Named places of Oregon and Washington, from the federal register

Rowena Crest

Rowena Crest is a cliff in Wasco County, Oregon, recorded in the federal Geographic Names Information System as feature 1129638. It sits at 212 metres above sea level.

Federal profile, 2026

Everything below is the federal record for this place, with each value's source named.

NameRowena Crest
GNIS feature ID1129638
Kind of placeCliff
StateOregon
CountyWasco
Latitude45.68262
Longitude-121.29952
USGS topographic mapLyle
First recorded05/22/1986
Elevationcalculated212 mUSGS EPQS point lookup at the primary coordinate
Elevation (feet)calculated696 ftelevation_m * 3.28084

Other cliffs

Every cliff covered here

Other places in Wasco County

Questions

Where is Rowena Crest?

In Wasco County, Oregon, at 45.68262, -121.29952. The USGS records it on the Lyle topographic map.

How high is Rowena Crest?

212 metres (696 feet), read from the USGS 3D Elevation Program at the recorded coordinate.

What kind of place is Rowena Crest?

The U.S. Geological Survey classifies it as a cliff in the Geographic Names Information System.

Where does this information come from?

The Geographic Names Information System, published by the U.S. Geological Survey, with elevation from the USGS 3D Elevation Program. Both are works of the United States government and are not subject to copyright in the United States.

Method and sources

The name, class, county and coordinates come from the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System, the federal register of place names. Elevation is read from the USGS 3D Elevation Program at the recorded coordinate. Values shown as calculated are arithmetic over those fields and are not separate measurements. Nothing on this page describes what the place is like to visit: no one writing it has been there, and the federal record does not say.

  • USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), Domestic Names, 2026
  • USGS 3DEP Elevation Point Query Service