Kobuk Valley Wilderness

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Kobuk Valley Wilderness
IUCN category Ib (wilderness area)

Location	Kobuk Valley National Park, Alaska, USA
Coordinates	67°11′0″N 158°46′0″W / 67.18333°N 158.76667°W / 67.18333; -158.76667Coordinates: 67°11′0″N 158°46′0″W / 67.18333°N 158.76667°W / 67.18333; -158.76667
Area	174,545 acres (70,636 ha)
Established	1980 (1980)
Governing body	National Park Service

Kobuk Valley Wilderness is a wilderness area in Alaska, United States. It is part of the Kobuk Valley National Park. The wilderness lies 26 miles (42 km) north of the Arctic Circle and enclosed by the Baird Mountains and Waring Mountains mountains, the climate has changed little (or not at all) since the late Pleistocene era. Remnant flora grow as reminders of the vast Arctic steppe tundra that once bridged present-day Alaska and Asia.

References

Kobuk Valley Wilderness.Wilderness.net.

Protected areas of Alaska

Federal

National Parks	Denali Gates of the Arctic Glacier Bay Katmai Kenai Fjords Kobuk Valley Lake Clark Wrangell-St. Elias

National Historical Parks	Klondike Gold Rush Sitka

National Monuments	Admiralty Island (USFS) Aniakchak Cape Krusenstern Misty Fiords (USFS) World War II Valor in the Pacific

National Preserves	Bering Land Bridge Noatak Yukon-Charley Rivers

National Wildlife Refuges	Alaska Maritime Alaska Peninsula Arctic Becharof Innoko Izembek Kanuti Kenai Kodiak Koyukuk Nowitna Saint Lazaria Selawik Tetlin Togiak Yukon Delta Yukon Flats

National Forests	Chugach Tongass

Forest Service units	Mendenhall Glacier Recreation Area

U.S. Wilderness Areas	Aleutian Islands Andreafsky Becharof Bering Sea Bogoslof Chamisso Chuck River Coronation Island Denali Endicott River Forrester Island Gates of the Arctic Glacier Bay Hazy Islands Innoko Izembek Karta River Katmai Kenai Kobuk Valley Kootznoowoo Koyukuk Kuiu Lake Clark Maurille Islands Misty Fjords Mollie Beattie Noatak Nunivak Petersburg Creek-Duncan Salt Chuck Pleasant/Lemusurier/Inian Islands Russell Fjord Saint Lazaria Selawik Semidi Simeonof South Baranof South Etolin South Prince of Wales Stikine-LeConte Tebenkof Bay Togiak Tracy Arm-Fords Terror Tuxedni Unimak Warren Island West Chichagof-Yakobi Wrangell-Saint Elias

National Conservation Area	Steese

State

State Parks	Afognak Island State Park Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve Baranof Castle Hill State Historic Site Birch Lake State Recreation Site Chena River State Recreation Area Chena River State Recreation Site Chugach State Park Deep Creek State Recreation Area Denali State Park Kachemak Bay State Park Totem Bight State Historical Park Wood-Tikchik State Park

State Forests	Haines Tanana Valley

Alaska Department of Natural Resources

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