The Coburg Hills are a range of foothills of the western Cascade Range

Cascade Range

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 of Lane

Lane County, Oregon

-National protected areas:*Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge *Siuslaw National Forest *Umpqua National Forest *Willamette National Forest -Government:...

 and Linn

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 counties in the U.S. state

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 of Oregon

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. They are located northeast of Eugene

Eugene, Oregon

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 and east of Coburg

Coburg, Oregon

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, between the Mohawk Valley

Mohawk River (Oregon)

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 and Willamette Valley

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.

Topography

The Coburg Hills rise to an elevation of approximately 2,000 feet at Coburg Ridge.

One of the most notable features of the Coburg Hills is a gap or saddle

Mountain pass

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 at its north end called the Hayworth Saddle. This previously unnamed feature received its official name in 2008, after Register-Guard

The Register-Guard

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columnist Bob Welch

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 asked readers for suggestions. Eventually, they voted for "Hayworth Ridge", after a local family who has been farming near there since 1875. The name was changed to "Hayworth Saddle" by the Oregon Geographic Names Board

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, which in turn recommended it to the U.S. Board on Geographic Names. The board adopted the name in September 2008.

Individual summits in the range include Spores Point, Buck Mountain, Tom Mountain, Round Mountain and Bald Mountain.

External links

• Coburg Hills conservation easement provides native habitat for wildlife, March 2007 Bonneville Power Administration
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   factsheet
• Couple's legacy preserves south side of Springfield's Coburg Hills, June 8, 2007 story from the Mail Tribune
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Coordinates

• Coburg Ridge: 44.1209583°N 122.9978624°W
• Hayworth Saddle: 44.2055556°N 122.9833333°W