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]
Oregon National Natural Landmarks (clickable map)
| Name | Image | Date | Location | County | Ownership | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crown Point |  | 1971 | 45.5395°N 122.24422°W | Multnomah | state park | Promontory in Columbia Gorge |
| 2 | Fort Rock State Monument |  | 1976 | 43.372°N 121.074°W | Lake | state park | Volcanic tuff ring |
| 3 | Horse Ridge Natural Area | .jpg) | 1967 | 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 | 44.555833°N 119.645278°W | Grant | federal | Contains a remarkable sequence of very diverse fossils. |
| 5 | The Island |  | 2011 | 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 | 44.950889°N 120.7988834°W | Oregon | private | An excellent illustration of "biscuit and scabland" topography.[3] | |
| 7 | Newberry Crater |  | 1976 | 43.689194°N 121.254889°W | Deschutes | federal | Atypical shield volcano in Deschutes National Forest. |
| 8 | Mount Howard-East Peak |  | 2016 | 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 | 42.5277551°N 122.68381°W[4] | Jackson | federal | Exceptional native bunchgrass habitat. Located on Bureau of Land Management land. [5] [6] | |
| 10 | Willamette Floodplain |  | 1987 | 44.364°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 | 45.54°N 117.09°W | Wallowa | private | Largest contiguous remaining tract of bunchgrass prairie in the nation. |
References
- Hale, Jamie (August 10, 2016). "Oregon Travel News: Oregon's 11 National Natural Landmarks". The Oregonian. Oregonlive / The Oregonian. Retrieved 2017-08-10.
- "Horse Ridge Natural Area". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. 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
- http://inr.oregonstate.edu/sites/inr.oregonstate.edu/files/2015_or_natural_areas_plan.pdf
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