{{About|the mountain in southwestern Oregon}} {{Use American English|date=February 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Mount Emily | image = Chetco River and Mount Emily near Alfred A. Loeb State Park.jpg | image_alt = Chetco River and Mount Emily near Alfred A. Loeb State Park | image_caption = Chetco River with Mount Emily in the background | elevation_ft = 2925 | elevation_ref = <ref name="pb">{{cite peakbagger |pid=30064 |name=Mount Emily |access-date=2010-05-17}}</ref> | prominence_ft = 1285 | prominence_ref = <ref name="pb"/> | range = Klamath Mountains | parent_peak = Bosley Butte<ref name="pb"/> | listing = | country = United States | state = Oregon | subdivision2_type = County | subdivision2 = Curry County | map = USA Oregon | map_size = 240 | map_caption = Location in SW Oregon | coordinates = {{coord|42.102367047|N|124.152799281|W|type:mountain_region:US-OR_scale:100000_source:NGS|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref = <ref name=ngs>{{cite ngs |pid=OA0943 |name=Mount Emily Lookout Tower |access-date=2008-03-31}}</ref> | topo = USGS Mount Emily | type = | age = | first_ascent = | easiest_route = | fetchwikidata = ALL }} '''Mount Emily''' ({{langx|tol|en-may}}<ref>{{Cite web | title = Siletz Talking Dictionary | accessdate = 2012-06-04 | url = http://siletz.swarthmore.edu/?entry=4861 }}</ref>) is a mountain in the Klamath Mountains of southwestern Oregon in the United States. It is located in southern Curry County in the extreme southwest corner of the state, near Brookings, approximately {{convert|5|mi|km}} from the Pacific Ocean and {{convert|5|mi|km}} from the California state line.
==Wheeler Ridge Japanese Bombing Site== {{Main|Lookout Air Raids }} {{Infobox NRHP | name = Wheeler Ridge Japanese Bombing Site | nrhp_type = | image = Wheeler Ridge Japanese Bomb Site (Brookings, Oregon).jpg | caption = | nearest_city = Brookings, Oregon | coordinates = {{coord|42|4|42|N|124|6|40|W|display=inline}} | locmapin = Oregon#USA | sigdate1_label = Event date | sigdate1 = September 9, 1942 | built = | architect OR builder = | architecture = | added = July 6, 2006 | area = less than one acre | refnum = 06000589<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a|dateform=mdy|accessdate=September 10, 2021|refnum=06000589|name=Wheeler Ridge Japanese Bombing Site}}</ref> }} On September 9, 1942, the Japanese submarine ''I-25'' surfaced near Cape Blanco, Oregon, and launched a Yokosuka E14Y "Glen" seaplane piloted by Nobuo Fujita, who dropped incendiary bombs on Mount Emily in an unsuccessful attempt to start a major forest fire.<ref>{{cite web |title=Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest: Japanese Bombing Site Trail #1118 |url=http://www.fs.usda.gov/r06/rogue-siskiyou/recreation |publisher=United States Forest Service |access-date=10 September 2021}}</ref> This made Mount Emily the second place in the continental United States to be bombed by an enemy aircraft, with Dutch Harbor occurring three months earlier in Unalaska, Alaska. The site of the bombing was listed in the National Register of Historic Places as the ''Wheeler Ridge Japanese Bombing Site'' in July 2006.<ref name="nris"/>
== See also == * American Theater (World War II)
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== External links == * {{cite gnis |id=1141873 |name=Mount Emily}} * {{cite opentopomap|Mount Emily|42.10249|-124.15409|2023-05-11}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Emily}} Category:Mountains of Oregon Category:Natural features on the National Register of Historic Places in Oregon Category:Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest Category:Mountains of Curry County, Oregon Category:World War II on the National Register of Historic Places