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Capitan Mountains Wilderness is a 35,067-acre (14,191 ha) Wilderness area located within the Lincoln National Forest in New Mexico. The area was added to the National Wilderness Preservation System on December 19, 1980 by Public Law 96-550. Located in the Capitan Mountains, this area is recognized as the birthplace of Smokey Bear. [1]
The Capitan Mountains Wilderness was created as part of the New Mexico Wilderness Act of 1980 (Public law 96-550), passed in December 1980, which placed 34,000 acres of public lands in the rugged mountains north of Lincoln and north-east of Capitan into the National Wilderness Preservation System. [33]
The small town of Capitan is on the southwestern side of the mountain and is the location of Smokey Bear Historical Park. This is the park that memorializes the famous bear that was rescued from the Capitan Gap Fire in the Capitan Mountains. The highest point in the range is an unnamed peak reaching 10,201 feet (3139 m) which is 118 feet (36 m ...
Albuquerque Valley; Animas Valley; Big Hatchet Peak; Brushy Mountain; Caballo Lake State Park; Capitan Mountains Wilderness; Chupadera Mesa, Chupadera, New Mexico
Ah-Shi-Sle-Pah Wilderness Study Area; Barber Peak; Bennett Peak; Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness; Cathedral Cliff; City of Rocks State Park, Grant County; Echo Amphitheater; El Morro National Monument; Ford Butte; Kneeling Nun, Hanover, Grant County; Mitten Rock; Natural Bridge, Corona, Lincoln County; Navajo Church; Needles Eye, Cooney, Catron County
Map of Point Reyes National Seashore, with the wilderness area in green. Point Reyes National Seashore is a 71,028-acre (287.44 km 2) park preserve located on the Point Reyes Peninsula in Marin County, California.
El Capitan is a mountain summit in the Bitterroot Range of Montana. The peak is located in the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness on land managed by the Bitterroot National Forest . The summit lies 12 miles west of the town of Darby, Montana , and three miles east of the Idaho–Montana border.
Cooke's Range BLM Wilderness Study Area. The Cookes Range (Cooke's Range, Cooks Range or Cook's Range) is a small, 17-mi (27 km) long [1] mountain range in northern Luna County, New Mexico, which extends slightly north into southeastern Grant County.