Heckletooth Mountain

Coordinates: 43°44′27″N 122°22′07″W / 43.7409668°N 122.3687064°W / 43.7409668; -122.3687064
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Heckletooth Mountain
Heckletooth Mountain is located in Oregon
Heckletooth Mountain
Heckletooth Mountain
Location in Oregon
Highest point
Elevation3,682 ft (1,122 m) NGVD 29[1]
Prominence242 ft (74 m)[2]
Coordinates43°44′27″N 122°22′07″W / 43.7409668°N 122.3687064°W / 43.7409668; -122.3687064
Geography
LocationLane County, Oregon
Parent rangeCascade Range
Topo mapUSGS McCredie Springs

Heckletooth Mountain is a summit in Lane County, Oregon, in the United States[3] with an elevation of 3,682 feet (1,122 m)  NGVD 29.[2] It is located just north of the Willamette Highway (OR 58), in the Willamette National Forest.

Heckletooth Mountain was so named in the 1870s by a pioneer settler who likened the rocks about its jagged peak to the teeth of a hackle, a tool used to process flax.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Heckletooth Mountain, Oregon". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
  2. ^ a b "Heckletooth Mountain". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2016-05-01.
  3. ^ "Heckletooth Mountain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  4. ^ McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 458. ISBN 978-0875952772.