Heckletooth Mountain

{{Short description|Mountain in Oregon, United States}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}

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| name = Heckletooth Mountain

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| elevation_ft = 3682

| elevation_ref = {{ngvd29}}{{cite pb |name=Heckletooth Mountain, Oregon |pid=56579 |access-date=2022-12-30}}

| prominence_ft = 242

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| range = Cascade Range

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| location = Lane County, Oregon

| map = Oregon#USA

| map_caption = Location in Oregon

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| coordinates = {{coord|43.7409668|-122.3687064|type:mountain_region:US-OR_scale:100000_source:GNIS|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

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| topo = USGS McCredie Springs

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Heckletooth Mountain is a summit in Lane County, Oregon, in the United States{{cite gnis |id=1143446 |name=Heckletooth Mountain}} with an elevation of {{convert|3682|ft}} {{NGVD29}}. 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.{{cite ogn |edition=7 |page=458}}

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