The plaque at the summit of Mt. Bolivar (bobcat)

• Hikes to this destination:
  • Mount Bolivar Hike   (TH | <—   —> | LOG)

• Weather forecast: NWS/NOAA
• Maps: Oregon Hikers Maps Google Maps
• Latitude, Longitude: 42.79177, -123.83630
• Elevation: 4319 feet

Description

Mount Bolivar is situated at the north end of the Wild Rogue Wilderness. It rises at the interface of the Siskiyou Mountains and the Coast Range, and is thus sometimes termed the highest peak in the Coast Range (Marys Peak is the highest “pure” Coast Range peak). Mount Bolivar is the also the highest peak in Coos County. The mountain was named by Simon Bolivar Cathcart, a Coos County surveyor, after his eponym Simón Bolívar (1783-1830), the Venezuelan liberator of Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. A plaque at the summit reads “The United States was the first to teach us the path to independence – Simon Bolivar, Jamaica, 1815 – from Venezuela to the people of Oregon – Mt. Bolivar, 1984.”

Concrete blocks remain as the pedestals of a 1955 lookout that was decommissioned in 1958. There were two other lookout structures before the last one: those were constructed in 1914 and 1928. Views extend north to the valleys of the Coquille and the Umpqua and southwest down Mule Creek to the Rogue River. On clear days, it is said you can see from Mount Hood to Mount Shasta as well as to the Pacific Ocean.

Links

• Mount Bolivar (Summit Post)
• “Funky history and great views at Mount Bolivar” (Zach’s Adventures)
• Mount Bolivar (Forest Lookouts)
• Simón Bolívar (Encyclopaedia Britannica)

Contributors

• bobcat (creator)