Editing Lonely Mountain (section)

== Adaptations ==
[[File:Tongariro Northern Circuit, New Zealand (5).JPG|thumb|New Zealand's [[Mount Ruapehu]]<!--says the cited source--> stood in for the Lonely Mountain in [[Peter Jackson]]'s film adaptations of ''The Hobbit''.<ref name="Plush 2017"/>]]

''[[The Lonely Mountain (board game)|The Lonely Mountain: Lair of Smaug the Dragon]]'' is a board game produced in 1985 by [[Iron Crown Enterprises]], designed by Coleman Charlton, which features groups of adventurers, either [[Dwarf (Middle-earth)|Dwarves]], [[Elf (Middle-earth)|Elves]], [[Orc (Middle-earth)|Orcs]] or [[Man (Middle-earth)|Men]] entering Smaug's Lair to capture his treasure before he awakens.<ref name="white_dwarf_57">''Newsboard'', ''Fellowship Follows'', [[White Dwarf (magazine)]] #57, September 1984, p. 45</ref>

"Erebor", specifically the southern spurs of the Mountain and Dale, is a playable map in ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II]]''. It has three gates, including the one Tolkien described and two which cannot be closed, to allow those playing as invading forces to easily enter the stronghold.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rorie |first1=Matthew |title=The Lord of the Rings, The Battle for Middle-earth II Walkthrough |url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-battle-for-middle-earth-ii-walkthrough/1100-6146219/ |publisher=Gamespot |access-date=16 August 2020}}</ref>

The Lonely Mountain appears in [[Peter Jackson]]'s film adaptations of ''The Hobbit'':  ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey|An Unexpected Journey]]'', ''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug|The Desolation of Smaug]]'', and ''[[The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies|The Battle of the Five Armies]]''. The actual setting was [[Mount Ruapehu]] in New Zealand.<ref name="Plush 2017">{{cite news |last=Plush |first=Hazel |title=10 epic Middle Earth locations that really exist in New Zealand |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/oceania/new-zealand/articles/real-life-new-zealand-filming-locations-that-starred-in-the-hobbit-middle-earth/ |access-date=16 August 2020 |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=21 September 2017}}</ref>