. General Information Regarding the National Monuments . 0 >. < x-—~ & Entrance to Gaves^ : S. ttiVi jfc* **A ^S W f 8 O s VV*!* *««• /,x Variation 19*4-5E. Oregon Caves National Monument, within the Siskiyou National Forest, Oreg., created July 12, 1909. National Forest about 30 miles south of Grants Pass in Cave Mountain,a peak of the Greyback Range that divides the headwaters of theApplegate and Illinois Rivers and connects with the Siskiyou Moun-tains near the north line of California. 64 Leaving the Southern Pacific Railway at Grants Pass, a fair wagonand automobile road runs as far
. General Information Regarding the National Monuments . 0 >. < x-—~ & Entrance to Gaves^ : S. ttiVi jfc* **A ^S W f 8 O s VV*!* *««• /,x Variation 19*4-5E. Oregon Caves National Monument, within the Siskiyou National Forest, Oreg., created July 12, 1909. National Forest about 30 miles south of Grants Pass in Cave Mountain,a peak of the Greyback Range that divides the headwaters of theApplegate and Illinois Rivers and connects with the Siskiyou Moun-tains near the north line of California. 64 Leaving the Southern Pacific Railway at Grants Pass, a fair wagonand automobile road runs as far as the Stephens Ranch on upperWilliams Creek, a distance of 26 miles. From this point to thecaves the trip must be made on horseback or afoot over a very goodforest trail a distance of about 10 miles. Cave Mountain, the peak which contains these caves, rises to anelevation of about 6,000 feet and is of limestone formation. Themain openings around which the national monument has been createdare at an elevation of 4,000 feet, but the entire mountain s
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