The Amity Hills are a range of hills northeast of Amity, in

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. A northern spur or extension of the

Eola Hills The Eola Hills are a range of hills northwest of Salem, Oregon, United States. They stretch from the community of Eola about north to Yamhill County. They are divided from the Salem Hills by the Willamette River The Willamette River ( ) is ...

, they are separated from them by a pass between Amity and Hopewell. They stretch about four miles from Amity towards

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Prairie. With the Eola Hills they make up the

Eola-Amity Hills AVA The Eola-Amity Hills AVA is an American Viticultural Area located in Polk County and Yamhill County, Oregon. It is entirely contained within the Willamette Valley AVA, and stretches from the city of Amity in the north to Salem in the south. ...

wine region. They are sometimes called the Yamhill Mountains.

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