Cougar Dam
Cougar Dam is a 519-foot tall rockfill hydroelectric dam in the U.S. state of Oregon. It has a gated concrete spillway and a powerhouse with two turbines totaling 25 megawatts of electric power.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Lane County, Oregon, USA
- Address: OR
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cougar Reservoir.
Cougar Reservoir
Reservoir
Cougar Reservoir is a reservoir on the South Fork McKenzie River in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is in Lane County, 46 miles east of Eugene and about 3 miles south of the community of Rainbow in the Willamette National Forest. Cougar Reservoir is situated 2½ miles south of Cougar Dam.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rainbow and McKenzie Bridge.
Rainbow
Hamlet
McKenzie Bridge
Hamlet
Blue River
Village
Cougar Dam
- Category: embankment dam
- Location: Lane, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
44.12904° or 44° 7′ 45″ northLongitude
-122.24109° or 122° 14′ 28″ westElevation
1,535 feet (468 metres)Open location code
84PV4QH5+JHOpenStreetMap ID
way 346039002OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dam
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Japanese—“Cougar Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Cougar Dam”
- Japanese: “クーガー・ダム”
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