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Catlow Valley (Oregon)
The Catlow Valley is a basin in Harney County, Oregon, United States.〔 It is a remote valley at the northwestern corner of North America's Basin and Range Province. The valley is named after a pioneer rancher, John Catlow. The area was used by Native Americans for thousands of years before European explorers arrived in the 19th century. Today, cattle ranching is the main commercial activity in the valley. The public land in the Catlow Valley is administered by the Bureau of Land Management. This public land offers a number of recreational opportunities including hiking, hunting, fishing, bird watching, and wildlife viewing.
== Geography ==
Catlow Valley is located in Harney County in southeastern Oregon. The area is the northwestern corner of North America's continental basin and range country. The valley is approximately long and wide. It covers approximately of high desert range land.〔 The average elevation of the valley floor is above sea level.〔LaLande, Jeff, ("Catlow Valley" ), ''The Oregon Encyclopedia'', Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, 2008.〕〔("Catlow Valley" ), Oregon topographic map, United States Geological Survey, United States Department of Interior, Reston, Virginia; displayed via ACME mapper, ''www.acme.com'', 12 April 2014.〕
The Catlow Valley is bounded by Hart Mountain on the west and Steens Mountain on the east, and Beatys Butte is southwest of the valley. Warner Peak is the highest point on Hart Mountain. The summit of Warner Peak is above sea level.〔McArthur, Lewis A. and Lewis L. McArthur, "Hart Mountain", ''Oregon Geographic Names'' (Seventh Edition), Oregon Historical Society Press, Portland, Oregon, 2003, p. 449.〕 From the crest of the Hart Mountain, the land slopes gently down to the floor of the valley.〔Jackman, E.R. and R.A. Long, (''The Oregon Desert'' ), Canton Press, Caldwell, Idaho: 1964, p. 368.〕 Steens Mountain's western boundary is Catlow Rim. The rim runs along the east side of Catlow Valley from north to south. At the north end of the valley, the rim begins as gentle rolling hills. The rim gets steeper and high as it runs south. At the south end of the valley, Catlow Rim has a cliff face that rises more than a above the valley floor.〔Fuller, Richard E., ("Southern Steens and its Relation to Pueblo Mountain" ), ''The Geomorphology and Volcanic Sequence of Steens Mountain in Southeastern Oregon'' (Volume 3, Number 1), University of Washington Press, Seattle, Washington, November 1931.〕〔Forrester, J.W., ("Cattle/Harney Made to Order" ), ''The Bulletin'', Bend, Oregon, 15 October 1991, p. A-4.〕 Beatys Butte is a stand-alone peak southwest of Catlow Valley. Its summit is above sea level, which gives it a prominence above the valley floor.〔("Beatys Butte Herd Management Area" ) (PDF), Lakeview District, Bureau of Land Management, United States Department of Interior, Lakeview, Oregon, 2 April 2014.〕
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