Castle Rock Mountain is in a wilderness created from existing National Forest lands in 1978 and is composed of how many acre?
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Castle Rock Mountain Castle Rock Mountain (12406 ft ) is in the Beartooth Mountains in the U.S. state of Montana. The peak is one of the tallest in the Beatooth Mountains, the tenth-tallest in Montana and is in the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness, on the border of Custer and Gallatin national forests. The nearest taller mountain to Castle Rock Mountain is Castle Rock Spire, 0.65 mi east. Castle Rock Mountain is flanked by the Sundance Glacier to the north and the Castle Rock Glacier to the south.
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Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness was created from existing National Forest lands in 1978 and is located in Montana and Wyoming, United States. The wilderness is partly in Gallatin, Custer and Shoshone National Forests and is composed of 944,000 acre . The wilderness encompasses two distinct mountain ranges, namely the Beartooth and Absaroka ranges. These ranges are completely distinct geologically speaking with the Absarokas composed primarily of volcanic (or extrusive) and metamorphic rock, while the Beartooths are made up almost entirely of granitic rocks. The Absarokas are noted for their dark and craggy appearance, lush and heavily forested valleys and abundant wildlife. The highest peak in the range, located in Wyoming, is Francs Peak at 13,153 ft . The Beartooths are more alpine with huge treeless plateaus and the highest peak in the state of Montana (Granite Peak 12,799 ft ). The wilderness contains 30 peaks over 12,000 ft . The wilderness is an integral part of the 20 e6acre Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and borders Yellowstone National Park.
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Cache La Poudre Wilderness The Cache la Poudre Wilderness is federally-protected area administered by the U.S. Forest Service, a division of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. It is located on the Canyon Lakes Ranger District on the Roosevelt National Forest in Colorado. This wilderness covers 9258 acre and is characterized by steep, rugged terrain along the Cache la Poudre River. Elevations in this area varies from 6200 ft to 8600 ft . Only one trail, the Mount McConnel National Recreation Trail that is 3 mi long, exists in this wilderness, and 9 mi of the Little South Fork of the Cache La Poudre River flow through the wilderness.
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Jim McClure–Jerry Peak Wilderness The Jim McClure–Jerry Peak Wilderness is a 116898 acre protected area in Salmon-Challis National Forest and Bureau of Land Management land in Custer County, Idaho, United States. The wilderness directly adjoins the Hemingway–Boulders Wilderness on its southwest side and is east of the White Clouds Wilderness, which it does not directly adjoin. It is named for Jim McClure who was a Senator from Idaho. The area was added to the National Wilderness Preservation System on August 7, 2015 with the passage of the Sawtooth National Recreation Area and Jerry Peak Wilderness Additions Act (Pub.L. 114–46 ), which was sponsored by Representative Mike Simpson and passed Congress without objection before being signed into law by President Barack Obama.
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Badlands Wilderness The Badlands Wilderness is located in the U.S. state of South Dakota. Entirely within Badlands National Park, the wilderness was designated by Congress in 1976, and is managed by the National Park Service. Badlands Wilderness, in southeastern Pennington County, includes 64,144 acres (560 km²) of the most pristine sections of the National Park. Within this wilderness, buffalo still roam free and visitors can also find bighorn sheep, coyotes and mule deer. There are no designated trails and camping is permitted anywhere in what is considered to be the largest undisturbed mixed-prairie rangeland remaining in the U.S. As this wilderness is managed by the National Park Service, hunting is not permitted.
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Swanquarter Wilderness Swanquarter Wilderness was designated in 1976, and it covers 8,785 acre in the Swanquarter National Wildlife Refuge in eastern North Carolina.
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List of U.S. state and tribal wilderness areas List of wilderness areas designated by U.S. state and tribal governments. Eight states had designated wilderness programs in 2002 while some other states had designated wildernesses. In 2002, the 9 state programs had 74 wilderness areas with a total protected area of 2,668,903 acres (10,800.7 km²). Florida had had 10 wilderness areas but their authorizing legislation was repealed in 1989.
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High Allegheny National Park and Preserve The High Allegheny National Park and Preserve is a proposed National Park Service (NPS) unit in the Allegheny Mountains of eastern West Virginia. If approved, it would be established by transferring the northern portions of the Monongahela National Forest to the NPS, including the Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area (NRA); the Dolly Sods Wilderness; and the Otter Creek Wilderness. Western portions of the George Washington National Forest may also be included. Interconnecting public lands would become Preserve Areas, where hunting would be allowed; and adjacent private working farms and forests would be eligible for voluntary Heritage Area conservation easements.
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Russian Wilderness The Russian Wilderness is a wilderness area of 12000 acre located approximately 65 mi northeast of Eureka in northern California. It is within the Klamath National Forest in Siskiyou County and is managed by the US Forest Service. It was added to the National Wilderness Preservation System when the US Congress passed the California Wilderness Act of 1984.
