{{Short description|Volcanic mountain in Oregon}} {{Use American English|date=February 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Ball Butte | image = Ball Butte, Oregon.jpg | image_caption = Ball Butte photographed by the National Park Service on August 12, 2008 | elevation = 8,091 | prominence = | map = | map_caption = none | location = Deschutes, Oregon, U.S. | range = Cascade Range | coordinates = {{coord|44.065916|-121.676490|region:US-OR_type:mountain|display=inline,title}} | range_coordinates = | coordinates_ref = | topo = USGS Broken Top | type = | age = | volcanic_arc = Cascade Volcanic Arc | last_eruption = Pleistocene | first_ascent = | easiest_route = }}
'''Ball Butte''' is a volcanic mountain of the Cascades in Deschutes County, Oregon, United States.<ref name="SPEAR">{{Citation | last =Spear | first =B. A. | title =Petrology of the Ball Butte Volcano, central Oregon High Cascades: Evidence for mixing between basaltic andesite and rhyodacite (abs) | newspaper =Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 28 | year =1996 | postscript =. }}</ref> Its summit has an elevation of 8,091 feet and is located southeast of Broken Top.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://medium.com/back-of-beyond/ball-butte-6915df0160fa|title=Ball Butte|website=Medium.com|accessdate=2018-01-02}}</ref> It is a popular back-country skiing area and is best accessed from the Dutchman Flat Sno-Park or the Upper Three Creeks Sno-Park.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.visitbend.com/things-to-do/Outdoor-Recreation/Winter-Fun/Backcountry-Skiing/|title=Backcountry Skiing & Snowboarding & Snowboarding in Bend, Oregon|website=VisitBend.com|accessdate=2018-01-02}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bendbulletin.com/news/1345331-153/skiing-and-snowboarding|title=Skiing and snowboarding|website=BendBulletin.com|accessdate=2018-01-02}}</ref>
== References == {{reflist}}
Category:Buttes of Oregon Category:Landforms of Deschutes County, Oregon Category:Mountains of Oregon Category:Volcanoes of Oregon Category:Cascade Volcanoes Category:Quaternary Oregon
{{DeschutesCountyOR-geo-stub}}