Santiam Junction, Oregon
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Santiam Junction is a highway junction and unincorporated locale[1][2] in Linn County, Oregon, United States, at the intersection of U.S. Route 20/Oregon Route 126 and Oregon Route 22.
According to the Oregon Department of Transportation, the elevation is 3,750 feet (1,143 m).[3]
An automated weather station is located here, as well as highway maintenance facilities. The Santiam Junction State Airport is an emergency/recreational landing strip that is closed from the first snowfall until spring. The airport grounds permit fly-in camping.[3]
The Santiam Junction vicinity is listed by the National Register of Historic Places as the site of the Oregon Pacific Railroad Linear Historic District, which consists of roughly 20 miles of the old railroad grade between Idanha and the line's Cascade Range summit.[4][5]
Geologically, much of the area is a lava bed created during a period of volcanic activity around 1000 B.C.[6]
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- ^ Feature Query Results. United States Board on Geographic Names, United States Geological Survey. Retrieved on 2008-03-18.
- ^ Feature Class Types. Geographic Names Information System, United States Geological Survey. Retrieved on 2008-03-17.
- ^ a b Santiam Junction. Department of Aviation State Warning Airports. Oregon Department of Transportation. Retrieved on 2008-03-17.
- ^ Oregon Pacific Railroad Linear Historic District. OREGON - Marion County - Historic Districts. nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com. Retrieved on 2008-03-17.
- ^ National Register Information System. National Park Service. Retrieved on 2008-03-17.
- ^ Ellen Morris Bishop (2003). In Search of Ancient Oregon: A Geological and Natural History. Timber Press. ISBN 088192590X.
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