Drake Peak

Drake Peak is an 8,399-foot (2,560 m) summit of the Warner Mountains in Lake County, Oregon in the United States.

[2] The mountain is named in honor of Lieutenant Colonel John M. Drake, a Union Army officer who served in both the 1st Oregon Cavalry and the 1st Oregon Infantry regiments during the American Civil War.

Approximately 6,000 vertical feet of andesite and basalt flows from the late Eocene period form the foundation of the mountain.

Local wild flowers include bitterroot, aster, goldenweed, and penstemon.

[9] The habitats around Drake Peak supports a variety of large mammal species including mule deer, Rocky Mountain elk, pronghorn, American black bear, bobcats, and mountain lions.