Maiden Peak (Oregon)
Maiden Peak is a steep-sided shield volcano in the Cascade Range of central Oregon. It is the highest point in the 43-mile (69 km) distance between Mount Bachelor and Diamond Peak. Ice Age glaciers carved a large cirque into the northeast flank of the mountain, exposing magma which hardened in the volcano's conduits to form the numerous rock pinnacles now found in the upper part of the cirque.
The summit of Maiden Peak consists of a steeper cinder cone which sits atop the underlying shield volcano. It is located on the Cascade Crest, which forms the boundary between Lane County and Deschutes County. Also, it is on the boundary between the Deschutes National Forest and the Willamette National Forest. A Forest Service fire lookout tower was built on the summit in 1923, but was removed in 1958. A 5.8-mile (9.3 km) trail zigzags up to the summit from the southwest.
References
- ^ "Maiden". NGS Data Sheet. National Geodetic Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Commerce. Retrieved April 26, 2016.
- ^ "Maiden Peak, Oregon". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved April 1, 2008.
- ^ Wood, Charles A.; Jűrgen Kienle (1993). Volcanoes of North America. Cambridge University Press. p. 354. ISBN 0-521-43811-X.
- ^ "Maiden Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved November 16, 2008.
- ^ "Maiden Peak Lookout Site". Forest Fire Lookout Association. Archived from the original on April 27, 2016. Retrieved April 29, 2016.
Further reading
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Maiden Peak (Oregon).
- Harris, Stephen L. (2005). Fire Mountains of the West: The Cascade and Mono Lake Volcanoes (3rd ed.). Mountain Press Publishing Company. ISBN 0-87842-511-X.
- Kresek, Ray (1998). Fire Lookouts of the Northwest (3rd ed.). Historic Lookout Project. ISBN 0-87770-632-8.
- "Maiden Peak, Oregon". Volcano World. Archived from the original on February 4, 2009. Retrieved December 19, 2008.
- "Maiden Peak". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved June 28, 2021.
