Why is there always a "Porcupine Rige"?

“I was just looking at a map of Glacier Park. There is always a Porcupine something at every park you visit. What do you think the are the top 5 most common names in parks?

On second thought, what is the silliest ridge or lake name you have heard of?
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“There's a Flattop Mtn in Rocky Mtn NP and in Glacier NP. There's a Flattop Mtn in CO outside of the park too.”

“OMG
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“how'd i do that!
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“wow
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“Seems to be a lot of 'Dead Horse' places -- I guess because a lot of horses died on extreme terrain.”

“yeah, and Hell's this and that, or Devils somethingorother too...”

“Lost Lake.”

“Twin Lakes.

That don't look anything like each other.”

“Mosquito Valley.”

“Woman Lake
Boy Lake
Little Boy Lake
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“Dingle Berry Lake”

“If I only had a dime for every "Camelback Mountain" I have hiked, I think I could retire. Same goes for paddling any lake named "Crooked" or "Long".
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“Just proves that people who first name place don't have a lot of imagination, names stick, and few if any bother changing them.”

“A long skinny lake in Jackson Hole that used to be called 'Beaver Dick Lake' and is now called 'String Lake'”

“Just west of Boulder, CO, there's a campground called Camp Dick”

“There must be 25 Bass Lakes just in Washburn County, Wisconsin. Across the road from me is lower Twin Lake, to the north is upper Twin Lake and to the west is still another...Twin Lake. Fraternal only.”

“Well i don't know if this really applies but the Administation building at my college is called the Dick Building i think they named it right”

“Dead Mans Bluff.......”

“everything always seems to be round, long, crooked or hard...”

“chicken coop road is in the fingerlakes nat. forest,”

“chicken coop road is in the fingerlakes nat. forest,”

“chicken coop road is in the fingerlakes nat. forest,”

“chicken coop road is in the fingerlakes nat. forest,”

“chicken coop road is in the fingerlakes nat. forest,”

“chicken coop road is in the fingerlakes nat. forest,”

“sorry about that, I didnt think it was working”

“so....tell us about chicken coop road.”

“I think the stories behind the names are much more interesting. Unfortunately I don't know any. I could make a few up though.”

“Anyone ever been to Rock Creek?”

“Eagles Nest Ridge or Peak, anyone? Mud Lake is probably the second most common name, after Bass Lake, in Northern Wisconsin.”

“clear lake, sand lake”

“And of course all of the forks: South Fork of the Buffalo Fork of the Snake River. Henry's Fork. Black's Fork. Smith's Fork. Etc.”

“Sheesh, I was gonna mention Lost Lake (all over) and in South Dakota there are two Hell Canyons in the Hell Canyon Ranger District at Custer (one is by Jewel Cave).

I like these South Dakota names and this is probably the one time you can say such things and get by with it, LOL: Squaw Humper and Little Squaw Humper Creeks. And why is there inevitably a "Negro" something or other? Like, isn't it Negro Bill Canyon in Utah?

Oops, I see Blindman Table on the Pine Ridge Reservation map, in the Badlands near Red Shirt.”

“Bear Creek, Cub Creek, Rock Creek, Bridalveil Falls, Horsetail Falls, Deer Creek, Pine Creek, Silver Creek, (along with the already mentioned Twin Lakes, Lost Lake) and Lake of the Ruptured Spleen. Every wilderness has 'em. Every single one.”

“Dick's Peak in CA....”

“Oops, I forgot Pyramid Peak. EVERY wilderness also has a Pyramid Peak. And there are lots of El Cap knock offs too.”

“Speaking of Porcupines... Neil Diamond has a song called Porcupine Pie. Which has absolutely nothing to do with this thread. Impeach Bush. FUEGO! FUEGO! FUEGO!”

“I'm okay, really, I am.”

“We have a few pickerel Lakes in MI. No pickerel anymore though (at least I don't think so).”

“I know a few of those twin lakes up in Wisconsi n. I don't know what is twin about them. I can honesty say I have never caught a Bass in Bass lake. I have crossed a few Dead Horses passes and have never seen any. Where is the truth in advertising?”

“In the Adirondacks, there is a NippleTop, a NippleTop Mountain, and a Little NippleTop Mountain. All of which are within about a 10-mile radius of one another. Probably the most common name for a mountain (or Lake) in the park would have to be either Spruce or Buck. There are a lot of Bear Mountains and Wolf Pond/Lakes too.”

““Dick's Peak in CA....”
Spirit Coyote
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1/02/06
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The ADK's has a Dix, South Dix, and East Dix.”

“we have a "mutton creek" park in our area...legend has it a farmer was herding his sheep across this creek and all of them drowned”

“One of my favorite mountain names and mountain to look at is The Gothics.”

“How about this, seems we have this in our tri-state are where MN, IA and WI meet: Swede Bottom. :-)”

“lumber...in california I bped by a little peak called the nipple :)”