Department of Natural Resources or private land.
Near the Tri-Cities, rockhounding is popular along the Columbia River, Horse Heaven Hills, Saddle Mountains, Bickleton and the Ginkgo Petrified Forest State Park. Rockhounding on WA DNR-managed land
From the top of a butte one can see for miles, including to the north the Wind River Mountains, and to the southwest the Uinta Mountains. [3] They rise about 1,500 feet (460 m) from the plain and are flat-topped. [4] Petrified wood is found in the area, [5] but it is closed for hunting of minerals, as well as gold panning. [3]
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The nearest settlement is the small unincorporated community of Hampton, Oregon, located 10 miles (16 km) northwest of the buttes. [1] [2] [3] Glass Buttes include two prominent peaks and a number of adjacent hills. The highest point in the Glass Buttes complex is known as Glass Butte. Its elevation is 6,388 feet (1,947 m) above sea level.