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Mount Oberlin () is located in the
Lewis Range The Lewis Range is a mountain range located in the Rocky Mountains of northern Montana, United States and extreme southern Alberta, Canada. It was formed as a result of the Lewis Overthrust, a geologic thrust fault involving the overlying of ...
, Glacier National Park in the
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of
Montana Montana ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota to the east, South Dakota to the southeast, Wyoming to the south, an ...
. Mount Oberlin is just northwest of
Logan Pass Logan Pass (elevation ) is located along the Continental Divide in Glacier National Park, in the U.S. state of Montana. It is the highest point on the Going-to-the-Sun Road. The pass is named after Major William R. Logan, the first superintenden ...
. Below the summit to the northwest, water and melting snow off Mount Oberlin lead to the 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 Oberlin College is a Private university, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college and conservatory of music in Oberlin, Ohio, United States. Founded in 1833, it is the oldest Mixed-sex education, coeducational lib ...
.


See also

* Mountains and mountain ranges of Glacier National Park (U.S.)


References

Mountains of Flathead County, Montana Mountains of Glacier National Park (U.S.) Lewis Range Mountains of Montana {{FlatheadCountyMT-geo-stub