Antelope Creek (Little Butte Creek)

For other places with the same name, see Antelope Creek.
Antelope Creek
Antelope Creek Bridge in 2008, after its move to Eagle Point
Country United States
State Oregon
County Jackson
Source Cascade Range foothills
 - location southeast of Medford
 - elevation 4,643 ft (1,415 m) [1]
 - coordinates 42°18′00″N 122°35′32″W / 42.30000°N 122.59222°W / 42.30000; -122.59222
Mouth Little Butte Creek
 - location downstream of Eagle Point
 - elevation 1,257 ft (383 m) [2]
 - coordinates 42°27′32″N 122°50′02″W / 42.45889°N 122.83389°W / 42.45889; -122.83389Coordinates: 42°27′32″N 122°50′02″W / 42.45889°N 122.83389°W / 42.45889; -122.83389 [2]
Location of the mouth of Antelope Creek in Oregon

Antelope Creek is a tributary of Little Butte Creek in the U.S. state of Oregon. It begins in the foothills of the Cascade Range southeast of Medford and flows generally northwest to meet the larger creek downstream of Eagle Point and about 3 miles (5 km) by water from Little Butte Creek's mouth on the Rogue River.[3]

The creek passes under Oregon Route 62 (Crater Lake Highway) between Eagle Point and White City, slightly before entering Little Butte Creek.[3] Named tributaries of Antelope Creek from source to mouth are Yankee Creek, Quarter Branch, and Dry Creek.[3]

Covered bridge

Antelope Creek Bridge, a covered bridge, formerly carried "the old Medford – Crater Lake Road" south of Eagle Point.[4] In 1987, the bridge, having been replaced by a modern structure, was moved to an Eagle Point park. Used as a pedestrian bridge, it spans Little Butte Creek instead of Antelope Creek.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Source elevation derived from Google Earth search using GNIS source coordinates.
  2. 1 2 "Antelope Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. Retrieved March 29, 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 "United States Topographic Map". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved March 30, 2016 – via Acme Mapper. The map includes mile markers along Little Butte Creek.
  4. ↑ Cockrell, Bill (2008). Oregon's Covered Bridges. Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia Publishing. p. 65. ISBN 978-0-7385-5818-9.
  5. ↑ "Little Butte Creek (Antelope Creek) Covered Bridge" (PDF). Oregon Department of Transportation. Retrieved March 30, 2016.
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