Oregon's Most Prominent Peaks

The topographic prominence of a peak is the height of the peak's summit as the vertical distance between it and the lowest contour line encircling it but containing no higher summit within it. It is a measure of the independence of a peak, how significantly it stands apart from neighboring peaks.

It was not until about 2008 that I began to intentionally augment my pursuit of "high peaks" with "prominence peaks". Gradually, I became more interested in the prominence of a peak than just its elevation. Oregon prominence peaks are better dispersed across the state than are its highest peaks. Eventually, I completed visiting all Oregon peaks with at least 2000 feet of prominence. That activity has been an excellent way for me to explore my home state.

Since then I have expanded my Oregon prominence interest. The map below shows the locations of the 203 peaks in Oregon with at least 1400 feet of prominence. Here, I have most interest in visiting those lying in the Cascade Range and to the east.

Oregon's Most Prominent Peaks

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I have obtained the peak data from peakbagger.com. If you hover over a peak map marker the name of the peak should appear. If you click a marker a new browser tab should open displaying the description page for that peak on peakbagger.com.

Oregon's P2K Peaks

Here I list the Oregon Peaks with at least 2000 feet of topographic prominence.

Cascade Range
Rank	Peak	Prominence (feet)	Isolation (miles)	Elevation (feet)	Year
1	Mount Hood	7711	57.3	11244	1977
3	Mount Jefferson	5761	48.1	10481	1978
4	South Sister	5587	39.4	10357	1976
5	Mount McLoughlin	4494	69.5	9495	1980
11	Mount Thielsen	3383	50.4	9186	1977
16	Diamond Peak	3155	25.7	8748	2011
18	Aspen Butte	3101	14.2	8211	2011
19	Black Butte (Jefferson)	3098	10.3	6442	1989
22	Mount Scott	3015	16.1	8931	1981
23	Mount Bailey	2991	7.6	8371	2006
26	North Sister	2712	4.3	10089	1979
27	Mount Bachelor	2667	6.9	9071	2001
29	Maiden Peak	2602	10.8	7818	2012
30	Mount Washington	2554	10.1	7823	1979
34	Three Fingered Jack	2493	12.6	7845	1979
38	Hamner Butte	2360	8.6	7105	2014
38	Schreiner Peak	2360	12.7	5697	2016
47	Bachelor Mountain	2315	8.9	5958	2012
48	Olallie Butte	2255	8.7	7215	2015
50	Hamaker Mountain	2238	15.3	6598	2015
51	Odell Butte	2226	6.6	7035	2012
52	King Mountain	2216	31.0	5269	2016
53	Bohemia Mountain	2215	15.8	5974	2016
56	Pelican Butte	2188	9.4	8038	2011
57	Broken Top	2182	3.1	9173	1984
64	Echo Mountain	2103	10.6	5811	2014
69	Carpenter Mountain	2074	4.2	5365	2015
70	South Chucksney Mountain	2062	6.3	5798	2015
73	Brown Mountain	2045	5.2	7336	2016
76	Mount Tom	2000	13.9	3170	2016

Wallowa Mountains
Rank	Peak	Prominence (feet)	Isolation (miles)	Elevation (feet)	Year
2	Sacajawea Peak (Wallowa Mtns HP)	6390	125.5	9842	1989
63	Aneroid Mountain	2113	5.8	9709	2013
74	Red Mountain	2011	7.3	9562	2022

Blue Mountains
Rank	Peak	Prominence (feet)	Isolation (miles)	Elevation (feet)	Year
6	Rock Creek Butte (Elkhorn Mtns HP)	4470	43.4	9110	2008
17	Big Lookout Mountain	3148	15.4	7118	2016
25	Vinegar Hill (Greenhorn Mtns HP)	2864	14.4	8135	2009
41	Dixie Butte	2344	8.7	7597	2013
54	Ironside Mountain	2211	9.3	7814	2016
68	Pedro Mountain	2075	16.3	6458	2016

Great Basin Ranges
Rank	Peak	Prominence (feet)	Isolation (miles)	Elevation (feet)	Year
7	Steens Mountain	4377	124.7	9737	2012
10	Gearhart Mountain	3440	40.8	8370	2007
15	Yamsay Mountain	3186	33.0	8200	2011
20	Pueblo Mountain (Pueblo Mtns HP)	3047	28.3	8638	2012
31	Drake Peak	2570	17.3	8410	2009
32	Swan Lake Point	2560	21.0	7266	2015
43	Crane Mountain	2338	44.4	8458	2009
46	Bald Mountain (Klamath)	2319	21.5	7398	2013
61	Warner Peak (Hart Mtn HP)	2122	22.1	8022	2009
66	Blue Mountain	2101	10.7	7444	2013
67	Yainax Butte	2085	21.2	7231	2015
70	Stukel Mountain	2062	17.4	6529	2015
72	Beatys Butte	2060	21.5	7923	2012

South Columbia Plateau
Rank	Peak	Prominence (feet)	Isolation (miles)	Elevation (feet)	Year
8	Strawberry Mountain (Strawberry Mtns HP)	4089	46.1	9045	1985
14	Paulina Peak (Paulina Mts HP)	3220	28.9	7984	1985
36	Lookout Mountain (Ochoco Mtns HP)	2439	45.8	6931	2011
40	Fields Peak (Aldrich Mtns HP)	2357	17.4	7367	2016
59	Snow Mountain	2157	28.0	7167	2013
60	Lookout Mountain (Strawberry Mtns)	2134	6.2	8036	2009

Klamath Mountains
Rank	Peak	Prominence (feet)	Isolation (miles)	Elevation (feet)	Year
9	Brandy Peak	3678	33.7	5320	2016
13	Mount Ashland (Siskiyou Mtns HP)	3225	30.4	7534	2016
28	Pearsoll Peak	2662	19.3	5101	2017
33	Eight Dollar Mountain	2554	3.6	4010	2017
42	Mount Isabelle	2341	7.3	4501	2016
49	Grayback Mountain	2248	20.9	7048	2017
58	Big Craggies	2171	11.0	4625	2019
64	Nihwik Mountain	2103	7.9	4674	2017

Coast Range
Rank	Peak	Prominence (feet)	Isolation (miles)	Elevation (feet)	Year
12	Marys Peak	3369	48.6	4104	1994
21	Rogers Peak	3030	60.8	3704	2017
24	Laurel Mountain	2877	28.2	3594	2016
35	Mount Bolivar (Oregon Coast Range HP)	2490	9.5	4322	2016
37	West Onion Peak	2371	12.6	3076	2017
44	Prairie Peak	2330	10.6	3448	2015
45	Saddle Mountain	2324	21.7	3288	2017
54	Grass Mountain	2211	7.7	3622	2015
62	Roman Nose Mountain	2116	25.7	2866	2016
75	Grayback	2006	12.4	4022	2016

Sources

Peakbagger.com:

Paul's Oregon 2000-foot Prominent Peaks
Peakbagger.com: Paul's Western Oregon 1400-foot Prominence Peaks
Peakbagger.com: Paul's Eastern Oregon 1400-foot Prominence Peaks
Paul's Oregon 1000-foot Prominent Peaks