Maiden Peak (Oregon)

Maiden Peak
Maiden Peak as seen from the north side of Eagle Peak
Elevation	7,823 ft (2,384 m) NAVD 88[1]
Prominence	2,578 ft (786 m) [2]
Location
Maiden Peak Deschutes / Lane counties, Oregon, USA
Range	Cascades
Coordinates	43°37′36.6″N 121°57′53.3″W / 43.626833°N 121.964806°W / 43.626833; -121.964806Coordinates: 43°37′36.6″N 121°57′53.3″W / 43.626833°N 121.964806°W / 43.626833; -121.964806[1]
Topo map	USGS The Twins
Geology
Type	Shield volcano
Age of rock	Less than 250,000 years old [3]
Climbing
Easiest route	Trail

Maiden Peak is a steep-sided shield volcano in the Cascade Range of central Oregon. It is the highest point in the 43-mile (69 km) distance between Mount Bachelor and Diamond Peak. Ice Age glaciers carved a large cirque into the northeast flank of the mountain, exposing magma which hardened in the volcano's conduits to form the numerous rock pinnacles now found in the upper part of the cirque.

The summit of Maiden Peak consists of a steeper cinder cone which sits atop the underlying shield volcano. It is located on the Cascade Crest, which forms the border between Lane County and Deschutes County.^[4] A United States Forest Service fire lookout tower was built on the summit in 1923, but destroyed in 1958. A 5.8-mile (9.3 km) trail zigzags up to the summit from the southwest.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Maiden". NGS data sheet. U.S. National Geodetic Survey. http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/ds_mark.prl?PidBox=PB0769. Retrieved 2008-11-00. 
2. ^ "Maiden Peak, Oregon". Peakbagger.com. http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=2429. Retrieved 2008-04-01. 
3. ^ Wood, Charles A.; Jűrgen Kienle (1993). Volcanoes of North America. Cambridge University Press. pp. 354. ISBN 0-512-43811-X. 
4. ^ "Maiden Peak". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1145754. Retrieved 2008-11-16. 

Further reading

• Harris, Stephen L. (2005). Fire Mountains of the West: The Cascade and Mono Lake Volcanoes (3rd ed.). Mountain Press Publishing Company. ISBN 0-87842-511-X. 
• Kresek, Ray (1998). Fire Lookouts of the Northwest (3rd ed.). Historic Lookout Project. ISBN 0-87770-632-8. 

• "Maiden Peak, Oregon". Volcano World. http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/vwdocs/volc_images/north_america/maiden_peak.html. Retrieved 2008-12-19. 

External links

• Media related to Maiden Peak (Oregon) at Wikimedia Commons

Panorama of the view from Maiden Peak's summit