# Rodney Mountain

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**Rodney Mountain** is located in [Pushmataha County, Oklahoma](/source/Pushmataha_County,_Oklahoma), approximately five miles northwest of [Antlers, Oklahoma](/source/Antlers,_Oklahoma). It is a part of the [Kiamichi Mountains](/source/Kiamichi_Mountains), a subrange of the [Ouachita Mountains](/source/Ouachita_Mountains), and forms its southwest-most extremity. Its summit is 767 feet above [sea level](/source/Sea_level). It is found at [GPS coordinates](/source/GPS_coordinates) ([latitude](/source/Latitude) and [longitude](/source/Longitude)) 34.2984336 and −95.6410833.[1]

The commonly accepted definition of [mountain](/source/Mountain) calls for a mountain's summit to top 1,000 feet in elevation. In that sense Rodney Mountain qualifies as a [hill](/source/Hill). Certain of its physical characteristics, however—its rugged nature and often-steep slopes—suggest its name is not a misnomer.

Rodney Mountain is named for Rodney Moyer, an early resident of the area, whose family patriarch, Roy A. Moyer, lent his name to [Moyers, Oklahoma](/source/Moyers,_Oklahoma), the [community](/source/Community) north of Rodney Mountain. Rodney Moyer is thought to have left the area prior to Oklahoma's statehood to participate in Alaska's [Klondike gold rush](/source/Klondike_gold_rush). He did not return, and his place and date of death are unknown.[2]

For several years a [United States Post Office](/source/United_States_Post_Office) was in operation in the area to serve those living nearby. It was called [Rodney, Oklahoma](/source/Rodney,_Oklahoma). [Oklahoma State Highway 2](/source/Oklahoma_State_Highway_2), built in the 1950s, now traverses the mountain and makes local [transportation](/source/Transportation) a simple matter. Until it opened, however, the mountain was the bane of good roads. The Antlers-to-Moyers road, particularly the segment at the mountain's base near Ten Mile Creek, was particularly problematic. [Boulders](/source/Boulders) and other [rocks](/source/Rock_(geology)) littered its slopes and the roadway.

The [Kiamichi River](/source/Kiamichi_River) flows adjacent to the mountain, and Rodney Crossing, a low-water ford in the area, was for decades a locally important transportation link.

## References

1. Oklahoma Atlas and Gazetteer

1. Information on Rodney Moyer was provided to the Pushmataha County Historical Society by Charlyne Moyer Hellekson, a local descendant of the Moyer family.

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