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Rogue Elk is an unincorporated community in Jackson County, Oregon, United States. [1] It lies along Oregon Route 62 and the Rogue River between Shady Cove and Prospect. [2] Elk Creek enters the river at Rogue Elk. [2] Rogue Elk County Park is by the river. This 33-acre (13 ha) park offers river access, fishing, rafting, swimming, and picnicking.
Shady Cove is part of Jackson County school district number 9, which includes Eagle Point, White City, and the surrounding areas. The school in town is the Shady Cove School, and serves grades K-8. [20] In 2012, the school was within the top 5% of Oregon schools that receive title 1 funds. [8]
The upper Rogue plunges into Rogue River Gorge at Union Creek, Oregon. Soon the river receives Wizard and Copeland creeks from the left and passes under Oregon Route 230, which continues roughly parallel to the river along the left bank.
The company closed the hydroelectric plant in 1972, although the fish ladder remained, and biologists from the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife used the station to count migrating salmon and steelhead. [92] Jackson County, which owned the dam, had it removed with the help of a $5 million federal grant approved in June 2009. [93]
Casey State Recreation Site is a day-use only state park located 29 miles northeast of Medford, Oregon off Oregon Route 62. [1] The parks offers picnic and boating facilities, as well as access to the Rogue River. It is located on the Crater Lake Highway and is a popular salmon fishing area.
For now, Road 1861 is closed to cars but open to bikers or hikers. The trails are open as well, including Harts Cove, at least during its open season of July 16 to Dec. 31.
Prospect is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Jackson County, in the U.S. state of Oregon. It lies along Oregon Route 62 on the Rogue River, in the Rogue River – Siskiyou National Forest. [4] As of the 2020 census it had a population of 449. [5]
Out of over 90,000 National Register sites nationwide, [2] Oregon is home to over 2,000, [3] and 54 of those are found in Coos County. This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted February 7, 2025.