Mount Hebo

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
Elevation3,157 ft (962 m) NAVD 88[1]
Coordinates45°12′52″N 123°45′23″W[1]
Geography
Mount Hebo is located in Oregon
Mount Hebo
Mount Hebo
Parent rangeNorthern Oregon Coast Range, Oregon Coast Range
Topo mapUSGS Hebo
Geology
Mountain typeVolcano (extinct)
Volcanic arcOregon Coast Range?
Last eruptionUnknown

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

Mount 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
  1. "Hebo Reset". NGS Data Sheet. National Geodetic Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Commerce. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
  2. Fencsak, Richard. "Mt. Hebo: A view that makes you feel on top of world". The Oregonian. Retrieved 2008-04-03.
  3. 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.
  4. Reed, Ione (December 25, 1971). "What, Indeed, Is in a Name?". Eugene Register-Guard. p. 8. Retrieved 30 April 2015.


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