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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
Heckletooth Mountain is located in the United States
Heckletooth Mountain
Heckletooth Mountain
Heckletooth Mountain (the United States)
Highest point
Elevation3,682 ft (1,122 m) NGVD 29[1]
Prominence242 ft (74 m)[1]
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[2] with an elevation of 3,682 feet (1,122 m)  NGVD 29.[1] 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.[3]

References

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