Heckletooth Mountain Explained

Heckletooth Mountain
Elevation Ft:3682
Elevation Ref:[1]
Prominence Ft:242
Range:Cascade Range
Location:Lane County, Oregon
Map:Oregon#USA
Map Size:240
Coordinates:43.741°N -122.3687°W
Topo:USGS McCredie Springs

Heckletooth Mountain is a summit in Lane County, Oregon, in the United States[2] with an elevation of .[3] 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]

Notes and References

  1. Heckletooth Mountain, Oregon . 56579 . 2022-12-30.
  2. 1143446 . Heckletooth Mountain.
  3. 56579 . Heckletooth Mountain . 2016-05-01.
  4. 7 . 458.