Rock Creek Butte is a summit in
Baker County,
Oregon, in the
United States. It is located in the
Wallowa–Whitman National Forest, about northeast of
Sumpter.
Rock Creek Butte is the highest point of the
Elkhorn Mountains
The Elkhorn Mountains are a mountain range in southwestern Montana, part of the Rocky Mountains and are roughly 300,000 acres (1200 km²) in size. It is an inactive volcanic mountain range with the highest point being Crow Peak at , right n ...
, and of the greater
Blue Mountains, since the
Wallowa Mountains are considered separate from the Blue Mountains.
At the south slope of the mountain sit two
alpine lakes named
Twin Lakes while
Rock Creek Lake and Bucket Lake lay on the northern slope.
See also
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List of mountain peaks of Oregon
References
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Mountains of Baker County, Oregon
North American 2000 m summits