Steens Mountain

Steens Mountain
Steens Mountain
	Steens Mountain near Andrews, Oregon
Highest point
Elevation	9,738 ft (2,968 m) NAVD 88
Prominence	4,373 ft (1,333 m)
Listing	Oregon county high points; North America isolated peaks 106th;
Coordinates	42°38′11″N 118°34′36″W / 42.636418°N 118.576717°W
Naming
Etymology	Enoch Steen
Geography
	Steens Mountain Location in Oregon
Location	Harney County, Oregon, U.S.
Topo map	USGS Wildhorse Lake
Geology
Mountain type	Fault block mountain, volcanic mountain, shield volcano
Volcanic field	Columbia River Basalt Group
Last eruption	Before Pleistocene
Climbing
Easiest route	Short hike from gravel road

Steens Mountain is in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Oregon, and is a large fault-block mountain.^[2]^[3] Located in Harney County, it stretches some 50 miles (80 km) north to south, and rises from the west side the Alvord Desert at elevation of about 4,200 feet (1,300 m) to a summit elevation of 9,738 feet (2,968 m). Steens Mountain is not part of a mountain range but is properly a single mountain, the largest of Oregon's fault-block mountains.^[4]^[5]

The Steens Mountain Wilderness encompasses 170,166 acres (68,864 ha) of Steens Mountain.^[6] 98,859 acres (40,007 ha) of the Wilderness are protected from grazing and free of cattle.^[7]

^ ^a ^b ^c "Steens Mountain, Oregon". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved December 27, 2009.
^ "Steens Loop Tour Route". Travel Oregon. Archived from the original on November 20, 2015. Retrieved April 27, 2016.
^ "The Steens Loop Tour Route" (PDF). Scenic Byways, Oregon Department of Transportation. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 19, 2015. Retrieved April 27, 2016.
^ "Steens Mountain". oregonencyclopedia.org. Retrieved April 25, 2022.
^ Conkling, C., Jackman, E. R., & Scharff, J. (1967). Steens Mountain in Oregon's high desert country. Caxton Press. Retrieved April 25, 2022
^ "Steens Mountain". Bureau of Land Management. April 10, 2017. Archived from the original on August 25, 2015. Retrieved August 28, 2015.
^ "Steens Mountain Wilderness". Wilderness.net. Archived from the original on September 23, 2016. Retrieved January 4, 2016.

[pb-1] "Steens Mountain, Oregon". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved December 27, 2009.

[2] "Steens Loop Tour Route". Travel Oregon. Archived from the original on November 20, 2015. Retrieved April 27, 2016.

[3] "The Steens Loop Tour Route" (PDF). Scenic Byways, Oregon Department of Transportation. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 19, 2015. Retrieved April 27, 2016.

[:0-4] "Steens Mountain". oregonencyclopedia.org. Retrieved April 25, 2022.

[conkling-5] Conkling, C., Jackman, E. R., & Scharff, J. (1967). Steens Mountain in Oregon's high desert country. Caxton Press. Retrieved April 25, 2022

[blm-6] "Steens Mountain". Bureau of Land Management. April 10, 2017. Archived from the original on August 25, 2015. Retrieved August 28, 2015.

[wildnet-7] "Steens Mountain Wilderness". Wilderness.net. Archived from the original on September 23, 2016. Retrieved January 4, 2016.

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