Dread and Terror Ridge

{{short description|Ridge in Oregon, United States}}

Dread and Terror Ridge is a ridge in Douglas County, Oregon, in the United States.{{GNIS|1141233}} It is approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) long,{{Cite web |title=North Umpqua Trail #1414.09 Dread & Terror Segment |url=https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/umpqua/recarea/?recid=63536 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250204012432/https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/umpqua/recarea/?recid=63536 |archive-date=2025-02-04 |website=USDA Forest Service}} with an elevation of 4,629 ft (1,411 m), and lies south of the North Umpqua River. A segment of the North Umpqua Trail takes it name from the ridge.

The ridge was named in 1908 from the great number of whitethorn brush there.{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KdszAAAAIBAJ&sjid=GuEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3625%2C6810275 | title=What, Indeed, Is in a Name? | work=Eugene Register-Guard | date=December 25, 1971 | accessdate=30 April 2015 | author=Reed, Ione | pages=8}}