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Cascade Range
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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.

Cascade Range: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

Roderick Peattie (ed.), The Cascades, Mountains of the Pacific Northwest (1949); Rowland Tabor and Ralph Haugerud, Geology of the North Cascades: A Mountain Mosaic (1999); Fred Beckey, Range of Glaciers: The Exploration and Survey of the Northern Cascade Range (2003).

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: Oregon Encyclopedia - Cascade mountain range in Oregon. Sep 02, 2026
Add new Web site: NPS History Electronic Library and Archive - General Geologic Setting of the Cascade Range. Nov 15, 2024
Add new Web site: Academia - Fire and water: Volcanology, geomorphology, and hydrogeology of the Cascade Range, central Oregon. Jun 28, 2024
Map added. Jun 08, 2023
Add new Web site: Oregon Encyclopedia - Cascade mountain range in Oregon. May 02, 2022
Media added. Nov 19, 2018
Add new Web site: Mr.Nussbaum - Cascades Range. Apr 17, 2017
Photo of mountain ash shrub (Sorbus americana) added. Sep 10, 2014
New bibliography added. Jun 09, 2014
Add new Web site: Washington State Department of Natural Resources - The Cascade Range. Dec 10, 2013
Add new Web site: The Oregon History Project - Cascade Range. Dec 10, 2013
Add new Web site: USGS - Volcano Hazards Program - Why Study Cascade Volcanoes? Dec 10, 2013
Add new Web site: National Park Service - Cascades Volcanoes. Dec 10, 2013
Add new Web site: Smithsonian Institution - Cascade Range. Dec 02, 2013
Media added. Nov 13, 2008
Added new Web site: The Canadian Encyclopedia - Cascade Mountains, United States. Sep 10, 2008
Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Geography - Geography of the Cascade Range. Jul 27, 2008
Media added. Oct 12, 2007
Added new Web site: USGS Volcano Hazards Program - Why Study Cascade Volcanoes? Jul 31, 2007
Added new Web site: Emporia State University - Cascade Range. Jul 31, 2007
Added new Web site: Peakbagger.com - Cascade Range. Jul 31, 2007
Article revised. Jun 13, 2005
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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