[CityBoyDoug]

Originally Posted by HossC

Just to clarify: Mount Lee and Mount Hollywood are two separate peaks (labeled 'A' and 'B' respectively on the aerial below. The interesting KCET article posted by David is about the grading of Mount Hollywoodland, which became Mount Lee. The comments below the article seem to suggest that Mount Hollywoodland was never an official designation. Nathan Masters, the author of the article, writes the following reply: "The USGS might have never recognized the name, but I did find several references to 'Mount Hollywoodland' (which is confusing, considering its proximity to Mount Hollywood)." Mary Mallory, author of a book called 'Hollywoodland', suggests "it's just two writers calling it that since it was in Hollywoodland."


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Hoss: Why was your ''B'' location called ''Mt. Hollywood''? The Hollywood sign has always been on Mt. Lee. As you know, the "LAND" part of the sign was removed in later years. I suppose a few writers were being ''creative''?