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Oregon: Crater Lake Mount Rainier in the Cascade Range
Washington: The only state named after a president
North Cascades National Park, Washington Lava Beds National Monument Map of North America highlighting the Cascade Range in orange along the western United States, primarily in Washington, Oregon, and northern California. The map provides geographic context, showing the Cascade Range's location relative to the Pacific Ocean, Canada, and the rest of the United States. mountain ash Boston Glacier, southern North Cascades National Park, northwestern Washington, U.S. Wilderness campsite near Easy Pass, southeast-central North Cascades National Park, northwestern Washington, U.S. Morning at Diablo Lake, Ross Lake National Recreation Area, surrounded by North Cascades National Park, northwestern Washington, U.S.
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Oregon: Crater Lake
Oregon: Crater Lake Crater Lake in the Cascade Range, southwestern Oregon.

Cascade Range

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Cascade Range, segment of the Pacific mountain system of western North America. The Cascades extend northward for more than 700 miles (1,100 km) from Lassen Peak, in northern California, U.S., through Oregon and Washington to the Fraser River in southern British Columbia, Canada. Many peaks exceed 10,000 feet (3,000 metres), including Mount Hood (11,235 feet [3,424 metres], highest point in Oregon) and Mount Rainier (14,410 feet [4,392 metres], highest in Washington and in the Cascade...

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