Powell Butte

Infobox Mountain
Name = Powell Butte
Photo = Powell Butte.jpg
Caption =
Elevation = convert|612|ft|m|lk=on [ cite web
url = http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/ds_mark.prl?PidBox=RD2448
title = NGS Data Sheet for POWELL BUTTE
publisher = U.S. National Geodetic Survey
accessdate = 2008-04-02 ]
Location = Multnomah County, Oregon, USA
Range = Cascades
Prominence =
Coordinates = coord|45.4870645|-122.5039797|format=dms|region:US_type:mountain [GNIS|1136648accessdate|2008-04-02]
Topographic
USGS Gladstone
Type = Cinder cone
Volcanic_Arc/Belt = Boring Lava Field
Age =
Last eruption =
First ascent =
Easiest route =

Powell Butte is an extinct volcanic cinder cone in Portland, Oregon, United States. It is one of three such cones (the others being Rocky Butte and Mount Tabor) inside the city that are home to a city park, Powell Butte playing host to the [http://www.portlandonline.com/parks/finder/index.cfm?action=ViewPark&PropertyID=528 Powell Butte Nature Park] . It is part of the Boring Lava Field, an area of extinct volcanoes.

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External links

* cite web
url = http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/Oregon/BoringLavaField/VisitVolcano/powell_butte.html
title = Powell Butte Cinder Cone, Portland, Oregon
publisher = USGS Cascades Volcanic Observatory
accessdate = 2008-04-01
* cite web
url = http://www.friendsofpowellbutte.org
title = Friends of Powell Butte Nature Park
accessdate = 2008-04-01
* cite web
url = http://www.portlandonline.com/parks/finder/index.cfm?action=ViewPark&PropertyID=528
title = Powell Butte Nature Park
publisher = Portland Parks & Recreation
accessdate = 2008-04-01