List of National Natural Landmarks in Oregon

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From List of National Natural Landmarks, these are the National Natural Landmarks in the U.S. state of Oregon.^[1]

Crown Point

Fort Rock State Monument

Horse Ridge Natural Area

John Day Fossil Beds

The Island

Mount Howard-East Peak

Newberry Crater

Willamette Floodplain

Zumwalt Prairie

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Oregon National Natural Landmarks (clickable map)

	Name	Date	Location	County	Ownership	Description
1	Crown Point	1971	45°32′22″N 122°14′39″W / 45.5395°N 122.24422°W / 45.5395; -122.24422 (Crown Point)	Multnomah	state park	Promontory in Columbia Gorge
2	Fort Rock State Monument	1976	43°22′19″N 121°04′26″W / 43.372°N 121.074°W / 43.372; -121.074 (Fort Rock)	Lake	state park	Volcanic tuff ring
3	Horse Ridge Natural Area	1967	43°55′26″N 121°02′20″W / 43.924°N 121.039°W / 43.924; -121.039 (Horse Ridge)^[2]	Deschutes	federal	Western juniper woodland on Bureau of Land Management property.^[2]
4	John Day Fossil Beds	1966	44°33′21″N 119°38′43″W / 44.555833°N 119.645278°W / 44.555833; -119.645278 (John Day Fossil Beds)	Grant	federal	Contains a remarkable sequence of very diverse fossils.
5	The Island	2011	44°33′31″N 121°16′38″W / 44.558489°N 121.277143°W / 44.558489; -121.277143 (The Island)	Jefferson	federal	Native juniper savanna on an isolated plateau at the confluence of the Deschutes and Crooked Rivers. Part of Ochoco National Forest.
6	Lawrence Memorial Grassland Preserve	1984	44°57′03″N 120°47′56″W / 44.950889°N 120.7988834°W / 44.950889; -120.7988834 (Lawrence Memorial Grassland Preserve)	Oregon	private	An excellent illustration of "biscuit and scabland" topography.^[3]
7	Newberry Crater	1976	43°41′21″N 121°15′18″W / 43.689194°N 121.254889°W / 43.689194; -121.254889 (Newberry Volcano)	Deschutes	federal	Atypical shield volcano in Deschutes National Forest.
8	Mount Howard-East Peak	2016	45°15′40″N 117°10′44″W / 45.260987°N 117.178778°W / 45.260987; -117.178778 (Mount Howard-East Peak)	Wallowa	federal	Contains botanically diverse montane grassland habitats and populations of endemic and rare plant species.
9	Round Top Butte	2011	42°31′40″N 122°41′02″W / 42.5277551°N 122.68381°W / 42.5277551; -122.68381 (Newberry Volcano)^[4]	Jackson	federal	Exceptional native bunchgrass habitat. Located on Bureau of Land Management land.^[5]^[6]
10	Willamette Floodplain	1987	44°21′50″N 123°13′48″W / 44.364°N 123.23°W / 44.364; -123.23 (Willamette Floodplain)	Benton, Lane, Linn, Marion, Polk	federal	A bottomland interior valley grassland floodplain. Part of William L. Finley National Wildlife Refuge.
11	Zumwalt Prairie	2013	45°32′N 117°05′W / 45.54°N 117.09°W / 45.54; -117.09 (Zumwalt Prairie)	Wallowa	private	Largest contiguous remaining tract of bunchgrass prairie in the nation.

References

^ Hale, Jamie (August 10, 2016). "Oregon Travel News: Oregon's 11 National Natural Landmarks". The Oregonian. Oregonlive / The Oregonian. Retrieved 2017-08-10.
^ ^a ^b "Horse Ridge Natural Area". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2009-04-05.
^ "Lawrence Memorial Grassland Preserve". Conservation Gateway. The Nature Conservancy. Retrieved 2017-08-10.
^ "Round Top Butte RNA". Pacific Northwest Interagency Natural Areas Network. Oregon State University, Forestry Sciences Laboratory. Retrieved 2017-08-31.
^ https://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/pubs/pnw_gtr895.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}
^ http://inr.oregonstate.edu/sites/inr.oregonstate.edu/files/2015_or_natural_areas_plan.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}