Picture Rock Pass

Picture Rock Pass

Infobox Mountain Pass
Name = Picture Rock Pass
Photo =
Caption =
Elevation = 4630 ft.
Location= Oregon, USA
Range =
Coordinates =coord|43.047722|-120.798712 |display=inline,title|type:pass
Topographic

Traversed by = Oregon Route 31

Picture Rock Pass (el. 4830 ft.) is a mountain pass in Oregon traversed by Oregon Route 31. It is located between the communities of Silver Lake and Paisley in Lake County. Geographically, it separates Silver and Summer lakes. These two lakes with their related drainage basins are the most northwesterly part of the Great Basin.cite book
last = McArthur
first = Lewis A.
authorlink = Lewis A. McArthur
coauthors = Lewis L. McArthur
title = Oregon Geographic Names
origyear = 1928
edition = Sixth Edition
year = 1992
publisher = Oregon Historical Society Press
location = Portland, Oregon
id = ISBN 0-87595-237-2
pages = 806,668
]

The name of the pass comes from some pictograms on rocks south of the highway which are not presently understood.

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