Joyce Kilmer-Slickrock Wilderness
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| Joyce Kilmer-Slickrock Wilderness | |
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| IUCN Category Ib (Wilderness Area) | |
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| Location | North Carolina, USA |
| Nearest city | Tapoco, North Carolina |
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| Area | 17,394 acres (70 km²) |
| Established | 1975 |
| Governing body | U.S. Forest Service |
Joyce Kilmer-Slickrock Wilderness, created in 1975, covers 17,394 acres (70 km²) in the Nantahala National Forest in western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee, in the watersheds of the Slickrock and Little Santeetlah Creeks. It is named after Joyce Kilmer, author of "Trees." The Little Santeetlah watershed contains the largest old growth forest in the United States east of the Mississippi River, the Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest.
The wilderness borders the Citico Creek Wilderness, which lies within the Cherokee National Forest in Tennessee.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Joyce Kilmer-Slickrock Wilderness, Wilderness.net website
- Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest, Graham County, North Carolina
- Webcam View of Joyce Kilmer - Slickrock Wilderness
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