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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.
Sisters is a city in Deschutes County, Oregon, United States. It is part of the Bend, Oregon Metropolitan Statistical Area . The population was 2,038 at the 2010 census .
The Three Sisters Wilderness covers an area of 281,190 acres (1,137.9 km 2), making it the second-largest wilderness area in Oregon. Designated by the United States Congress in 1964, it borders the Mount Washington Wilderness to the north and shares its southern edge with the Waldo Lake Wilderness .
Dixie is an unincorporated historic community in Grant County, Oregon, United States. [1] It was a station on the Sumpter Valley Railway near Dixie Summit. [ 2 ] The station was named for Dixie Creek, a tributary of the John Day River near Prairie City . [ 2 ]
Dixie is an unincorporated community in Baker County, Oregon, United States. [1] It is along the Burnt River about 5 miles (8 km) north of Lime. [2] Dixie was so-named because it is near the confluence of the Burnt River and Dixie Creek, which in turn was named for the many gold miners from the U.S. South (nicknamed "Dixie") who worked on the creek. [2]
The district was created in 1982 when Oregon was granted a new congressional district as a result of reapportionment from the 1980 census. Denny Smith, who had represented Oregon's 2nd congressional district in the previous Congress, was re-elected in the 5th district in 1982 after it absorbed most of the western portion of the old 2nd.
The Three Sisters Wilderness is a wilderness area in the Cascade Range, within the Willamette and Deschutes National Forests in Oregon, United States.It comprises 286,708 acres (1,160.27 km 2), making it the second largest wilderness area in Oregon, after the Eagle Cap Wilderness.
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