Cougar 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Reservoir
- Description: reservoir in Oregon
- Also known as: “Cougar Lake”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Willamette National Forest and Terwilliger Hot Springs.
Willamette National Forest
The Willamette National Forest is a National Forest located in the central portion of the Cascade Range of the U.S. state of Oregon. It comprises 1,678,031 acres.
Terwilliger Hot Springs
Spring
Photo: Kane5187, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Terwilliger Hot Springs, also known as Cougar Hot Springs, are geothermal pools in the Willamette National Forest in the U.S. state of Oregon, 53 miles east of Eugene.
Cougar Dam
Dam
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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.
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 5 miles north of Cougar Reservoir.
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 6 miles northeast of Cougar Reservoir.
Cougar Reservoir
- Category: body of water
- Location: Lane, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
44.09717° or 44° 5′ 50″ northLongitude
-122.22577° or 122° 13′ 33″ westElevation
1,686 feet (514 metres)Open location code
84PV3QWF+VMOpenStreetMap ID
way 223339012OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=reservoirGeoNames ID
5720951Wikidata ID
Q5176048
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In Other Languages
“Cougar Reservoir” goes by many names.
- French: “Cougar Reservoir”
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