Stein's Pillar - Crook County, Oregon
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ddtfamily
N 44° 25.025 W 120° 37.120
10T E 689580 N 4920957
A 350-foot volcanic-formed pillar in central Oregon
Waymark Code: WMFFVX
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 10/13/2012
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"Right on this road up Mill Creek and into the Ochoco National Forest, 5 m. STEIN'S PILLAR, 8 m., is a solid rock pillar on a natural rock pedestal. It is 350 feet high and 120 feet in diameter and as sraight as though carved by a sculptor." -Oregon: End of the Trail, 1940
Stein's Pillar, named for Major Enoch Steen (although the name was misspelled until the misspelling became official), is the result of volcanic action and erosion. The feature is composed of compacted rhyolite ash and no doubt looks much as it did when the Oregon: End of the Trail was published in 1940.