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Oregon Cascades

Range Type

Politically-defined sub-range

Highest Point

Mount Hood (11,239 ft/3426 m)

Countries

United States

States/Provinces

Oregon

Area

20,266 sq mi / 52,490 sq km
Area may include lowland areas

Extent

266 mi / 428 km North-South
129 mi / 208 km East-West

Center Lat/Long

43° 48' N; 122° 5' W

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The Oregon Cascades are a wide swath of forested hills and low summits dominated by several volcanic cones towering into the sky. Mounts Hood, Jefferson, the Sisters, Thielsen, Crater Lake, McLoughlin, and a few lower, more-eroded volcanoes are so prominent that the remainder of the Oregon Cascades are almost an afterthought. Washington's North Cascades have an impressive array of high, jagged non-volcanic peaks to complement their volcanoes, but Oregon follows the pattern established in far southern Washington, where volcanoes are king and the remainder is largely logged-over foothills.

Map of Oregon Cascades
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Other Ranges: To go to pages for other ranges either click on the map above, or on range names in the hierarchy snapshot below, which show the parent, siblings, and children of the Oregon Cascades.

Cascade Range	Level 3 (Parent)
North Cascades	Level 4 (Sibling)
South Washington Cascades	Level 4 (Sibling)
Oregon Cascades	Level 4
Mount Hood Area	Level 5 (Child)
Mount Jefferson Area	Level 5 (Child)
Santiam Pass Area	Level 5 (Child)
Sisters Area	Level 5 (Child)
Willamette Pass Area	Level 5 (Child)
Crater Lake Area	Level 5 (Child)
Southern Oregon Cascades	Level 5 (Child)
California Cascades	Level 4 (Sibling)

Major Peaks of the Oregon Cascades

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	ft	m	Range5
1.	Mount Hood	11,239	3426	Mount Hood Area
2.	Mount Jefferson	10,497	3199	Mount Jefferson Area
3.	South Sister	10,358	3157	Sisters Area
4.	North Sister	10,085	3074	Sisters Area
5.	Middle Sister	10,047	3062	Sisters Area
6.	Mount McLoughlin	9495	2894	Southern Oregon Cascades
7.	Mount Thielsen	9182	2799	Crater Lake Area
8.	Broken Top	9175	2797	Sisters Area
9.	Mount Bachelor	9065	2763	Sisters Area
10.	Lewis Glacier Peak	9017	2748	Sisters Area
Sub-peaks are excluded from this list. List may not be complete, since only summits in the PBC Database are included.

Child Range High Points
Rank	Peak Name	ft	m	Range5
1.	Mount Hood	11,239	3426	Mount Hood Area
2.	Mount Jefferson	10,497	3199	Mount Jefferson Area
3.	South Sister	10,358	3157	Sisters Area
4.	Mount McLoughlin	9495	2894	Southern Oregon Cascades
5.	Mount Thielsen	9182	2799	Crater Lake Area
6.	Diamond Peak	8744	2665	Willamette Pass Area
7.	Three Fingered Jack	7841	2390	Santiam Pass Area

Photos of Peaks in the Oregon Cascades

Mount Hood The conical form of Mount Hood towers above the Timberline Lodge area (1989-06-21).	Crater Rock Crater Rock (1994-05-24). Photo by R Scott. Click here for larger-size photo.
Mount Jefferson The stunning and precipitous summit pinnacle of Mount Jefferson in Oregon (2006-07-30).	South Sister The South Sister under a deep coat of June snow (2012-06-06). Click here for larger-size photo.
North Sister On the summit of South Sister, with Faith and Hope in the background (2015-10-29). Photo by Nick Boswell. Click here for larger-size photo.	Middle Sister Middle Sister from bottom of Hayden Glacier (2014-05-22). Photo by oregon mt. goat. Click here for larger-size photo.
Hodge Crest Hodge Crest summit from Hodge Crest ridgeline (2023-09-05). Photo by Isaac Leman. Click here for larger-size photo.	Illumination Rock Illumination Rock (1994-05). Photo by R Scott. Click here for larger-size photo.
Mount McLoughlin View up toward the summit of Mt. McLoughlin (2013-10-25). Photo by Joseph Del Grosso. Click here for larger-size photo.	Mount Thielsen Mount Thielsen is one of the "pointiest" mountains in the world, but the firm rock of the summit pinnacle makes it an easy climb (1992-08-19).

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