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The Calapooya Mountains in Lane County Mount Thielsen in the Cascade Range in southern Oregon The Pueblo Mountains south of Fields Trout Creek Mountains, Southeastern Oregon The Wallowa Mountains in northeastern Oregon. There are at least 50 named mountain ranges in the U.S. state of Oregon.
The Upper Rogue River Trail, a National Recreation Trail, closely follows the river for about 40 miles (64 km) from its headwaters at the edge of Crater Lake National Park to the boundary of the Rogue River National Forest at the mountain community of Prospect.
The Blue Mountains are a mountain range in the northwestern United States, located largely in northeastern Oregon and stretching into extreme southeastern Washington.The range has an area of about 15,000 square miles (39,000 km 2), stretching east and southeast of Pendleton, Oregon, to the Snake River along the Oregon–Idaho border.
The largest river in the national forest is the Rogue River, which originates in the Cascade Range and flows through the Klamath Mountains and Coast Range. The Illinois River is a major tributary of the Rogue in the Klamath Mountains, while the Sixes, Elk, Pistol, Chetco, and Winchuck rivers drain the Coast Range directly to the Pacific Ocean.
The Fraser River separates the Cascades from the Coast Mountains in Canada, [4] as does the Willamette Valley from the upper portion of the Oregon Coast Range. The highest volcanoes of the Cascades, known as the High Cascades, [ 5 ] dominate their surroundings, often standing twice the height of the nearby mountains.
The Three Sisters are at the boundary of Lane and Deschutes counties and the Willamette and Deschutes national forests in the U.S. state of Oregon, about 10 miles (16 kilometers) south of the nearest town of Sisters. [10] The three peaks are the third-, fourth-, and fifth-highest in Oregon, [11] and contain 16 named glaciers. [12]
Overview of Oregon river drainage basins. This is a partial listing of rivers in the state of Oregon, United States. This list of Oregon rivers is organized alphabetically and by tributary structure. The list may also include streams known as creeks, brooks, forks, branches and prongs, as well as sloughs and channels.
Located between the Salmon River and the Umpqua River on the north and south, the Central range is bounded by the Willamette Valley on the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. This approximately 90-mile (140 km) [9] long mountain range contains mountains as high as 4,097 feet (1,248 m) for Marys Peak. [10]