List of Oregon Wildernesses

Oregon's public lands as of 1996
National Forest wilderness
National Forest
National Recreation Area, Scenic Area, or Volcanic Monument
Bureau of Land Management administered lands
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
National Park
List of Oregon Wildernesses lists all 47 designated wildernesses in the U.S. state of Oregon.[1][2][3][4][5]
Wilderness name | acres | designated | administered by | notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Badger Creek | 24,000 | 1984 | USFS | [4] |
Black Canyon | 13,400 | 1984 | USFS | [4] |
Boulder Creek | 19,100 | 1984 | USFS | [4] |
Bridge Creek | 5,400 | 1984 | USFS | [4] |
Bull of the Woods | 27,427 | 1984 | USFS | [4] |
Clackamas | 9,470 | 2009 | USFS | [4] |
Copper Salmon | 13,700 | 2009 | USFS | [5] |
Cummins Creek | 9,173 | 1984 | USFS | [4] |
Diamond Peak | 54,185 | 1964 | USFS | [4] |
Drift Creek | 5,798 | 1984 | USFS | [4] |
Eagle Cap | 350,461 | 1964 | USFS | [4] |
Gearhart Mountain | 22,809 | 1964 | USFS | [4] |
Grassy Knob | 17,200 | 1984 | USFS | [4] |
Hells Canyon | 214,944 (total) 131,133 (Oregon) | 1984, 1975 | BLM+USFS | [1][4] |
Kalmiopsis | 179,755 | 1964 | USFS | [4] |
Lower White River | 2,870 | 2009 | BLM+USFS | [1][4] |
Mark O. Hatfield | 39,000 | 1984 | USFS | [4] |
Menagerie | 4,800 | 1984 | USFS | [4] |
Middle Santiam | 7,500 | 1984 | USFS | [4] |
Mill Creek | 17,400 | 1984 | USFS | [4] |
Monument Rock | 19,650 | 1984 | USFS | [4] |
Mount Hood | 47,160 | 1964 | USFS | [4] |
Mount Jefferson | 107,008 | 1968 | USFS | [4] |
Mount Thielsen | 54,267 | 1984 | USFS | [4] |
Mount Washington | 52,738 | 1964 | USFS | [4] |
Mountain Lakes | 23,071 | 1964 | USFS | [4] |
North Fork John Day | 121,352 | 1984 | USFS | [4] |
North Fork Umatilla | 20,435 | 1984 | USFS | [4] |
Opal Creek | 20,733 | 1996 | USFS | [4] |
Oregon Islands | 925.06 | 1996 November 12 , 1970 October 23 , 1978 October 11 | USFWS | [2] |
Oregon Badlands | 29,301 | 2009 | BLM | [5] |
Red Buttes | 19,940 (total) 3,750 (Oregon) | 1984 | USFS | [4] |
Roaring River | 36,500 | 2009 | USFS | [6] |
Rock Creek | 7,486 | 1984 | USFS | [4] |
Rogue–Umpqua Divide | 33,200 | 1984 | USFS | [4] |
Salmon–Huckleberry | 44,560 | 1984 | USFS | [4] |
Sky Lakes | 116,300 | 1984 | USFS | [4] |
Soda Mountain | 23,000 | 2009 | BLM | [5] |
Spring Basin | 6,382 | 2009 | BLM | [5] |
Steens Mountain | 170,025 | 2000 October 30 | BLM | [1] |
Strawberry Mountain | 69,350 | 1964 | USFS | [4] |
Table Rock | 5,500 | 1984 June 26 | BLM | [4] |
Three Arch Rocks | 15 | 1970 October 23 | USFWS+USFS | [2][4] first NWR west of Mississippi 1907 |
Three Sisters | 286,708 | 1964 | USFS | [4] |
Waldo Lake | 39,200 | 1984 | USFS | [4] |
Wenaha–Tucannon | 177,423 (total) 66,375 (Oregon) | 1978 | USFS | [4] |
Wild Rogue | 35,818 | 1978 February 24 | BLM+USFS | [3] |
Total (acres) | 2,395,390.06 (Oregon) | 2,606,439.06 (total) | ||
Total (square miles) | 3742.8 (Oregon) | 4072.56 (total) | ||
Total (square km) | 9693.84 (Oregon) | 10547.93 (total) |
See also
References
- 1 2 3 4 Wilderness Database Details, October 2006
- 1 2 3 Wilderness Areas
- 1 2 Wilderness.net- Wilderness Areas by State
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 Places - USFS History - Forest History Society
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009". Library of Congress THOMAS. Retrieved 2009-04-01.
- ↑ Preusch, Matthew (April 6, 2009). "No cars, no roads, no kidding". The Oregonian. Retrieved 2009-04-07.
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