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Steens Mountain, Oregon

Prominence: 4373 ft, 1333 m

Elevation: 9733 feet, 2967 meters

True Isolation: 124.74 mi, 200.75 km

Elevation Info:	NAVD88 Elevation: 9738 ft / 2968 m
Subpeaks	Steens Mountain-North Peak (9348 ft/2849 m)
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	42° 38' 11'' N, 118° 34' 36'' W 42.636418, -118.576717 (Dec Deg) 370728 E 4721646 N, Zone 11 (UTM)
Country	United States
State/Province	Oregon
County/Second Level Region	Harney (Highest Point)
Links Search Engines - search the web for "Steens Mountain": Wikipedia Search Microsoft Bing Search Google Search Yahoo Search Other Web Sites Steens Mountain at SummitPost.org Steens Mountain at ListsOfJohn.com Steens Mountain at Summits on the Air (Amateur Radio) CoHP.org Trip Report for Harney, OR by Ken Jones CoHP.org Trip Report for Harney, OR by James Wedekind CoHP.org Trip Report for Harney, OR by Richard Carey CoHP.org Trip Report for Harney, OR by Edward Earl Weather and Snow National Weather Service Forecast NOAA Snow Depth Map Lists that contain Steens Mountain: USA Lower 48 Peaks with 100 miles of Isolation (Rank #33) USA Lower 48 Top 100 Peaks by Prominence (Unranked) United States Peaks with 100 miles of Isolation (Rank #57) Top 10 Prominence Grid for U.S. States (Rank #101) USA Lower 48 Peaks with 4000 feet of Prominence (Rank #101) Top 10 County High Points Grid for U.S. States (Rank #105) 2000-foot Prominence CoHPs - 48 States (Rank #69) Top 10 Elevation Grid for U.S. States (Rank #118) Top 10 Isolation Grid for U.S. States (Rank #48) Counties with Largest Area (Rank #29) USA Lower 48 Top 400 Peaks by Prominence (Rank #101) Oregon County High Points (Rank #8) North America Peaks with 200 km of Isolation (Rank #131) Oregon County Prominence Peaks (Rank #10) USA Lower 48 Range5 High Points (Rank #199) Western Contiguous USA CoHPs (Rank #170) Oregon Peaks with 25 Miles of Isolation (Rank #2) Oregon 9000-foot Peaks (Rank #8) Western USA CoHPs (Rank #182) Western USA Peaks with 25 miles of Isolation (Rank #18) (Peak is on over 20 lists; Not all shown here.)
Ascent Info Total successful ascents logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 193 Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 181) Selected Trip Reports: 2003-03-19 by rick mcneill 2003-08-30 by Bob Bolton 2004-07-30 by Scott Surgent 2006-09-02 by Caleb Morris 2011-10-24 by Michael Wanberg 2012-06-30 by Andrew Holman 2012-09-16 by Paul McClellan 2012-10-20 by jeff carr 2014-07-12 by Richard Hensley 2015-05-24 by Kent Coe 2015-08-01 by Caleb Morris 2016-06-26 by Austin D. Smith 2016-07-08 by Adam Walker 2016-08-03 by Fred Lobdell 2017-06-12 by Harvest Mondello 2017-08-12 by Keaton Reed 2017-08-24 by Eric Kassan (GPS Track) 2018-06-02 by Beth Lakin (GPS Track) 2018-07-11 by Eric Geissinger 2019-07-17 by Daniel Mick (GPS Track) 2019-08-31 by Dean Gaudet 2019-09-21 by Kent Coe 2019-10-18 by Matt Varney (GPS Track) 2020-06-22 by Matt Mallet 2020-06-26 by Maureen Seeley 2020-07-05 by Eric Noel (GPS Track) 2020-08-01 by Caleb Morris 2020-09-18 by Ryan Frome 2021-06-18 by Jim Sartin 2021-06-22 by Chris Gilsdorf 2021-09-07 by Greg Gerlach 2021-10-01 by Dave Covill
Nearby Peak Searches: Radius Search - Nearest Peaks to Steens Mountain Elevation Ladder from Steens Mountain Prominence Ladder from Steens Mountain

Such a sad tower-scarred summit for such a majestic highpoint. A full moon shot from the parking area at least adds a bit of mystique...! (2019-07-18). Photo by Daniel Mick. Click here for larger-size photo.
Web Map Links	Peakfinder Panorama GeoHack Links CalTopo MyTopo Bing Maps Google Maps Open Street Map
Prominence	Key Col Page (Detailed prominence information) Clean Prominence: 4373 ft/1333 m Optimistic Prominence: 4393 ft/1339 m Key Col: 5360 ft/1634 m
Isolation	Isolation Page (Detailed isolation information) Distance: 124.74 mi/200.75 km Isolation Limit Point: 41.296396, -120.201997 Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database: Peak 9795 (SW)
Ranges	Continent: North America Range2: Intermountain West Range3: Great Basin Ranges Range4: Northwest Great Basin Ranges Range5: Steens Mountain Area (Highest Point)
Drainage Basins	Southeast Oregon Basins Great Basin Internal Drainage-N.A. Worldwide Internal Drainage
Ownership	Land: Steens Mountain National Recreation Lands (Highest Point)/BLM Land in Oregon (Highest Point)
Topo Map	Wildhorse Lake O42118f5 1:24,000
Data Source	1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map
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Other Photos

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Steens true S summit from N summit (2021-10-01). Photo by Dave Covill.
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Steens N summit from true S summit (2021-10-01). Photo by Dave Covill.
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