Mount Hebo is a mountain located on the border of Tillamook County and Yamhill County in the U.S. state of Oregon. Mount Hebo is known for being one of the best, most easily accessed viewpoints in the north Oregon Coast, with a 360-degree view from the summit.[2]
| Mount Hebo | |
|---|---|
 View from Mount Hebo. | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 3,157 ft (962 m) NAVD 88[1] |
| Coordinates | 45°12′52″N 123°45′23″W / 45.214416608°N 123.756450575°W[1] |
| Geography | |
  Mount Hebo | |
| Parent range | Northern Oregon Coast Range, Oregon Coast Range |
| Topo map | USGS Hebo |
| Geology | |
| Mountain type | Volcano (extinct) |
| Volcanic arc | Oregon Coast Range? |
| Last eruption | Unknown |
Mount Hebo is part of the Northern Oregon Coast Range and is located in the Siuslaw National Forest overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Access to the summit is provided by an eight-mile forest service road that begins about a quarter mile from the junction of U.S. Route 101 and Oregon Route 22 in the community of Hebo.[2]
Mount Hebo was apparently named by a viewing party seeking a new route to the Willamette Valley that climbed the mountain to get a better view of the terrain. A member of the party said the mountain should be called "Heave Ho" because from their position it looked like it had been heaved up from its surroundings. The name became distorted over the years to its present form.[3][4]
Mount Hebo was the site of the Mount Hebo Air Force Station, a long-range radar installation, 1956–1980.
Geology
editMount Hebo is a dead volcano, which is another name for an extinct volcano. Mount Hebo was either a seamount or an on-land volcano that was part of the Oregon Coast Range.
References
edit- ^ a b "Hebo Reset". NGS Data Sheet. National Geodetic Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Commerce. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
- ^ a b Fencsak, Richard. "Mt. Hebo: A view that makes you feel on top of world". The Oregonian. Retrieved 2008-04-03.
- ^ McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [First published 1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (Seventh ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. ISBN 0-87595-277-1.
- ^ Reed, Ione (December 25, 1971). "What, Indeed, Is in a Name?". Eugene Register-Guard. p. 8. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
External links
edit- "Mount Hebo". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
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