Cascade Summit, Oregon

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Cascade Summit is an unincorporated community in Klamath County, Oregon, United States. [1] It is located on the west shore of Odell Lake near Shelter Cove; about 30 miles southeast of Oakridge. [2]

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Cascade Summit is a station of the Southern Pacific Railroad's (SP) Cascade Line established when the line was completed in 1925–1926. [3] The station was named because it is just east of the summit tunnel through the Cascades. Cascade Summit post office was established in 1927 and closed in 1980. [3] The railroad line is now owned by Union Pacific.

Cascade Summit is the highest point on the railroad's crossing of the Cascades at an elevation of 4,852 feet (1,479 m). [1] [4] : 93  It was a famous location for publicity photos in SP days. At Cascade Summit there was a station, siding, and a wye. During the 1930s to 1940s, passenger trains stopped at the station daily. Today only the siding remains.[ citation needed ] At one time the locale was the site of Cascade Summit Lodge; it later burned down, but as of 1990 the foundation was still visible. [5]

Climate

This region experiences warm (but not hot) and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above 71.6 °F. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Cascade Summit has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Cascade Summit". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
  2. ↑ Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2008. ISBN   0-89933-347-8.
  3. 1 2 McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 177. ISBN   978-0875952772.
  4. ↑ Schafer, Mike; Welsh, Joe (1997). Classic American Streamliners. Osceola, Wisconsin: MotorBooks International. ISBN   978-0-7603-0377-1.
  5. ↑ Friedman, Ralph (1990). In Search of Western Oregon (2nd ed.). Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers, Ltd. p. 714. ISBN   0-87004-332-3.
  6. ↑ Climate Summary for Cascade Summit, Oregon

Coordinates: 43°34′45″N122°02′32″W / 43.579290°N 122.042254°W / 43.579290; -122.042254


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