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Welcome to Blue Mountain ...

Blue Mountain is located in Umatilla County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Blue Mountain, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

A typical abbreviation for Blue Mountain: Blue Mtn. (or less commonly used: Blue Mntn.)

Blue Mountain is 1,460 feet [445 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Blue Mountain lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Blue Mountain: 541 & 458<3>

Communities Also Named Blue Mountain ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 12 communities that are also named Blue Mountain - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Maryland (2), Mississippi, New York, Nova Scotia (3), Ontario and Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Blue Mountain.

Communities near Blue Mountain ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Blue Mountain.

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Blue Mountain. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Blue Mountain.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Blue Mountain. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Blue Mountain.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Blue Mountain. See our Newspapers Page for Blue Mountain.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Blue Mountain ...

Looking for more information about Blue Mountain? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Blue Mountain, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Blue Mountain.

Adding Blue Mountain to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Blue Mountain in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Blue Mountain was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Blue Mountain.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Oregon's counties, including Umatilla, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Blue Mountain - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 541 code has been Overlayed with the 458 area code. New phone numbers in the Blue Mountain area will be assigned with one of these codes: 541 or 458. As a result, placing a call in the Blue Mountain area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.