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Disney's Fort Wilderness Resort &amp; Campground Disney's Fort Wilderness Resort & Campground is a themed camping resort located in the Magic Kingdom Resort Area at the Walt Disney World Resort. It officially opened on November 19, 1971. The resort is adjacent to Bay Lake and Disney's River Country, a now-defunct water park. The resort is also located near Disney's Wilderness Lodge.
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Mount Shasta Wilderness The Mount Shasta Wilderness is a 38200 acre federally designated wilderness area located 5 mi east of Mount Shasta City in northern California. The US Congress passed the 1984 California Wilderness Act that set aside the Mount Shasta Wilderness. The US Forest Service is the managing agency as the wilderness is within the Shasta-Trinity National Forest. The area is named for and is dominated by the Mount Shasta volcano which reaches a traditionally quoted height of 14162 ft above sea level, but official sources give values ranging from 14104 ft from one USGS project, to 14179 ft via the NOAA. Mount Shasta is one of only two peaks in the state over 14000 ft outside the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range. The other summit is White Mountain Peak in the Great Basin of east-central California.
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Wyoming National Forest Wyoming National Forest was first established July 1, 1908 from part of Yellowstone National Forest with 976320 acre . On May 14, 1923 the lands of the first Bridger National Forest were added, and on March 10, 1941 its name was changed to Bridger National Forest. In 1973 Bridger National Forest was administratively combined with Teton National Forest, creating Bridger-Teton National Forest.
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Grantsville National Forest Grantsville National Forest was established as the Grantsville Forest Reserve by the General Land Office in Utah on May 6, 1904 with 68690 acre . After the transfer of federal forests to the U.S. Forest Service in 1905, it became a National Forest on March 4, 1907. On July 1, 1908 Grantsville was combined with Wasatch National Forest and the name was discontinued. The lands are presently included in Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest.
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Sheep Mountain Wilderness Sheep Mountain Wilderness is a wilderness area of 41883 acre within the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument and managed by the Angeles National Forest. It is within Los Angeles County and San Bernardino County, southern California.
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Castle Rocks State Park Castle Rocks State Park is a state park in Cassia County, Idaho, United States. The park is located in Big Cove at the base of Cache Peak in the Albion Mountains. In 2000 the Castle Rock Ranch Acquisition Act was passed, and money from the Conservation and Access funds were used to purchase the private ranch at Castle Rocks. The park was expanded by 200 acre in 2007. The park is located next to the Albion Division of Sawtooth National Forest and about 1.5 mi from the border of City of Rocks National Reserve.
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Weminuche Wilderness The Weminuche Wilderness is a wilderness area in southwest Colorado managed by the United States Forest Service as part of the San Juan National Forest on the west side of the Continental Divide and the Rio Grande National Forest on the east side of the divide. It is about 5 mi south east of the town of Silverton and about 15 mi northeast of Durango. At 488210 acre , it is the largest wilderness area in the state of Colorado. The wilderness was named after the Weminuche Indians.
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Washington National Forest Washington National Forest was established by the General Land Office as the Washington Forest Reserve in Washington on February 22, 1897 with 3594240 acre . After the transfer of federal forests to the U.S. Forest Service in 1905, it became a National Forest on March 4, 1907. On July 1, 1908, Chelan National Forest was established with a portion of Washington. On January 21, 1924 Washington was renamed Mount Baker National Forest. The lands presently exist as Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest.
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Grassy Knob Wilderness Grassy Knob Wilderness is a wilderness area in the Klamath Mountains of southwestern Oregon, within the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest. It was designated wilderness by the United States Congress in 1984 and now comprises a total of 17200 acre . Like most wilderness areas in Oregon, Grassy Knob is managed by the Forest Service.
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Lone Peak Wilderness The Lone Peak Wilderness is a 30088 acre wilderness area located within the Uinta and the Wasatch-Cache National Forest in the U.S. state of Utah.
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Highwood Mountains National Forest Highwood Mountains National Forest was established as the Highwood Mountains Forest Reserve by the U.S. Forest Service in Montana on April 12, 1906 with 45080 acre . It became a National Forest on March 4, 1907. On July 1, 1908 the entire forest was combined with Little Belt, Snowy Mountains and Little Rockies National Forests to establish Jefferson National Forest (Montana) and the name was discontinued. The lands are now included in Lewis and Clark National Forest.
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Owens Peak Owens Peak is the highest point in the southern Sierra Nevada Mountains at more than 8,400 feet. The peak stands near the center of the Owens Peak Wilderness which was designated by United States Congress in 1994, and it now has a total of 74060 acre . The eastern watershed of Owens Peak is composed of three main canyons: Grapevine Canyon, Short Canyon, and Indian Wells Canyon (north to south, respectively). The Sierra Nevada meets the Great Basin and the Mojave Desert here, creating an unusual ecosystem.
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Sandia Mountain Wilderness Sandia Mountain Wilderness, part of Cibola National Forest, is located east of Albuquerque, New Mexico, and comprises much of Sandia Mountains. It became part of the National Wilderness Preservation System in 1978 by an act of the United States Congress and has a total of 37877 acre .