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-sided shield volcano in the Cascade Range of central Oregon, located north of the Three Sisters and east of McKenzie 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. A United 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 on Oregon 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