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The McKenzie River is a 90-mile (145 km) tributary of the Willamette River in western Oregon in the United States. It drains part of the Cascade Range east of Eugene and flows westward into the southernmost end of the Willamette Valley. It is named for Donald McKenzie, a Scottish Canadian fur trader who explored parts of the Pacific Northwest ...
Dee Wright Observatory is located in the Willamette National Forest 15 miles (24 km) west of Sisters, Oregon on Route 242. [1] The highway is part of the McKenzie-Santiam Pass Scenic Byway. McKenzie Pass is 5,325 feet (1,623 m) above sea level, and winter snow and the narrow road surface requires McKenzie Pass to be closed to motor vehicles ...
458 and 541. McKenzie Bridge is an unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon, United States, on the McKenzie River and within Willamette National Forest. It is along Oregon Route 126, about 53 miles (85 km) east of Eugene, between Rainbow and Belknap Springs. The McKenzie Bridge State Airport is about 4 miles (6.4 km) east of the community.
The trek begins at the snow gate on McKenzie Pass Highway 242 east of McKenzie Bridge. It begins at 2,100 feet, which may or may not have snow, then travels 2.6 miles and 1,000 feet to the Proxy ...
McKenzie Pass. McKenzie Pass, elevation 5,325 feet (1,623 m), [1] is a mountain pass in the Cascade Range in central Oregon in the United States. [2] It is located at the border of Linn and Deschutes counties, [2] approximately 25 miles (40 km) northwest of Bend, [3] between the Three Sisters to the south and Mount Washington to the north.
Map of the Willamette National Forest. The Willamette National Forest is a National Forest located in the central portion of the Cascade Range of the U.S. state of Oregon. [4] It comprises 1,678,031 acres (6,790.75 km 2). Over 380,000 acres (694 mi 2, 1,540 km 2) are designated wilderness which include seven major mountain peaks.
Named. Scenic. The McKenzie Pass–Santiam Pass Scenic Byway is an 82-mile-long (132 km) National Scenic Byway in the U.S. state of Oregon. The route is a loop designed to provide a tour of the high Cascade Range northwest of Bend, passing over both McKenzie Pass and Santiam Pass.
With an elevation of 7,795 feet (2,376 m) above sea level, [1][2] Mount Washington is located in Deschutes and Linn counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. [8] It lies north of McKenzie Pass, [3] and some 12 miles (19 km) west of the city of Sisters. [9] It is accessible by foot trails only; the western and southwestern sides of Washington ...