List of hillside letters in Oregon

This is a list of hillside letters (also known as mountain monograms) in the U.S. state of Oregon.^[1][2][3] There are at least 35 hillside letters, acronyms, and messages in the state, possibly as many as 40; primarily in small towns in the arid eastern half of the state.

Monogram	Town	State/Country	Description	Location
A	Adrian	Oregon		43°44′13″N 117°05′36″W / 43.737°N 117.0934°W
A	Arlington	Oregon		45°43′18″N 120°11′56″W / 45.7216°N 120.1988°W
B	Baker	Oregon		44°46′44″N 117°53′23″W / 44.779°N 117.8896°W
B	Barview	Oregon		45°34′19″N 123°56′23″W / 45.572°N 123.9397°W
B	Bonanza	Oregon	Bonanza Jr./Sr. High School	42°11′06″N 121°24′20″W / 42.1851005°N 121.4056637°W
BR	Unity	Oregon	Burnt River School	44°27′24″N 118°12′24″W / 44.4567°N 118.2068°W
CHS (uncertain existence)	Condon	Oregon	Condon High School	45°14′15″N 120°11′05″W / 45.2374°N 120.1846°W (uncertain location)
C	Crane	Oregon		43°25′20″N 118°34′30″W / 43.4222°N 118.5749°W
C	Culver	Oregon		44°29′00″N 121°13′24″W / 44.4833°N 121.2234°W
D (uncertain existence)	The Dalles	Oregon	The Dalles High School	45°35′45″N 121°11′16″W / 45.5957°N 121.1879°W (uncertain location)
D	Dayville	Oregon		44°28′33″N 119°30′38″W / 44.4758°N 119.5105°W
D	Dufur	Oregon		45°27′29″N 121°08′19″W / 45.458°N 121.1387°W
E	Elgin	Oregon		45°34′07″N 117°54′21″W / 45.5686°N 117.9057°W
E	Eugene	Oregon	Eugene High School (Now South Eugene High School)	44°03′28″N 123°05′41″W / 44.0578°N 123.09478°W
G	Garibaldi	Oregon		45°33′44″N 123°55′12″W / 45.5623°N 123.9201°W
H	Harper	Oregon		43°50′59″N 117°35′51″W / 43.8496°N 117.5974°W
H	Klamath Falls	Oregon	Henley High School	42°12′36″N 121°41′49″W / 42.21°N 121.697°W
HL	Hot Lake	Oregon		45°14′33″N 117°57′35″W / 45.2426°N 117.9597°W
H	Huntington	Oregon		44°21′40″N 117°15′47″W / 44.361°N 117.2631°W
I	Imnaha	Oregon		45°33′36″N 116°50′16″W / 45.5601°N 116.8377°W (uncertain location)
I	Ione	Oregon		45°29′50″N 119°49′38″W / 45.4973°N 119.8273°W
JV	Jordan Valley	Oregon		42°58′44″N 117°03′28″W / 42.9788°N 117.0577°W
K	Klamath Falls	Oregon	Klamath Union High School	42°14′20″N 121°46′10″W / 42.239°N 121.7695°W
L (no longer exists)	La Grande	Oregon		45°19′14″N 118°06′40″W / 45.3206°N 118.111°W
L	Lakeview	Oregon		42°12′03″N 120°20′07″W / 42.2008°N 120.3353°W
LR	Merrill	Oregon	Lost River Jr./Sr. High School	42°01′33″N 121°31′17″W / 42.025805°N 121.5213427°W
M	Madras	Oregon		44°37′57″N 121°08′18″W / 44.6325°N 121.1383°W
M	Mapleton	Oregon		44°02′15″N 123°51′09″W / 44.0374°N 123.8525°W
M	Klamath Falls	Oregon	Mazama High School	42°13′32″N 121°42′17″W / 42.2256°N 121.7046°W
M (uncertain existence)	Milton-Freewater	Oregon		45°56′23″N 118°23′44″W / 45.9398°N 118.3956°W (uncertain location)
M	Mitchell	Oregon		44°34′07″N 120°09′10″W / 44.5686°N 120.1528°W
MV	Mount Vernon	Oregon		44°25′28″N 119°07′06″W / 44.4244°N 119.1184°W
OT	Klamath Falls	Oregon	Oregon Institute of Technology	42°15′49″N 121°47′00″W / 42.2636°N 121.7832°W
P	Paisley	Oregon		42°41′32″N 120°34′24″W / 42.6922°N 120.5733°W
P	Prairie City	Oregon		44°27′56″N 118°42′26″W / 44.4656°N 118.7071°W
RR	Rogue River	Oregon		42°27′06″N 123°09′26″W / 42.4518°N 123.1571°W
SWC	Maupin	Oregon	South Wasco County High School	45°10′53″N 121°04′32″W / 45.1815°N 121.0755°W
O	Eugene	Oregon	University of Oregon	44°03′28″N 123°05′34″W / 44.0577°N 123.0927°W
V	Vale	Oregon		43°58′45″N 117°13′36″W / 43.9793°N 117.2266°W
W (uncertain existence)	The Dalles	Oregon	Wahtonka High School	45°37′30″N 121°13′27″W / 45.6249°N 121.2243°W (uncertain location)
W	Wallowa	Oregon		45°34′39″N 117°31′20″W / 45.5775°N 117.5221°W
WARM SPRINGS	Warm Springs	Oregon		44°46′07″N 121°16′07″W / 44.7685°N 121.2686°W

Sources

1. Corning, Evelyn (2007). Hillside Letters A to Z : A Guide to Hometown Landmarks. Missoula, Mont.: Mountain Press Publishing Company.
2. Rocha, Guy (June 2004), "Hillside Letters: In Plain Sight But Not Intended for Planes", Sierra Sage
3. Parsons, James J. (1988). "Hillside Letters in the Western United States". Landscape. Sante Fe, N.M. 30 (1): 15–23. Retrieved 2011-08-09.