List of National Natural Landmarks in Oregon

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

NameImageDateLocationCountyOwnershipDescription
Crown Point Vistahouse.jpg 1971 45°32′22″N122°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 Fortrock.jpg 1976 43°22′19″N121°04′26″W / 43.372°N 121.074°W / 43.372; -121.074 (Fort Rock) Lake state parkVolcanic tuff ring
Horse Ridge Natural Area Badlands Landscape (11410988234).jpg 1967 43°55′26″N121°02′20″W / 43.924°N 121.039°W / 43.924; -121.039 (Horse Ridge) [2] Deschutes federalWestern juniper woodland on Bureau of Land Management property. [2]
John Day Fossil Beds Sheep Rock near sunset.jpg 1966 44°33′21″N119°38′43″W / 44.555833°N 119.645278°W / 44.555833; -119.645278 (John Day Fossil Beds) Grant federalContains a remarkable sequence of very diverse fossils.
The Island Cove Palisades SP Oregon 2002.03.31.jpg 2011 44°33′31″N121°16′38″W / 44.558489°N 121.277143°W / 44.558489; -121.277143 (The Island) Jefferson federalNative 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″N120°47′56″W / 44.950889°N 120.7988834°W / 44.950889; -120.7988834 (Lawrence Memorial Grassland Preserve) Oregon privateAn excellent illustration of "biscuit and scabland" topography. [3]
Newberry Crater Newberry caldera.jpg 1976 43°41′21″N121°15′18″W / 43.689194°N 121.254889°W / 43.689194; -121.254889 (Newberry Volcano) Deschutes federalAtypical shield volcano in Deschutes National Forest.
Mount Howard-East Peak Mount Howard, Oregon.jpg 2016 45°15′40″N117°10′44″W / 45.260987°N 117.178778°W / 45.260987; -117.178778 (Mount Howard-East Peak) Wallowa federalContains botanically diverse montane grassland habitats and populations of endemic and rare plant species.
Round Top Butte 2011 42°31′40″N122°41′02″W / 42.5277551°N 122.68381°W / 42.5277551; -122.68381 (Newberry Volcano) [4] Jackson federalExceptional native bunchgrass habitat. Located on Bureau of Land Management land. [5] [6]
Willamette Floodplain Willamette Floodplain.jpg 1987 44°21′50″N123°13′48″W / 44.364°N 123.23°W / 44.364; -123.23 (Willamette Floodplain) Benton, Lane, Linn, Marion, Polk federalA bottomland interior valley grassland floodplain. Part of William L. Finley National Wildlife Refuge.
Zumwalt Prairie Zumwalt prairie 2007.jpg 2013 45°32′N117°05′W / 45.54°N 117.09°W / 45.54; -117.09 (Zumwalt Prairie) Wallowa privateLargest contiguous remaining tract of bunchgrass prairie in the nation.

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References

  1. Hale, Jamie (August 10, 2016). "Oregon Travel News: Oregon's 11 National Natural Landmarks". The Oregonian. Oregonlive / The Oregonian. Retrieved 2017-08-10.
  2. 1 2 "Horse Ridge Natural Area". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved 2009-04-05.
  3. "Lawrence Memorial Grassland Preserve". Conservation Gateway. The Nature Conservancy. Retrieved 2017-08-10.
  4. "Round Top Butte RNA". Pacific Northwest Interagency Natural Areas Network. Oregon State University, Forestry Sciences Laboratory. Retrieved 2017-08-31.
  5. https://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/pubs/pnw_gtr895.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
  6. http://inr.oregonstate.edu/sites/inr.oregonstate.edu/files/2015_or_natural_areas_plan.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]