Strawberry Mountain (Oregon)
- Strawberry Mountain (Oregon)
Infobox Mountain
Name = Strawberry Mountain
Photo = Strawberry Mountain Peak.jpg
Caption = Strawberry Mountain Peak
Elevation = convert|9042|ft|m [ cite web
url = http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/ds_mark.prl?PidBox=QC0909
title = NGS Data Sheet for STRAWBERRY
publisher = U.S. National Geodetic Survey
accessdate = 2008-04-02 ]
Location = Grant, County, Oregon, USA
Range = Strawberry Mountains
Prominence = convert|4080|ft|m [ cite web
url = http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=3226
title = Strawberry Mountain, Oregon
publisher = Peakbagger.com
accessdate = 2008-04-02 ]
Coordinates = coord|44.3123805|-118.7166106|format=dms|region:US_type:mountain [GNIS|1127655accessdate|2008-04-02]
Topographic
USGS Strawberry Mountain 44118-C6
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Strawberry Mountain is the highest mountain in the Strawberry Mountains of eastern Oregon and the 28th highest point in the state [ cite web
url = http://americasroof.com/highest/or.shtml
title =Oregon's Highest Named Summits
publisher = America's Roof
accessdate = 2008-03-28 ] It is within the Malheur National Forest and is the most prominent feature of the Strawberry Mountain Wilderness.
The mountain and nearby Strawberry Creek were named by homesteader Nathan Wills Fisk "because there were wild strawberries in abundance there...." It was originally named Strawberry Butte but common usage changed to Strawberry Mountain, which now appears on official maps. [cite book
last = McArthur
first = Lewis A.
authorlink =
coauthors = Lewis L. McArthur
title = Oregon Geographic Names
origyear = 1928
edition = Seventh Edition
year = 2003
publisher = Oregon Historical Society Press
location = Portland, Oregon
id = ISBN 0-87595-277-1 (trade paperback), ISBN 0-87595-278-X (hardcover) ]
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