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There are at least 319 mountain passes in the U. S. state of Oregon. Lolo Pass seen from west of the pass. The Pacific Crest Trail traverses left and right across the pass; Mount Hood's northwest face is visible in the background.
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The Siskiyou Mountains form the watershed boundary between the Klamath and Rogue Rivers and are also a rough natural separator between Oregon and California. The summit on Interstate 5 is about 12 miles (19 km) south of Ashland, Oregon, 25 miles (40 km) north of Yreka, California, and 0.5 miles (0.80 km) east of the historical Siskiyou Pass, the most used mountain pass in the state. [2]
Santiam Pass is a 4,817-foot (1,468 m) mountain pass in the Cascade Range in central Oregon in the United States. It is located on the border between Linn and Jefferson counties, about 18 mi (29 km) northwest of Sisters , between the prominent volcanic horns of Three Fingered Jack to the north and Mount Washington to the south.
The Mount Hood Highway No. 26 (see Oregon highways and routes) is the Oregon Department of Transportation's designation for a 96.74-mile-long (155.69 km) highway from Portland east around the south side of Mount Hood and north via Bennett Pass to Hood River.
Mckenzie Pass Highway 242 is closed in winter by this gate. In the past, people frequently parked at the gate and headed up the highway for recreation.
1918 state highway map. The initial primary state highway system was designated in 1917, [3] initially consisting of 36 named and numbered highways, [5] including some designated earlier that year by the Oregon State Legislature and others added to the network by the Oregon State Highway Commission, the predecessor to the OTC. [6]
Blue Mountain Pass is a high mountain pass in Oregon, United States that is traversed by U.S. Highway 95. It gets its name from Blue Mountain (elevation 7435), which is just west of the pass. Blue Mountain and Blue Mountain Pass are located in south eastern Oregon, approximately 25 miles north of the Nevada border.