Black Butte (Oregon)

Infobox Mountain
Name = Black Butte
Photo = BlackButteOR Russell ric00804.jpg
Caption =
Elevation = convert|6436|ft|m|lk=on [ cite web
url = http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/ds_mark.prl?PidBox=QD1848
title = NGS Data Sheet for Black Butte
publisher = U.S. National Geodetic Survey
accessdate = 2008-03-31 ]
Location = Jefferson County, Oregon, USA
Range = Cascade Range
Prominence = convert|3076|ft|m [ cite web
url = http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=16451
title = Black Butte
publisher = Peakbagger.com
accessdate = 2008-03-31 ]
Coordinates = coord|44.3995608|-121.6344956|format=dms|region:US_type:mountain [GNIS|1138174|Black Butteaccessdate|2008-03-31]
Topographic
USGS Black Butte
Type = StratovolcanoFact|date=August 2008
Volcanic_Arc/Belt = Cascade Volcanic Arc
Age = Pleistocene
Last eruption = about 1,430,000 years ago [ cite web
url = http://pubs.usgs.gov/imap/i2683/i2683_bend_pamphlet.pdf
title = Geologic Map of the Bend 30×60-Minute Quadrangle, Central Oregon
page = p. 22
publisher = USGS
accessdate = 2008-03-31 ]
First ascent =
Easiest route = hike

Black Butte is a cinder cone located in Deschutes National Forest, northwest of the town of Sisters, Oregon. An extinct volcano, it is composed of basaltic andesite. The cone rises convert|3076|ft|m|0 over the surrounding plateau. Black Butte is a striking feature just north of US Highway 20, which descends from the east flank of the Cascades. It is nearly symmetrical cite book
last = McArthur
first = Lewis A.
authorlink = Lewis A. McArthur
coauthors = Lewis L. McArthur
title = Oregon Geographic Names
origyear = 1928
edition = 6th Edition
year = 1984
publisher = Oregon Historical Society Press
location = Portland, Oregon
id = ISBN 0-87595-237-2
pages = 74 ] , with no marks of glaciation. Even though it is older than the High Cascades mountains visible to the west, which are heavily scoured by ice-age glacier activity, Black Butte receives less snow at its lower elevation and location somewhat east of the main trend of the High Cascades. The headwaters of the Metolius River flow from Metolius Springs near the northern base of Black Butte. The springs flows at a rate of about 50,000 gallons per minute. [ cite journal
quotes =
last = Peterson
first = N.V.
authorlink =
coauthors = R.A. Groh
year = 1972
month = March
title = Geology and Origin of the Metolius Springs
journal = The Orr Bin
volume = Vol. 34
issue = no. 3
publisher = State of Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
location = Portland, Oregon
url = http://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/dspace/bitstream/1957/3107/1/vol34_no3_ocr.pdf
accessdate = 2008-03-31 ]

In the local indigenous tongue, the mountain is called Turututu, but records show settlers calling it Black Butte as early as 1855.

Forset Service road 1110 climbs halfway up the mountain and a hiking trail continues to the summit. [ cite web
url = http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/centraloregon/recreation/trails/54026-blackbt.shtml
title = Black Butte Trail
publisher = USDA Forest Service
accessdate = 2008-03-31 ] [ cite web
url = http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&hl=en&ll=44.391721,-121.622257&spn=0.093348,0.191746&t=h&z=13
title = Google map of road and trail
publisher = Google.com
accessdate = 2008-03-31 ]

The Deschutes Brewery, a well known Microbrewery in nearby Bend, makes a beer named Black Butte Porter. [ cite web
url = http://www.deschutesbrewery.com/BrewPub/OnTap/5832.aspx
title = Black Butte Porter
publisher = Deschutes Brewery
accessdate = 2008-03-31 ]

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