Mount. Hood
USA /
Oregon /
Parkdale /
World
/ USA
/ Oregon
/ Parkdale
World / United States / Oregon
mountain, volcano
An active stratovolcano 11,240 ft (3426 m) high in northern Oregon popular with mountain climbers, skiers, hikers, and other outdoor recreationalists, it forms a prominent skyline in Portland. Though minor emissions continued for a century, the last major eruptive period in the late 1700's produced the Crater Rock lava dome and pyroclastic flows and lahars (mudflows). This "Old Maid Eruption" sent lahars into White River Canyon and, most notably, down the Sandy River to Old Maid Flat. Lewis and Clark made note of the very obvious remnants of the volcanic sediment at the mouth of the Sandy River (their "Quicksand River') in 1805.
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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mt._Hood
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Coordinates: 45°22'23"N 121°41'38"W
- Cooper Mountain 95 km
- Mount Adams 99 km
- Mount St. Helens 104 km
- Goat Rocks 129 km
- Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument 130 km
- Tatoosh Range 156 km
- Goat Island Mountain 170 km
- Logan Hill 172 km
- Mount Rainier 172 km
- Newaukum Hill 174 km
- Newton Clark Glacier 1.1 km
- Eliot Glacier 2 km
- Mount Hood Meadows 4.2 km
- Timberline Lodge Ski Area 4.4 km
- Bull Run Lake 14 km
- Mount Hood National Forest 21 km
- Wildwood Recreation Site—BLM 24 km
- Dee, Oregon 24 km
- Bull Run Watershed 27 km
- Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area 32 km
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