Rush Creek

Rush Creek is a stream in Lane, Oregon. Rush Creek is situated nearby to the hamlet Rainbow.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cougar Dam and Cougar Reservoir.

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.

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 Rush Creek.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rainbow and McKenzie Bridge.

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 Rush Creek.

McKenzie Bridge

Hamlet

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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 Rush Creek.

Blue River

Village

Photo: Tedder, CC BY 3.0.

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 Rush Creek.

Rush Creek

Type: Stream
Category: body of water
Location: Lane, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

44.1279° or 44° 7′ 40″ north

Longitude

-122.24089° or 122° 14′ 27″ west

Elevation

1,693 feet (516 metres)

Open location code

84PV4QH5+5J

GeoNames ID

5749689

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