The Cascade–Siskiyou National Monument is a United States national monument that protects 114,000 acres of forest and grasslands at the junction of the Cascade Range and the Siskiyou Mountains in Sout
Pacific Crest Trail at Cascade–Siskiyou
Columnar andesite at Pilot Rock, Oregon
Blue elderberry in the monument
Pilot Rock (Oregon)
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Pilot Rock is a prominent volcanic plug located in the western Cascade Range near the east end of the Siskiyou Mountains, just east of the Siskiyou Summit near Ashland, Oregon. Rising thousands of fee
Cascade–Siskiyou National Monument
…to date. By the 1880s, their lands were taken by white settlers, whose mining cabins still dot the region. Natural features in the monument include Pilot Rock, a volcanic neck or interior of an extinct volcano, similarly formed as Devils Tower in Wyoming, and the Soda Mountain Wilderness. The Pacific Crest…
Pilot Rock
View of the summit of Pilot Rock showing its extensive columnar jointing
360-degree panorama from the summit of Pilot Rock