Mountain Lakes Wilderness
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Mountain Lakes Wilderness | |
|---|---|
| IUCN Category Ib (Wilderness Area) | |
  |
|
| Location: | Oregon, USA |
| Nearest city: | Klamath Falls, Oregon |
| Coordinates: | |
| Area: | 23,071 acre (9,337 ha) |
| Established: | September 3, 1964 |
| Governing body: | U.S. Forest Service |
The Mountain Lakes Wilderness is located in the Fremont-Winema National Forests in the southern Cascade Range of Oregon, USA. It surrounds a cluster of four overlapping shield volcanoes, the highest of which is 8208 ft (2502 m) Aspen Butte. Over 20 small lakes lie nestled along the bottoms of several large large cirques carved by Ice Age glaciers near the summits of the volcanoes.
The Mountain Lakes Wilderness is unique among United States wilderness areas in that it is the only one whose borders form a square, occupying the 36 mi² (93 km²) area of a single survey township.
[edit] References
- Carver, Gary Allen (1972). Glacial Geology of the Mountain Lakes Wilderness and Adjacent Parts of the Cascade Range Oregon. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Washington.
[edit] External links
- Fremont-Winema National Forests: Mountain Lakes Wilderness (official USFS site) Caveat: Please note the story of the geological origin of the Mountain Lakes Wilderness presented on the USFS site is not correct; see the reference above (Carver, 1972) for an accurate geological history.
 |
This Oregon location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
