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List of National Natural Landmarks in Oregon
From List of National Natural Landmarks, these are the National Natural Landmarks in the U.S. state of Oregon.[1]
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Oregon National Natural Landmarks (clickable map)| Name | Image | Date | Location | County | Ownership | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crown Point | 1971 | 45°32′22″N 122°14′39″W / 45.5395°N 122.24422°W | Multnomah | state park | Promontory in Columbia Gorge | |
| 2 | Fort Rock State Monument | 1976 | 43°22′19″N 121°04′26″W / 43.372°N 121.074°W | Lake | state park | Volcanic tuff ring | |
| 3 | Horse Ridge Natural Area | 1967 | 43°55′26″N 121°02′20″W / 43.924°N 121.039°W[2] | Deschutes | federal | Western juniper woodland on Bureau of Land Management property.[2] | |
| 4 | John Day Fossil Beds | 1966 | 44°33′21″N 119°38′43″W / 44.555833°N 119.645278°W | Grant | federal | Contains a remarkable sequence of very diverse fossils. | |
| 5 | The Island | 2011 | 44°33′31″N 121°16′38″W / 44.558489°N 121.277143°W | Jefferson | federal | Native juniper savanna on an isolated plateau at the confluence of the Deschutes and Crooked Rivers. Part of Ochoco National Forest. | |
| 6 | Lawrence Memorial Grassland Preserve | 1984 | 44°57′03″N 120°47′56″W / 44.950889°N 120.7988834°W | Oregon | private | An excellent illustration of "biscuit and scabland" topography.[3] | |
| 7 | Newberry Crater | 1976 | 43°41′21″N 121°15′18″W / 43.689194°N 121.254889°W | Deschutes | federal | Atypical shield volcano in Deschutes National Forest. | |
| 8 | Mount Howard-East Peak | 2016 | 45°15′40″N 117°10′44″W / 45.260987°N 117.178778°W | Wallowa | federal | Contains botanically diverse montane grassland habitats and populations of endemic and rare plant species. | |
| 9 | Round Top Butte | 2011 | 42°31′40″N 122°41′02″W / 42.5277551°N 122.68381°W[4] | Jackson | federal | Exceptional native bunchgrass habitat. Located on Bureau of Land Management land.[5][6] | |
| 10 | Willamette Floodplain | 1987 | 44°21′50″N 123°13′48″W / 44.364°N 123.23°W | Benton, Lane, Linn, Marion, Polk | federal | A bottomland interior valley grassland floodplain. Part of William L. Finley National Wildlife Refuge. | |
| 11 | Zumwalt Prairie | 2013 | 45°32′N 117°05′W / 45.54°N 117.09°W | Wallowa | private | Largest contiguous remaining tract of bunchgrass prairie in the nation. |
References edit
- ^ Hale, Jamie (August 10, 2016). "Oregon Travel News: Oregon's 11 National Natural Landmarks". The Oregonian. Oregonlive / The Oregonian. Retrieved 2017-08-10.
- ^ a b "Horse Ridge Natural Area". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2009-04-05.
- ^ "Lawrence Memorial Grassland Preserve". Conservation Gateway. The Nature Conservancy. Retrieved 2017-08-10.
- ^ "Round Top Butte RNA". Pacific Northwest Interagency Natural Areas Network. Oregon State University, Forestry Sciences Laboratory. Retrieved 2017-08-31.
- ^ https://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/pubs/pnw_gtr895.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ http://inr.oregonstate.edu/sites/inr.oregonstate.edu/files/2015_or_natural_areas_plan.pdf [bare URL PDF]