Steens Mountain
| desert, summit
USA /
Nevada /
MacDermitt /
World
/ USA
/ Nevada
/ MacDermitt
World / United States / Oregon
mountain, desert, summit

Steens Mountain is a large fault-block mountain that stretches some 50 miles and rises from an elevation of about 4,200 feet (1,300 m) above the Alvord Desert to its peak at 9,725 feet. It is sometimes confused with a mountain range, but is actually a single mountain.
It was called the "Snowy Mountains" during the early fur trade period, but in 1860 was renamed for U.S. Army Major Enoch Steen, who fought and drove off members of the Paiute tribe who lived on the mountain. Several plant species are endemic to Steens Mountain, including Steens paintbrush, moss gentian, Steens Mountain penstemon, Steens Mountain Thistle, a dwarf blue lupine and Cusick's buckwheat.
On October 24, 2000, president Clinton created the Steens Mountain BLM Cooperative Management and Protection Area, a 425,000 acres area. This law protects 1,200,000 acres from mining, and 100,000 acres from cattle grazing.
Steens Mountain is also host to Steens Mountain Running Camp, a nationally known cross country training camp that has been held on the mountain since 1975. The Steens Mountain Back Country Byway offers a rugged and often spectacular opportunity to explore this remote back country treasure.
It was called the "Snowy Mountains" during the early fur trade period, but in 1860 was renamed for U.S. Army Major Enoch Steen, who fought and drove off members of the Paiute tribe who lived on the mountain. Several plant species are endemic to Steens Mountain, including Steens paintbrush, moss gentian, Steens Mountain penstemon, Steens Mountain Thistle, a dwarf blue lupine and Cusick's buckwheat.
On October 24, 2000, president Clinton created the Steens Mountain BLM Cooperative Management and Protection Area, a 425,000 acres area. This law protects 1,200,000 acres from mining, and 100,000 acres from cattle grazing.
Steens Mountain is also host to Steens Mountain Running Camp, a nationally known cross country training camp that has been held on the mountain since 1975. The Steens Mountain Back Country Byway offers a rugged and often spectacular opportunity to explore this remote back country treasure.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steens_Mountain
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Coordinates: 42°38'5"N 118°32'36"W
- Big Indian Gorge 13 km
- Disaster Peak 80 km
- Flat Top Butte 6046 ft. 97 km
- Hart Peak 105 km
- Abert Rim 139 km
- Pinto Mountain 145 km
- Warner Canyon Ski Area 151 km
- Mt. Bidwell Peak 153 km
- Navajo Peak 165 km
- Barry Point 195 km
- Alvord Desert 13 km
- Kiger Gorge 14 km
- Alvord Lake 29 km
- Coyote Lake 36 km
- Diamond Craters 55 km
- Saddle Butte Lava Field 64 km
- Pueblo Mountains 66 km
- Flook Lake 81 km
- Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge 89 km
- McDermitt Caldera 98 km
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