Low Pass, Oregon

Low Pass, Oregon

Low Pass is an unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon, United States, five miles east of Blachly and eleven miles west of Cheshire, in the Siuslaw River Basin. [cite web | title=A Watershed Assessment for the Siuslaw Basin | url=http://www.inforain.org/siuslaw/ | publisher=Ecotrust | date=January 2002 | accessdate=2008-04-01] The settlement revolves around a small pullout on Highway 36 featuring a gas station, a convenience store, and the locally famous cafe Eat at Joe's, which serves as an unofficial community center for rural residents. [cite news | last = McCowan | first = Karen | title=Eat and Greet, Over Easy: A roadside cafe doubles as a community center in Low Pass | publisher=The Register-Guard | date=2004-02-04] [cite news | last = Welch | first = Bob |authorlink= Bob Welch (author) | title=For a high time in Low Pass, Eat at Joe's | publisher=The Register-Guard | url=http://rgweb.registerguard.com/news/2006/11/21/c1.cr.welch.1121.p1.php | date=2006-11-21 | accessdate=2008-04-01] The settlement is named for its location on a slight rise approaching the foothills of the Coast Range mountains, in contrast to the nearby mountain pass High Pass.cite web |url=http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1134085 |title=Feature Query Results |publisher= United States Board on Geographic Names, United States Geological Survey |accessdate=2008-04-01] Much of the land west of Low Pass consists of old-growth forest owned by the Bureau of Land Management. [cite web | author=Bureau of Land Management | title=Detailed Map of Eugene District | work=About Eugene | url=http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/eugene/overview.php | accessdate=2008-04-01] [cite web | author=Oregon Wild | title=Low Pass old-growth, Eugene BLM | url=http://www.oregonwild.org/oregon_forests/old_growth_protection/wopr/blm-forest-photos/low-pass-old-growth-eugene-blm | accessdate=2008-04-01]

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