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The Carson–Iceberg Wilderness is a federal wilderness area located 80 miles (130 km) northeast of Stockton, California. It encompasses 160,000 acres (650 km 2 ) [ 1 ] and was designated by the California Wilderness Act of 1984 .
The Caribou Wilderness is a federally designated wilderness area created by the Wilderness Act of 1964 and is part of the National Wilderness Preservation System. It is located 60 miles (97 km) east of Redding in the state of California , United States.
There are 149 wilderness areas in California totaling just over 15,000,000 acres (61,000 km 2). [9] The largest is Death Valley Wilderness at 3,055,413 acres (12,364.82 km 2 ), the largest federally designated wilderness in the continental United States, and the smallest is the Rocks and Islands Wilderness at 19 acres (77,000 m 2 ).
The Hetch Hetchy to Lake Vernon Trail in Yosemite starts from the parking lot close to the O'Shaughnessy Dam at the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir, and goes to Lake Vernon through the Yosemite Wilderness. Staying overnight requires a wilderness permit which can be obtained at the Hetch Hetchy ranger station or reserved online.
The Kaiser Wilderness stretches along an east–west ridge and is separated from the High Sierra by the South Fork San Joaquin River canyon. It is a miniature version of the Sierra, with elevations from 7,200 feet (2,200 m) to 10,320 feet (3,150 m) at Kaiser Peak , and is composed of glacier-scoured granite blocks, cirques , lakes, granitic ...
The Mokelumne Wilderness is a 105,165-acre (164 sq mi; 426 km 2) [1] federally designated wilderness area located 70 miles (110 km) east of Sacramento, California.It is within the boundaries of three national forests: Stanislaus, Eldorado and Toiyabe.
On November 29, 2012, Salazar announced that he would not renew the permit, citing the original intent of the Point Reyes Wilderness Act to designate the area as wilderness upon the removal of the oyster farm. [44] Salazar visited the farm the previous week and later personally phoned the farm's owner to give him the news. [47]
It is situated entirely in California, bordered by the Hauser Wilderness to the south. [2] Vegetation consists primarily of chaparral (dominated by chamise and scrub oak) with oak woodland along stream bottoms. [3] Wilderness permits are required for both day and overnight use. [3]