Cougar Dam
Cougar Dam is a power station in Lane, Oregon. Cougar Dam is situated nearby to the peak Deathball Rock, as well as near Deathball Mountain.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cougar Dam.
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 Dam is situated 930 feet southeast 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
- Type: Power station
- Category: industry
- Location: Lane, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
44.13101° or 44° 7′ 52″ northLongitude
-122.24334° or 122° 14′ 36″ westInception
March 1964Operator
USACE Northwestern DivisionOpen location code
84PV4QJ4+CMOpenStreetMap ID
way 1213749770
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