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Cascade–Siskiyou National Monument
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| Cascade–Siskiyou National Monument | |
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 Soda Mountain | |
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| Location | Jackson County, Oregon, USA |
| Nearest city | Medford |
| Coordinates |  42°04′40″N 122°27′40″WCoordinates: 42°04′40″N 122°27′40″W |
| Area | 86,774 acres (35,116 ha)[1] |
| Established | June 9, 2000[2] |
| Governing body | Bureau of Land Management |
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The Cascade–Siskiyou National Monument is a federally protected area that encompasses 86,774 acres (35,116 ha)[1] at the junction of the Cascade Range and the Siskiyou Mountains in southwestern Oregon, United States. It was established by President Bill Clinton on June 9, 2000.
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Native Americans are known from archaeological excavations to have inhabited the region for thousands of years. Nearly 100 dwelling and root-gathering sites belonging to the Modoc, Klamath, and Shasta tribes have been uncovered to date. By the 1880s, they had been completely replaced by white settlers, whose mining cabins still dot the region.[3][4]
Natural features in the monument include Pilot Rock, which is a volcanic neck or interior of an extinct volcano, similarly formed as Devils Tower in Wyoming, and the Soda Mountain Wilderness.
The Pacific Crest Trail runs through the monument area. There is a fire lookout tower on the top of Soda Mountain built in 1962 to replace the original 1933 structure. Although the top of the mountain is also the site of dozens of television and radio broadcast and relay dishes, the view from the fire lookout of the surrounding mountains is unobstructed. From the lookout, one can see Mount Shasta, Mount Ashland,Mount McLoughlin, and on clear days, the rim of Crater Lake.[5]
The Cascade–Siskiyou National Monument land use plan has been the source of local and national controversy over multi-use planning forwilderness and roadless areas.[6] The plan currently strives for a balance between managing rare
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