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Lower Table Rock. A mesa (about 101 hectares) adjacent to the 



Rogue River occupying Sam's Valley; elevation, 3,008 feet (916.8 m) 



[13]. 

 Medford. Largest city in Jackson County located in the south-central 



portion of the county in Bear Creek Valley; elevation, 1,382 feet 



(421.2 m) [30]. 

 Medford Municipal Airport. One and one-half miles (2.4 km) north 



of Medford; elevation, 1,318 feet (401.7 m) [25]. 

 Mount Ashland. Highest point in the Siskiyou Mountains about 6 



miles (9.7 km) south of Ashland; elevation, 7,533 feet (2,296 m) 



[49]. 

 Mount McLoughlin. Highest point in the county located in the High 



Cascades in the extreme east-central part of the county; elevation, 



9,495 feet (2,894.1 m) [15]. 

 Old Military Bridge. Remains of a bridge once crossing the Rogue 



River at the mouth of Little Butte Creek; elevation about 1,200 



feet (365.7 m) [14]. 

 Oregon Switzerland. Forested area in the Cascade Mountains 3 miles 



(4.8 km) east of Medford and about 1 mile (1.6 km) southeast of 



Roxy Ann Peak; elevation about 2,600 feet (792.4 m) [29]. 

 Phoenix. A town 3 miles (4.8 km) southeast of Medford in Bear Creek 



Valley; elevation, 1,543 feet (470.3 m) [36]. 

 Pompadour Bluff. A rock scarp 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Phoenix in the 



Cascade foothills; elevation, 2,004 feet (610.8 m) [43]. 

 Prospect. A town near the Rogue River in the Cascade Mountains; 



elevation, 2,598 feet (791.8 m) [2]. 

 Rogue River. The major drainage of Jackson County, beginning in the 



extreme northern part of the county (its headwaters are at the 



northern boundary of Crater Lake National Park in Klamath 



County) and flowing southwest to about the west-central portion 



of the county. Its upstream elevation is about 3,400 feet (1,036.3 m) ; 



its downstream terminus, at the Jackson-Josephine County line, is 



about 1,000 feet (304.8 m) elevation [3]. 

 Rogue River. A town 12 miles (19.3 m) northwest of Medford on the 



Rogue River, in the west-central part of the county; elevation, 



1,001 feet (305.1 m) [11]. 

 Roxy Ann Peak. A 3,571-foot (1,088.4 m) knob of the Cascade foot- 

 hills 2 miles (3.2 km) northeast of Medford [27]. 

 Ruch. A town near the Applegate River about 7 miles (11.3 km) 



southwest of Medford; elevation, 1,527 feet (465.4 m) [37]. 

 Sam's Valley. A lowland area north of the Rogue River near Gold 



Ray Dam, divided by Lower and Upper Table Rocks; considered 



part of the Lower Rogue River Valley. Elevations range between 



about 1,200 (365.7) to 1,300 feet (396.2 m) [7]. 



