Sandy Glacier Headwall

Sandy Glacier Headwall is a cliff in Clackamas, Oregon and has an elevation of 8,973 feet. Sandy Glacier Headwall is situated nearby to Cloud Cap-Tilly Jane Historic Area.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mount Hood and Zigzag Glacier.

Mount Hood

Photo: Kamalavenkatesh, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Mount Hood is the highest mountain in the state of Oregon and a major outdoor recreation site in the Pacific Northwest. Located about 50 miles east-southeast of Portland, the mountain is visible from the city on clear days and usually forms the backdrop for the Portland skyline in postcards and photographs of the city.

Zigzag Glacier

Glacier

Zigzag Glacier is an alpine glacier located on the upper southwest slopes of Mount Hood in the U.S. state of Oregon. It ranges in elevation from 10,200 to 7,200 feet with fingers in canyons extending to about 6,400 feet, and lies almost entirely within Mount Hood Wilderness.

Palmer Glacier

Glacier

Photo: Wahkeenah, Public domain.

Palmer Glacier is an extinct glacier on the south slopes of Mount Hood in the U.S. state of Oregon. With glacial ice movement having stopped in the mid-1980s, it is now considered a snowfield rather than an active glacier.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Government Camp.

Government Camp

Photo: Another Believer, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Government Camp is an unincorporated community and census-designated place located in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States, on the base of Mount Hood and north of Tom Dick and Harry Mountain.

Sandy Glacier Headwall

Type: Cliff with an elevation of 8,973 feet
Description: cliff in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States of America
Category: landform
Location: Clackamas, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

45.37645° or 45° 22′ 35″ north

Longitude

-121.7077° or 121° 42′ 28″ west

Elevation

8,973 feet (2,735 metres)

Open location code

84QW97GR+HW

GeoNames ID

7189268

Wikidata ID

Q49470552

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In Other Languages

“Sandy Glacier Headwall” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Sandy Glacier Headwall”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Cloud Cap-Tilly Jane Historic Area and Zigzag Ranger District.

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Highlights include Hawkins Ridge and Leuthold Couloir.

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