Scott Mountain, Lane County, Oregon

There are two mountains in Oregon commonly called Scott Mountain. The Scott Mountain (further north) in the Willamette National Forest, is sometimes confused with and referred to as Olallie Mountain; while some records show these two summits in Lane County as the same, other records indicate differently. According to the Willamette National Forest website and Google Maps, these two summits, although within approx. 30 miles of the other, are two unique summits. This Scott Mountain is within

Lane County, Oregon Lane County is one of the 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2020 census, the population was 382,971, making it the fourth-most populous county in Oregon. The county seat is Eugene. It is named in honor of Joseph Lane, Ore ...

, in the

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. The mountain is in the Mount Washington Wilderness region of the

Willamette National Forest The Willamette National Forest is a National Forest located in the central portion of the Cascade Range of the U.S. state of Oregon. It comprises . Over 380,000 acres (694 mi2, 1,540 km2) are designated wilderness which include seve ...

. Scott Mountain and Scott Lake, in Lane County, were both named after Felix Scott, Jr., a cattle rancher and businessman. With the help of brother Marion Scott and other local residents, Felix Scott hired fifty or more men to build a road up the McKenzie River in 1862.

Scott Mountain, Douglas County, Oregon

Scott Mountain (Douglas County) is located near Glide, Oregon. In addition to

Scottsburg, Oregon Scottsburg is an unincorporated community in Douglas County, Oregon, United States. It is along the Umpqua River and Oregon Route 38, and is about from the Pacific Ocean. It was once a growing town but after a large flood in December 1861 the tow ...

, Mount Scott (Klamath County), and Scott Mountain (Douglas County) were named after Captain

Levi Scott (Oregon politician) Levi C. Scott (1797–1890) was a politician in the Oregon Territory of the United States in the 1850s. A native of Illinois, he was a captain during the Cayuse War, helped lay the Applegate Trail, served in the Oregon Territorial Legislature, a ...

. Using the U.S. Forest Service topography map, this map shows Scott Mountain, near Glide, Oregon, rises to an elevation of 4,250 ft within the

Umpqua National Forest Umpqua National Forest, in southern Oregon's Cascade Range, covers an area of in Douglas, Lane, and Jackson counties, and borders Crater Lake National Park. The four ranger districts for the forest are the Cottage Grove, Diamond Lake, North Um ...

. The Douglas County Forest Protection Agency also had, until the recent Archie Creek fires, a tower on Scott Mountain.

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