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The Lost Creek Wilderness is a 119,790-acre (485 km 2) wilderness area located in central Colorado in Jefferson and Park counties, south of the town of Bailey. The area is situated entirely within the boundaries of the Pike National Forest. The Lost Creek Scenic Area is a 16,798-acre National Natural Landmark within the Wilderness.
Bison Peak is the highest summit of the Tarryall Mountains range in the Rocky Mountains of North America.Officially designated Bison Mountain, [1] the prominent 12,432-foot (3,789 m) peak is located in the Lost Creek Wilderness of Pike National Forest, 8.1 miles (13.1 km) north by west (bearing 352°) of the community of Tarryall in Park County, Colorado, United States.
The forest encompasses 1,106,604 acres (4,478 km 2) within Clear Creek, Teller, Park, Jefferson, Douglas and El Paso counties. The major rivers draining the forest are the South Platte and Fountain Creek. Rampart Reservoir is a large artificial body of water located within the forest. The forest is named after American explorer Zebulon Pike.
The state park was created in 1957 [3] and features limestone cliffs and multi-colored rock formations that rise 1,200 feet (370 m) above a narrow canyon floor. A short walking trail leads to Lost Creek Falls, which plunge 50 feet (15 m).
Lost Trail National Wildlife Refuge is a 8,834-acre (3,575 ha) National Wildlife Refuge of the United States located in Montana. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Established in 1999, it is one of the newest National Wildlife Refuges in the U.S. and is managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service , an agency of the U.S. Department of the Interior .
The area is downstream from the Tar Creek Superfund Site, […] — The Eastern Shawnee Tribe is celebrating a multi-agency effort to restore a creek that runs through their land.
Emigrants marked their path on this juniper limb, found southeast of present-day Redmond, Oregon.The limb is now on display in the Deschutes County Museum. Meek Cutoff was a horse trail road that branched off the Oregon Trail in northeastern Oregon and was used as an alternate emigrant route to the Willamette Valley in the mid-19th century.
Adjacent to Barton Creek Greenbelt is a popular site for cavers: Airmen's Cave, which, at two miles (3 km), is the longest cave in Travis County. [2] [3] After many novice spelunkers became lost exploring the cave and required rescue, the entrance to the cave was sealed by a locked steel grate. Airmen's Cave has scheduled openings for guided ...