Mount Jumbo

Mount Jumbo
Highest point
Elevation4,768 ft (1,453 m)[1]
Prominence808 ft (246 m)[1]
Coordinates46°52′45″N 113°57′23″W / 46.87917°N 113.95639°W / 46.87917; -113.95639[2]
Geography
Parent rangeRattlesnake Mountains, Rocky Mountain Front[3]
Topo mapUSGS Northeast Missoula
Climbing
Easiest routeHike via old logging roads

Mount Jumbo (Salish: Sin Min Koos, meaning "obstacle" or "thing in the way"),[4] also called Mount Loyola by some locals, is a mountain that overlooks the city of Missoula in the U.S. state of Montana. The mountain is northeast of the city's downtown and, in its majority, is publicly owned. In 1996, Jumbo was purchased from private landowners and protected from development. Funding for this purchase came from an open space bond, federal and non-profit agencies and thousands of local contributors. Additional land parcels have been purchased since then, increasing the easement to 1,800 acres (730 ha).

  1. ^ a b "Mount Jumbo". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2011-01-08.
  2. ^ "Mount Jumbo". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2011-01-08.
  3. ^ Mountain Ranges of Montana
  4. ^ "Mount Jumbo in the Missoula valley". mountjumbo.org. Retrieved 2011-01-08.