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
Rainbow is an unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon, United States. It lies off Oregon Route 126, northeast of Eugene. A post office was established on July 1, 1924, and closed August 31, 1937. Rainbow is situated 2½ miles north of Cougar Dam.
McKenzie Bridge
Hamlet
McKenzie Bridge is an unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon, United States, on the McKenzie River and within Willamette National Forest. It is along Oregon Route 126, about 53 miles east of Eugene, between Rainbow and Belknap Springs. McKenzie Bridge is situated 5 miles northeast of Cougar Dam.
Blue River
Village
Blue River is an unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon, United States. It is located on Oregon Route 126 along the McKenzie River, between the communities of Finn Rock and Rainbow. Blue River is situated 5 miles west of Cougar Dam.
Cougar Dam
- Category: embankment dam
- Location: Lane, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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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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