List of National Natural Landmarks in Oregon

There are 11 National Natural Landmarks in the U.S. state of Oregon.[1]

Oregon National Natural Landmarks (clickable map)
Name Image Date Location County Ownership Description
Crown Point Crown Point 1971 45°32′22″N 122°14′39″W / 45.5395°N 122.24422°W / 45.5395; -122.24422 (Crown Point) Multnomah state park Promontory in Columbia Gorge
Fort Rock State Monument Fort Rock 1976 43°22′19″N 121°04′26″W / 43.372°N 121.074°W / 43.372; -121.074 (Fort Rock) Lake state park Volcanic tuff ring
Horse Ridge Natural Area Horse Ridge 1967 43°55′26″N 121°02′20″W / 43.924°N 121.039°W / 43.924; -121.039 (Horse Ridge)[2] Deschutes federal Western juniper woodland on Bureau of Land Management property.[2]
John Day Fossil Beds 1966 44°33′21″N 119°38′43″W / 44.555833°N 119.645278°W / 44.555833; -119.645278 (John Day Fossil Beds) Grant federal Contains a remarkable sequence of very diverse fossils.
The Island 2011 44°33′31″N 121°16′38″W / 44.558489°N 121.277143°W / 44.558489; -121.277143 (The Island) Jefferson federal Native juniper savanna on an isolated plateau at the confluence of the Deschutes and Crooked Rivers. Part of Ochoco National Forest.
Lawrence Memorial Grassland Preserve 1984 44°57′03″N 120°47′56″W / 44.950889°N 120.7988834°W / 44.950889; -120.7988834 (Lawrence Memorial Grassland Preserve) Oregon private An excellent illustration of "biscuit and scabland" topography.[3]
Newberry Crater Newberry Caldera 1976 43°41′21″N 121°15′18″W / 43.689194°N 121.254889°W / 43.689194; -121.254889 (Newberry Volcano) Deschutes federal Atypical shield volcano in Deschutes National Forest.
Mount Howard-East Peak North side of Mount Howard 2016 45°15′40″N 117°10′44″W / 45.260987°N 117.178778°W / 45.260987; -117.178778 (Mount Howard-East Peak) Wallowa federal Contains botanically diverse montane grassland habitats and populations of endemic and rare plant species.
Round Top Butte 2011 42°31′40″N 122°41′02″W / 42.5277551°N 122.68381°W / 42.5277551; -122.68381 (Newberry Volcano)[4] Jackson federal Exceptional native bunchgrass habitat. Located on Bureau of Land Management land.[5][6]
Willamette Floodplain Grassland of the Willamette Floodplain 1987 44°21′50″N 123°13′48″W / 44.364°N 123.23°W / 44.364; -123.23 (Willamette Floodplain) Benton, Lane, Linn, Marion, Polk federal A bottomland interior valley grassland floodplain. Part of William L. Finley National Wildlife Refuge.
Zumwalt Prairie 2013 45°32′N 117°05′W / 45.54°N 117.09°W / 45.54; -117.09 (Zumwalt Prairie) Wallowa private Largest contiguous remaining tract of bunchgrass prairie in the nation.

See also

References

  1. ^ Hale, Jamie (August 10, 2016). "Oregon Travel News: Oregon's 11 National Natural Landmarks". The Oregonian. Oregonlive / The Oregonian. Retrieved August 10, 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Horse Ridge Natural Area". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved April 5, 2009.
  3. ^ "Lawrence Memorial Grassland Preserve". Conservation Gateway. The Nature Conservancy. Retrieved August 10, 2017.
  4. ^ "Round Top Butte RNA". Pacific Northwest Interagency Natural Areas Network. Oregon State University, Forestry Sciences Laboratory. Retrieved August 31, 2017.
  5. ^ https://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/pubs/pnw_gtr895.pdf
  6. ^ "Oregon Natural Areas Plan 2015" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on February 21, 2016.
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