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Elk Creek is an 18-mile (29 km) tributary of the Rogue River in the U.S. state of Oregon.Beginning at 4,931 feet (1,503 m) above sea level in the western foothills of the Cascade Range, it flows generally southwest through the Rogue River – Siskiyou National Forest and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Elk Creek Project lands to Rogue Elk Park in Jackson County.
Oregon Route 99 runs along the creek for a short distance south of Drain, and Oregon Route 38 follows the creek from Drain to Elkton. [3] Before its demolition in 1995, Roaring Camp Bridge, a private covered bridge, spanned Elk Creek about 6 miles (10 km) west of Drain. [5] Robert Lancaster built the bridge in 1929 to provide road access to his ...
The Elk River is in southwestern Oregon in the United States. About 29 miles (47 km) long, the river drains a remote 92-square-mile (240 km 2 ) area of the Coast Range into the Pacific Ocean . Rising in the mountains in northern Curry County , in the Siskiyou National Forest at confluence of its north and south forks, the river initially flows ...
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Barr Creek Falls in southern Oregon Benham Falls on the Deschutes River Kayaker heading over Bridal Veil Falls on Bridal Veil Creek in the Columbia Gorge Clearwater Falls on the Clearwater River in Douglas County Diamond Creek Falls Fairy Falls on Wahkeena Creek in the Columbia River Gorge Upper Horsetail Falls, also in the gorge Ki-a-Kuts Falls on the Tualatin River Latourell Falls in the ...
Map of the Siuslaw National Forest and surrounding areas The forest contains Marys Peak , the highest point in the Oregon Coast Range at 4,097 feet (1,249 m). Numerous aquatic habitats are found in the forest: marine shore, rivers and streams—1,200 miles (1,900 km), including the Alsea , Nestucca , Siuslaw , and Umpqua rivers—and 30 lakes.
The Sky Lakes Wilderness straddles southern Oregon's Cascade Range from Crater Lake National Park southward to Oregon Route 140.It is approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) wide and 27 miles (43 km) long, with elevations ranging from 3,800 feet (1,200 m) in the canyon of the Middle Fork of the Rogue River to 9,495 feet (2,894 m) at the top of Mount McLoughlin, the highest peak in southern Oregon and ...
The Deschutes National Forest was established in 1908 from parts of the Blue Mountains, Cascade, and Fremont national forests (NFs). [4] In 1911, parts of the Deschutes were split off to form the Ochoco and Paulina NFs, with parts of the Cascade and Oregon NFs being added to the Deschutes; in 1915, the Paulina NF was absorbed back into the Deschutes.