Hampton Buttes
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USGS Hampton Butte, Hampton, West of Hampton, Long Barn | |
Hampton Buttes is a small range of mountains or hills in the U.S. state of Oregon. The range lies mostly in Crook County but extends south and west into Deschutes County in Central Oregon near the unincorporated community of Hampton. U.S. Route 20, an east–west highway, skirts the range to the south. The upper South Fork Crooked River flows north along the eastern base of the range.[2]
The highest peak in the range is Hampton Butte, elevation 6,352 feet (1,936 m) above sea level.[1] The peak, the range, and the unincorporated community of Hampton or Hampton Station, were named for a local resident, Joe Hampton, who moved from near Eugene to this area in 1870.[3]
The
rockhounding area at Hampton Buttes that is known for its petrified wood.[5]
References
- ^ a b "Hampton Buttes". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey (USGS). November 28, 1980. Retrieved December 5, 2015.
- ^ "United States Topographic Map". United States Geological Survey – via ACME Mapper.
- ISBN 0-87595-277-1.
- ^ "Hampton Butte & Cougar Well Wilderness Study Areas" (PDF). Bureau of Land Management. Retrieved December 5, 2015.
- ^ "Rockhounding and Other Recreational or Hobby Collecting". Bureau of Land Management. Retrieved December 5, 2015.