Oregon Buttes

{{Short description|Buttes in Wyoming, United States}}

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The Oregon Buttes are small buttes, near the Oregon Trail, in what is now the state of Wyoming.

They are just past South Pass, and are two flat-topped summits plus a smaller, conical one. For travelers on the Oregon Trail, the buttes were on the horizon for a day's travel, perhaps more. This was as they crossed Rock Creek, then Willow Creek, and, for the last time, the Sweetwater River.{{Cite web |title=South Pass - Oregon Buttes |url=https://www.nps.gov/places/000/south-pass-oregon-buttes.htm}}

Pioneers on the trails used physically descriptive names for the buttes: "Table Rock," or "Table Rocks."{{Cite web |date=February 18, 2017 |title=Oregon Buttes, Landmark on the Oregon Trail |url=https://www.wyohistory.org/encyclopedia/oregon-buttes-landmark-oregon-trail |website=WyoHistory}}

Currently, they are in a remote area and can be difficult to get to. From the top of a butte one can see for miles, including to the north the Wind River Range, and to the southwest the Uinta Mountains.{{Cite web |title=Oregon Buttes Wilderness Study Area |url=https://www.blm.gov/programs/national-conservation-lands/wyoming/oregon-buttes-wsa |website=BLM}}

They rise about {{convert|1500|ft|m}} from the plain and are flat-topped.{{Cite web |last=Zeller |first=H. D. |title=Geology of the Oregon Buttes Area Sweetwater, Sublette And Fremont Counties Southwestern Wyoming |url=https://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/1256/report.pdf}}

Petrified wood is found in the area,{{Cite web |title=6 Best Location for Finding Petrified Wood Near Me (USA) |url=https://howtofindrocks.com/where-to-find-petrified-wood/}} but it is closed for hunting of minerals, as well as gold panning.

Near {{convert|12|mi|km}} southwest of Oregon Buttes stands the Tri-Territory site. This site is where the Oregon Territory, First Mexican Empire, and the Louisiana Purchase met at a single point.{{Cite web |title=Near Lander in Fremont County, Wyoming — The American West (Mountains) |url=https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=80499}}{{Cite web |title=US Bureau of Land Management |url=https://www.blm.gov/visit/tri-territory-site}}