School District #7 -  K-12 for Lakeview, Adel, Plush, Valley Falls and New Pine Creek.  Phone:  541.947.3347  www.lakeview.k12.or.us

School District #11 - K-12 for Paisley and Summer Lake.  Phone:  541.943.3111   www.paisleyschool.com

School District #14 - K-12 for Silver Lake, Fort Rock and Christmas Valley.  541.576.2121

Lake County is located on the high desert in south-central Oregon.

Elevation ranges from near 4,300 feet to almost 8,500 feet.

Vast areas of open, unspoiled beauty.

Vegetation is predominately grass-shrub range land intermixed with beautiful stands of pure Ponderosa Pine and stands of mixed Ponderosa Pine and White Fir.

The Warner Mountain Range is predominately forested and extends north and south near the middle of the county.

Hart Mountain - home of the Hart Mountain National Wildlife Refuge, is located 60 miles east of Lakeview.

Abert Rim - one of the highest vertical faults in the United States.  It is a very prominent feature of the landscape, located 20 miles from Lakeview.

Winter Rim and Summer Lake - prominent landscape features with associated historic lore - snow capped "Winter Rim" and the adjacent sun based "Summer Lake.

Characterized by cold winters and warm summers with a relatively short growing season.  Growing season averages around 100 days.

Precipitation ranges from 8 to 10 inches in the lower basins, 12 to 16 inches in some mountain valleys, and 16 to 25 inches in the forested uplands.  Most of the precipitation falls as snow.  Precipitation in the summer months typically comes as thundershowers.

Typical temperatures are:  Summer - 80's to 90's in valleys; 70's to 80's in the high country.  Winter: - 0 to 30's in valleys; sub zero to teens in the high country

Snowfall ranges from about 20 inches annually,  in the basins, to over 70 inches in the mountains.

Lake County consists of 8,300 sq. miles or 5,337,600 acre.

Approximately 77% of the land is managed by government agencies.

Private ownerships comprise approximately 23% of land area.