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Lookout Point Lake (also Lookout Point Reservoir) [3] is a large reservoir on the Middle Fork Willamette River in Lane County, Oregon, United States. It was created in 1953 with the construction of Lookout Point Dam. [1] The downstream end of the reservoir is about 20 miles (32 km) southeast of Eugene.
Lookout Point Dam is an earth-type dam on the Middle Fork Willamette River in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is located in Lane County. Its reservoir is called Lookout Point Lake. The dam's primary purpose is flood control, with secondary purposes of power generation, recreation, and irrigation.
Point Lookout is an 8,427-foot (2,569 meter) elevation sandstone summit located in Mesa Verde National Park, in Montezuma County of southwest Colorado. [3] This prominent landmark is situated 2 miles (3.2 km) south of the park entrance, and 9.3 miles (15.0 km) east-southeast of the town of Cortez, and towers 1,600 feet above the surrounding terrain of Mancos Valley.
The Fremont trail leads to Fremont Point and Winter Rim, approximately 25 miles (40.2 km) southeast of the trail junction. [11] [12] [16] [21] From the lookout station on the summit of Hager Mountain, visitors have an excellent view of Cascade peaks to the west as well as the high-desert country of northern Lake County to the north and east.
Lookout Mountain, elevation 6,536 feet (1,992 m), [1] is the second highest peak in Oregon's Mount Hood National Forest [3] and the highest point in Badger Creek Wilderness. It sits about 8 miles (13 km) east-southeast of Mount Hood , separated from it by the valley of the East Fork Hood River .
The sandstone was first described by A. J. Collier for exposures in cliffs at Point Lookout, in Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, Colorado, in the Paradox Basin, [6] and later described by Allen and Balk in 1954 as part of the Mesaverde Group in the San Juan Basin in New Mexico.
The area got its name from its role as a lookout post, used to watch British ship movements during the War of 1812. [9]During the War of 1812 the Chesapeake Bay was a major route for British War ships, who established a naval and military base at near-by Tangier Island in Virginia for the Royal Navy under Rear Admiral George Cockburn with Fort Albion there, which constantly raided Chesapeake ...
Lookout Mountain is a foothill on the eastern flank of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 7,377-foot (2,249 m) peak is located in Lookout Mountain Park , 1.7 miles (2.7 km) west-southwest ( bearing 245°) of downtown Golden in Jefferson County , Colorado , United States .