Eagle Cap, Eagle Cap Wilderness

Name: Eagle Cap
Address: Eagle Cap Wilderness, United States

#4 among attractions in Eagle Cap Wilderness

Natural attraction, Top attraction, Mountain

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Eagle Cap (9,577 feet is a mountain peak located in the Wallowa Mountains, Wallowa–Whitman National Forest, in the U.S. state of Oregon. The peak is in the Eagle Cap Wilderness and the Benson Glacier is along the east flank of the summit ridge. Its summit is the highest point in Union County ()

Elevation: 9577 ftProminence: 1212 ftCoordinates: 45°9'49"N, 117°18'7"W

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Eagle Cap – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Ice Lake, Aneroid Lake, Sacajawea Peak, Mirror Lake.

4.7 miN
Natural attraction, Lake
Ice Lake, Eagle Cap Wilderness
121 min walk • Ice Lake is a small freshwater lake at 7,900 feet on the south skirt of the Hurwal Divide within the Eagle Cap Wilderness region in Wallowa County, in northeastern Oregon, United States.
5.7 miNE
Natural attraction, Lake
Aneroid Lake, Eagle Cap Wilderness
146 min walk • In common with many of the neighboring lakes in the Eagle Cap Wilderness of the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest in Wallowa County, Oregon, Aneroid Lake is nestled in an example of a cirque valley with large tarn scoured out of the mountain side by glacial movements during the Pleistocene.
5.6 miN
Natural attraction, Mountain
Sacajawea Peak, Eagle Cap Wilderness
143 min walk • Sacajawea Peak is a peak in the Wallowa Mountains, in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is in the Eagle Cap Wilderness and the Wallowa–Whitman National Forest.
1.1 miN
Natural attraction, Lake
Mirror Lake, Eagle Cap Wilderness
28 min walk • Mirror Lake is a lake in Wallowa County, Oregon. It is located in Eagle Cap Wilderness about 1.1 miles north-northwest of Eagle Cap peak.
2.7 miNW
Natural attraction, Lake
Minam Lake, Eagle Cap Wilderness
70 min walk • Minam Lake is a high-elevation reservoir in the Eagle Cap Wilderness of the Wallowa Mountains in the U.S. state of Oregon. The unusual reservoir, a modified natural lake, has outlets on both its north and south ends.
6.1 miNE
Natural attraction, Lake
Roger Lake, Eagle Cap Wilderness
155 min walk • Roger Lake is a mountain pond located in a meadow on Aneroid Mountain in the Eagle Cap Wilderness of Northeastern Oregon, United States. It is 0.5 miles from Aneroid Lake on trail 1804.
5.8 miE
Natural attraction, Lake
Dollar Lake, Eagle Cap Wilderness
149 min walk • Dollar Lake is a small tarn located on Aneroid Mountain in the Eagle Cap Wilderness of Northeastern Oregon, United States. It is between Aneroid Lake and Bonny Lakes and lies 1 mile southwest of Aneroid Peak.
6.3 miSW
Natural attraction, Waterfall
Copper Creek Falls, Eagle Cap Wilderness
161 min walk • Copper Creek Falls is a waterfall from Copper Creek, just before it empties into Eagle Creek at Bench Canyon, in Union County, Oregon. Access to Copper Creek Falls is from a trail that parallels the river for over 15 mi.
~700 ftN
Natural attraction, Natural feature
Benson Glacier, Eagle Cap Wilderness
4 min walk • Benson Glacier is in the U.S. state of Oregon. The glacier is situated in the Wallowa Mountains at an elevation generally above 8,500 feet on the eastern slopes Glacier Peak, a subpeak of Eagle Cap. The glacier was named in honor of Frank W.
6 miNW
Natural attraction, Mountain
Elkhorn Peak, Eagle Cap Wilderness
154 min walk • Elkhorn Peak is an 9,238-foot summit of the Wallowa Mountains in Wallowa County, Oregon in the United States. It is located in the Eagle Cap Wilderness of the Wallowa National Forest.