# East Buttes

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The **East Buttes** are made up of several extinct volcanoes in and around [Gresham](/source/Gresham,_Oregon), [Oregon](/source/Oregon), [United States](/source/United_States), which are part of the [Boring Lava Field](/source/Boring_Lava_Field). The Boring Lava Field became active at least 2.7 million years ago, and has been extinct for about 300,000 years.[1]

The buttes stretch from southeast [Portland](/source/Portland,_Oregon) into [Damascus](/source/Damascus,_Oregon). Included are Gresham Butte (also known as Walter's Hill), Gabbert Hill, and Towle Butte.

The Gresham Butte Saddle Trail runs through open space owned by [Metro](/source/Metro_(Oregon_regional_government)) and the City of Gresham. The trail was previously a logging road and is bordered on the north by Gresham Butte and on the south by Towle Butte and Gabbert Hill. Several tributaries of [Johnson Creek](/source/Johnson_Creek_(Willamette_River)) are located in this open space. The land in this area is dominated by [black cottonwood](/source/Populus_trichocarpa), [red alder](/source/Alnus_rubra), and [Douglas-fir](/source/Douglas-fir). There are also many non-native species present, such as [Himalayan blackberry](/source/Rubus_armeniacus) and [European holly](/source/Ilex_aquifolium), a large stand of which is found around the middle of Saddle Trail. Somewhere in the forest is an old bus used to move water pipes for the planned [Mount Hood Freeway](/source/Mount_Hood_Freeway). The project and the bus were abandoned in the 1970s after a mass public outcry against the proposed freeway.[citation needed]

Much of the land on Gabbert Hill was previously designated for a subdivision called Darby Ridge,[2] but was acquired by Metro and the City of Gresham in 2007.

## List of Buttes

Name City Elevation (approx.) East Bliss Butte Damascus 1,129 ft (344 m)[3] Sunshine Butte Damascus 1,080 ft (329 m)[4] Zion Hill (Boring Peak) Boring 1,013 ft (309 m)[5] Towle Butte Gresham 997 ft (304 m)[6] Scouters Mountain Happy Valley 944 ft (288 m) Hogan Butte Gresham 930 ft (283 m)[7] West Bliss Butte Damascus 922 ft (281 m) Gresham Butte (Walter's Hill) Gresham 858 ft (262 m)[8] Grant Butte Gresham 658 ft (201 m)[9] Jenne Butte Gresham 630 ft (192 m)[10] Powell Butte Portland 614 ft (187 m)[11] Clatsop Butte Portland 577 ft (176 m)[12]

## References

1. Wood, Charles A.; Jűrgen Kienle (1990). Volcanoes of North America. Cambridge University Press. pp. 170–172.

1. ["Gresham's Darby Ridge development on hold"](http://www.theoutlookonline.com/news/story.php?story_id=117047653333379100). *The Gresham Outlook*. October 30, 2009.

1. ["Mount Rainier - Peakbagger.com"](https://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=29062https://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=29062). *www.peakbagger.com*. Retrieved 2024-05-14.

1. ["Peak 1080 - Peakbagger.com"](https://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=73701). *www.peakbagger.com*. Retrieved 2024-05-14.

1. ["Boring Peak - Peakbagger.com"](https://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=29063). *www.peakbagger.com*. Retrieved 2024-05-14.

1. ["Towle Butte - 997' Oregon"](https://listsofjohn.com/peak/213291). *listsofjohn.com*. Retrieved 2024-05-14.

1. ["Hogan Butte Nature Park | City of Gresham"](https://www.greshamoregon.gov/services/parks-and-recreation/parks/hogan-butte-nature-park/). *www.greshamoregon.gov*. Retrieved 2024-05-14.

1. ["Walters Hill - Peakbagger.com"](https://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=37123). *www.peakbagger.com*. Retrieved 2024-05-14.

1. ["Grant Butte - Peakbagger.com"](https://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=37124). *www.peakbagger.com*. Retrieved 2024-05-14.

1. ["Jenne Butte - Peakbagger.com"](https://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=37121). *www.peakbagger.com*. Retrieved 2024-05-14.

1. ["DATASHEETS"](https://www.ngs.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/ds_mark.prl?PidBox=RD2448). *www.ngs.noaa.gov*. Retrieved 2024-05-14.

1. ["Geographic Names Information System"](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/search/names/2040260). *edits.nationalmap.gov*. Retrieved 2024-05-14.

## External links

- ["East Buttes"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110716030118/http://www.oregonmetro.gov/index.cfm/go/by.web/id/26776). Metro Regional Government. Archived from [the original](http://www.oregonmetro.gov/index.cfm/go/by.web/id/26776) on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2008-07-20.
- ["Volcanoes of the Portland Area, Oregon"](https://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/Oregon/Publications/Allen1975/boring_lava_allen_table.html). Cascades Volcano Observatory.

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