Twin Peaks Wilderness

Twin Peaks Wilderness
IUCN category Ib (wilderness area)

Location	Salt Lake County, Utah, United States
Nearest city	Sandy, UT
Coordinates	40°36′03″N 111°43′12″W / 40.60095°N 111.71999°W / 40.60095; -111.71999Coordinates: 40°36′03″N 111°43′12″W / 40.60095°N 111.71999°W / 40.60095; -111.71999
Area	11,396 acres (46.1 km²)
Established	1984
Governing body	U.S. Forest Service

Twin Peaks Wilderness is a 11,396 acres (46.12 km²) wilderness area in the Wasatch Range of Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest in Salt Lake County, Utah.^[1] The Mount Olympus Wilderness is directly north of the Twin Peaks Wilderness and separated by Utah State Route 190. The Lone Peak Wilderness is directly to the south and separated by Utah State Route 210. Elevations in the wilderness range from under 5,000 feet (1,500 m) to 11,319 feet (3,450 m) on Twin Peaks.

References

↑ "Twin Peaks Wilderness". Wilderness.net. Archived from the original on February 23, 2013. Retrieved May 28, 2012.

Protected areas of Utah

Federal

National Parks	Arches Bryce Canyon Canyonlands Capitol Reef Zion

NPS National Monuments	Cedar Breaks Dinosaur Hovenweep Natural Bridges Rainbow Bridge Timpanogos Cave

National Historic Site	Golden Spike

National Recreation Area	Glen Canyon

National Historic Trail	Mormon Pioneer

National Forests	Ashley Caribou-Targhee Dixie Fishlake Manti-La Sal Sawtooth Uinta-Wasatch-Cache

Forest Service areas	Desert Biosphere Reserve Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area

National Wildlife Refuges	Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge Fish Springs Ouray

National Conservation Areas	Beaver Dam Wash Red Cliffs

BLM National Monument	Grand Staircase-Escalante

U.S. Wilderness Areas	Ashdown Gorge Beartrap Canyon Beaver Dam Mountains Black Ridge Canyons Blackridge Box-Death Hollow Canaan Mountain Cedar Mountain Cottonwood Canyon Cottonwood Forest Cougar Canyon Dark Canyon Deep Creek Deep Creek North Deseret Peak Doc's Pass Goose Creek High Uintas LaVerkin Creek Lone Peak Mount Naomi Mount Nebo Mount Olympus Mount Timpanogos Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Pine Valley Mountain Red Butte Red Mountains Slaughter Creek Taylor Creek Twin Peaks Wellsville Mountain Zion

State

State Parks Northern Region	Antelope Island Bear Lake Camp Floyd/Stagecoach Inn Deer Creek East Canyon Flight Park Great Salt Lake Historic Union Pacific Rail Trail Hyrum Jordan River OHV Park Jordanelle Red Fleet Rockport Starvation Steinaker Utah Field House of Natural History Utah Lake Wasatch Mountain Willard Bay

State Parks Central Region	Fremont Indian Goblin Valley Green River Huntington Millsite Palisade Scofield Territorial Statehouse Yuba

State Parks Southern Region	Anasazi Coral Pink Sand Dunes Dead Horse Point Edge of the Cedars Escalante Petrified Forest Frontier Homestead Goosenecks Gunlock Kodachrome Basin Otter Creek Piute Quail Creek Sand Hollow Snow Canyon

Utah State Parks and Recreation

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Twin Peaks Wilderness

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