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Southern Blue Mountains

Range Type	Geographically-defined sub-range
Highest Point	Rock Creek Butte (9106 ft/2776 m)
Countries	United States
States/Provinces	Oregon
Area	10,472 sq mi / 27,123 sq km Area may include lowland areas
Extent	109 mi / 175 km North-South 176 mi / 283 km East-West
Center Lat/Long	45° 9' N; 118° 51' W
Map Link	Microsoft Bing Map
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Map of Southern Blue Mountains
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Other Ranges: To go to pages for other ranges either click on the map above, or on range names in the hierarchy snapshot below, which show the parent, siblings, and children of the Southern Blue Mountains.

Blue Mountains	Level 4 (Parent)
Northern Blue Mountains	Level 5 (Sibling)
Southern Blue Mountains	Level 5
Elkhorn Crest	Level 6 (Child)
Southeast Blue Mountains	Level 5 (Sibling)

Major Peaks of the Southern Blue Mountains

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	ft	m	Range6
1.	Rock Creek Butte	9106	2776	Elkhorn Crest
2.	Elkhorn Peak	8931	2722	Elkhorn Crest
3.	Red Mountain	8928	2721	Elkhorn Crest
4.	Cougar Pond Southwest	8920+	2719+	Elkhorn Crest
5.	Twin Mountain	8897	2712	Elkhorn Crest
6.	Cougar Pond Southeast	8878	2706	Elkhorn Crest
7.	Bucket-Rock Peak	8781	2676	Elkhorn Crest
8.	Van Patten Butte	8729	2661	Elkhorn Crest
9.	Maxwell Benchmark	8704	2653	Elkhorn Crest
10.	Angell Peak	8646	2635	Elkhorn Crest
Sub-peaks are excluded from this list. List may not be complete, since only summits in the PBC Database are included.

Child Range High Points
Rank	Peak Name	ft	m	Range6
1.	Rock Creek Butte	9106	2776	Elkhorn Crest

Photos of Peaks in the Southern Blue Mountains

Rock Creek Butte Rock Creek Butte (2016-09-09). Photo by David Carmody. Click here for larger-size photo.	Elkhorn Peak Elkhorn Peak (2016-09-09). Photo by David Carmody. Click here for larger-size photo.
Van Patten Butte Van Patten Butte from the summit of Van Patten Ridge (2018-08-19). Photo by Troy Baker. Click here for larger-size photo.	Angell Peak View from Angell summit south toward Mt. Ruth (1994-08-12). Photo by Dan Moore. Click here for larger-size photo.
Lees Peak Lees Peak E from The Lakes Lookout with Gunsight Peak on left (2013-08-14). Photo by Steve Fountain. Click here for larger-size photo.	Gunsight Mountain Gunsight Mountain across Anthony Lake (2013-08-14). Photo by Steve Fountain. Click here for larger-size photo.
Baldy Mountain Rocky summit area of Baldy from slopes below (2018-08-14). Photo by Steve Fountain. Click here for larger-size photo.	Dixie Butte Dixie Butte Fire Lookout Photo by Dennis Poulin. Click here for larger-size photo.
Big Lookout Mountain Big Lookout Mountain from the road to the summit (2018-08-14). Photo by Steve Fountain. Click here for larger-size photo.	Desolation Butte Desolation Butte (2015-06-08). Photo by Dennis Poulin. Click here for larger-size photo.

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