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  2. Gila National Forest - Wikipedia

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    The Gila Wilderness was the first area to bear that designation in the country and the world. When it was designated on June 3, 1924, it included 755,000 at the core of the Gila National Forest. When the Gila Wilderness was designated in 1924, it was 40 years before the Wilderness Act established a national policy of wilderness preservation.

  3. Gila Wilderness - Wikipedia

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    Gila Wilderness was designated the world's first wilderness area on June 3, 1924. [1] Along with Aldo Leopold Wilderness and Blue Range Wilderness, the 558,014 acre (225,820 ha) (872 sq. mi.) wilderness is part of New Mexico's Gila National Forest. The wilderness is approximately 27 miles (43 km) from north to south and 39 miles (63 km) east to ...

  4. Whitewater Baldy - Wikipedia

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    It is located in Catron County in the Gila Wilderness, part of the Gila National Forest. It lies about 15 miles (24 km) east of the town of Glenwood (on U.S. Route 180 ). Like all of the surrounding mountains, Whitewater Baldy is part of the Mogollon-Datil volcanic field , and consists of volcanic materials formed between forty and twenty-five ...

  5. Gila Wilderness turns 100: A trailblazer by remaining unchanged

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    Jun. 2—SILVER CITY — While hiking a ridgeline trail, one's vision of the Gila Wilderness can be funneled like the wind between towering green hills and craggy mesas. It's a phenomenon that ...

  6. Blue Range Wilderness - Wikipedia

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    Blue Range Wilderness, along with Aldo Leopold Wilderness and Gila Wilderness, is part of Gila National Forest. It is located on the western border of New Mexico and west of U.S. Route 180 between Reserve and Glenwood. The wilderness is crossed by the Mogollon Rim. It became part of the National Wilderness Preservation System in 1980. [2]

  7. In the rugged wilderness: Filmmakers chronicle students' Gila ...

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    Feb. 17—In the wild and rugged backcountry of southwestern New Mexico there is an extraordinary expanse of untouched land — the Gila National Forest and the surrounding wild lands.

  8. Aldo Leopold Wilderness - Wikipedia

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    Aldo Leopold Wilderness, along with Gila Wilderness and Blue Range Wilderness, is part of New Mexico's Gila National Forest.It became part of the National Wilderness Preservation System in 1980 by an act of the United States Congress and has a total of 202,016 acres (81,753 ha) (316 sq. mi.). [1]

  9. Mogollon Mountains - Wikipedia

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    Most of the Mogollon Mountains range is protected within the Gila Wilderness, in the Gila National Forest. The highest point in the range is Whitewater Baldy which, at 10,895 ft (3,321 m), is the highest point in southwestern New Mexico. The range also contains five other peaks over 10,000 feet, most notably Mogollon Baldy 10,778 ft (3,285 m).