Oregon Caves National Monument and Preserve
Oregon Caves National Monument and Preserve is a protected area in the northern Siskiyou Mountains of southwestern Oregon in the United States. The 4,554-acre (1,843 ha) park, including the marble cave, is 20 miles (32 km) east of Cave Junction, on Oregon Route 46. The protected area, managed by the National Park Service (NPS), is in southwestern Josephine County, near the Oregon–California border.
Formations resembling drapery in a dome-shaped pit in Oregon Caves
Thomas Condon, a University of Oregon geology professor who visited the cave with his students in 1884
The Chateau in 2009
Stalactites, stalagmites, and column in Miller's Chapel
The Siskiyou Mountains are a coastal subrange of the Klamath Mountains, and located in northwestern California and southwestern Oregon in the United States. They extend in an arc for approximately 100 miles (160 km) from east of Crescent City, California, northeast along the north side of the Klamath River into Josephine and Jackson counties in Oregon. The mountain range forms a barrier between the watersheds of the Klamath River to the south and the Rogue River to the north. Accordingly, much of the range is within the Rogue River – Siskiyou and Klamath national forests, and the Pacific Crest Trail follows a portion of the crest of the Siskiyous.
Forest in the Siskiyou Mountains in California
The Siskiyou Trail
The Red Buttes in the Siskiyou Mountains
The weeping spruce (Picea breweriana) is found only in the Klamath Mountains.
