Talk:Black Hills (Washington)

Mason County?
I'm not sure that this is really in Mason County. Scoured some topo maps and the strongest evidence would be for Kamilche Hill and the ridge north of Washington State Route 108 of which it is part. Peakbagger lists it as part of "Capitol Hills", which isn't a thing, and their feature map has this extending all the way past Shelton to Hood Canal, which is kind of bogus if it's supposed to be a definition of the Black Hills. I realize GNIS lists Mason County but it could be nomenclature for what Wikipedia terms Satsop Hills. The article states that the hills are more or less defined by Capitol State Forest which comes within two miles of Mason County near Summit Lake but does not enter the county. Obviously this is OR, but I can say it here: if you asked 100 people in McCleary, Washington (elevation 276 feet) which way the Black Hills were, they would all point southeast towards Capitol Peak, not north towards Mason County. I'm not going to revert anything here, but it doesn't pass the sniff test IMO. ☆ Bri (talk) 15:53, 28 March 2018 (UTC)


 * On the other hand, I am sure: the Black Hills, as variously conceived, are not in Mason County. And I proceeded to remove that category. Possibly the editor had in mind the statement in the article that "They are a subset of the Willapa Hills." I question that, but if that was so it would be the Willapa Hills that are (maybe) in Mason County, not the Black Hills.


 * I also removed the Category:Mountain ranges of Washington (state), because 1) it seems to me it should be either Hills or Mountains, not both, and 2) I don't see that as a range. Though of course, a good source could determine the matter one way or the other. Something else to consider: I believe the Black Hills are considered a distinct physiographic province. I don't have a source handy, but somewhere on the DNR site. ~ J. Johnson (JJ) (talk) 19:06, 28 March 2018 (UTC)