Silcox Hut
The Silcox Hut is a small rustic mid-mountain lodge located at 6,950 feet elevation on Mount Hood, Oregon, United States. It is approximately 1,000 feet vertical above Timberline Lodge and roughly one mile distance directly up the mountain.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mount Hood and Palmer 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.
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.
Silcox Hut
- Type: Mountain hut
- Description: historic building in Mount Hood National Forest, Oregon, USA
- Categories: building, tourism, and accommodation
- Location: Clackamas, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
45.3446° or 45° 20′ 41″ northLongitude
-121.70949° or 121° 42′ 34″ westOpen location code
84QW87VR+R6OpenStreetMap ID
way 548667995OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=alpine_hutWikidata ID
Q7514317
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In Other Languages
“Silcox Hut” goes by many names.
- Spanish: “Refugio Silcox”
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Highlights include Timberline Lodge Ski Area and Mimie Falls.
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