- Black Crater
Infobox Mountain
Name = Black Crater
Photo =
Caption =
Elevation = convert|7257|ft|m|lk=on [ cite web
url = http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/ds_mark.prl?PidBox=QD1849
title = NGS Data Sheet for Black Crater
publisher =U.S. National Geodetic Survey
accessdate = 2008-03-31 Note that station is 2 ft. below summit]
Location = Deschutes County,Oregon ,USA
Range =Cascade Range
Prominence =
Coordinates = coord|44.2659497|-121.7483813|format=dms|region:US_type:mountain [GNIS|1138195accessdate|2008-03-31]
Topographic
USGS Black Crater
Type=Shield volcano
Volcanic_Arc/Belt=Cascade Volcanic Arc
Age = Late Pleistocene [ cite web
url = http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/Oregon/HighCascades/dee_wright_observatory.html
title = Dee Wright Observatory
publisher = USGS Cascades Volcano Observatory
accessdate = 2008-03-31 ]
Last eruption =
First ascent =
Easiest route =trail Black Crater is a steep-sidedshield volcano in theCascade Range of centralOregon , located north of the Three Sisters and east ofMcKenzie Pass .Ice Age glaciers carved a large cirque into the northern flank of the mountain, and snow often lingers in its shady depths until late summer. AUnited States Forest Service fire lookout tower was built on the summit in 1925, but was eventually destroyed and only remnants of the foundation remain today. A convert|3.7|mi|km|1 long trail heads for the summit from the northwest onOregon Route 242 , eventually wrapping onto the northeast side for the upper part of the ascent. [ cite web
url = http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/centraloregon/recreation/trails/54058-blackcr.shtml
title = Deschutes National Forest: Black Crater Trail #4058
publisher = USDA Forest Service
accessdate = 2008-03-31 ]References
* cite book
last = Harris
first = Stephen L.
title = Fire Mountains of the West: The Cascade and Mono Lake Volcanoes (3rd ed.)
publisher =Mountain Press Publishing Company
date = 2005
isbn = 0-87842-511-X
* cite book
last = Wood
first = Charles A.
coauthors= Jürgen Kienle, eds.
title = Volcanoes of North America
publisher =Cambridge University Press
date = 1990
isbn = 0-521-43811-X
* cite book
last = Kresek
first = Ray
title = Fire Lookouts of the Northwest (3rd ed.)
publisher = Historic Lookout Project
date = 1998
isbn = 0-87770-632-8
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