Oregon Buttes

The Oregon Buttes are three distinctive buttes on the northern end of the Red Desert in the state of Wyoming.

Lying to the south of South Pass along the Continental Divide, they reach a height of 8,562 ft (2,610 m) and rise some 1,500 feet (460 m) above the nearby Oregon Trail.

Pioneers used descriptive names for them, such as "Table Rocks." Even in the 2020s they remain in a remote area and can be difficult to reach. From the top one can see the Wind River Range to the north, and the Uinta Mountains to the southwest.

Petrified wood is found in the area, but it is closed for hunting of minerals, such as gold panning.

Near 12 miles (19 km) southwest of the buttes stands the where the Oregon Territory, First Mexican Empire, and the Louisiana Purchase met at a single point.