# Mount Oberlin

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{{Short description|Mountain in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park, Montana, United States}}
{{Use American English|date=February 2026}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Mount Oberlin
| image = Glacier National Park 03.jpg
| image_caption = Mount Oberlin
| elevation_ft = 8184
| elevation_ref = <ref name=Peakbagger>{{cite peakbagger |pid=4786 |name=Mount Oberlin, Montana |accessdate=2010-08-22}}</ref>
| prominence_ft = 660
| prominence_ref = <ref name=Peakbagger/>
| location = [Flathead County, Montana](/source/Flathead_County%2C_Montana), U.S.
| map = Montana#USA
| map_relief = 1
| map_caption = Location in Montana##Location in the United States
| range = [Lewis Range](/source/Lewis_Range)
| coordinates = {{coord|48|42|16|N|113|44|09|W|type:mountain_region:US|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_ref = <ref name=gnis>{{cite gnis |id=774910 |name=Mount Oberlin |accessdate=2010-08-22}}</ref>
| topo = [USGS](/source/United_States_Geological_Survey) Logan Pass, MT
| first_ascent = 
| easiest_route =
}}
'''Mount Oberlin''' ({{convert|8184|ft|m|0}}) is located in the [Lewis Range](/source/Lewis_Range), [Glacier National Park](/source/Glacier_National_Park_(US)) in the [U.S. state](/source/U.S._state) of [Montana](/source/Montana).<ref name=TopoQuest>{{cite web|url=http://www.topoquest.com/place-detail.php?id=774910|title=Mount Oberlin, Montana|publisher=TopoQuest (USGS Quad)|format=Map|accessdate=2010-08-22}}</ref> Mount Oberlin is just northwest of [Logan Pass](/source/Logan_Pass). Below the summit to the northwest, water and melting snow off Mount Oberlin lead to the {{convert|492|ft|m}} [Bird Woman Falls](/source/Bird_Woman_Falls), one of the tallest waterfalls in Glacier National Park.

Dr. Lyman B. Sperry, a member of an 1895 party exploring the Glacier Park region, named the mountain after his employer, [Oberlin College](/source/Oberlin_College).<ref>{{Cite web
| title = Through The Years In Glacier National Park: An Administrative History (Appendix A)
| work = National Park Service
| accessdate = 2013-06-15
| url = http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/glac/appa.htm
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121107082049/http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/glac/appa.htm
| url-status = dead
| archive-date = November 7, 2012
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Discovery and Exploration |publisher=National Park Service |url=http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/online_books/glac/adhi1b.htm |accessdate=2007-01-12 |url-status=unfit |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060223005012/http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/online_books/glac/adhi1b.htm |archivedate=February 23, 2006 }}</ref>

==See also==
* [Mountains and mountain ranges of Glacier National Park (U.S.)](/source/Mountains_and_mountain_ranges_of_Glacier_National_Park_(U.S.))

==References==
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Category:Mountains of Flathead County, Montana
Category:Mountains of Glacier National Park (U.S.)
Category:Lewis Range
Category:Mountains of Montana

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