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The John Muir Wilderness is a wilderness area that extends along the crest of the Sierra Nevada of California for 90 miles (140 km), in the Inyo and Sierra National Forests. [2] Established in 1964 by the Wilderness Act and named for naturalist John Muir , it encompasses 652,793 acres (2,641.76 km 2 ). [ 1 ]
California State Route 178 connects the town of Lake Isabella to State Highway 14 in the east, crossing Walker Pass at the north boundary of the wilderness. The Kiavah Wilderness was created in 1994 with the passage of the California Desert Protection Act ( Public Law 103–433), is jointly managed by the U.S. Forest Service and the Bureau of ...
The wilderness areas are managed by the US Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, US Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Park Service. Rarely, if ever, are designated wilderness areas stand alone protected areas, and thus their areas are, in all likelihood, already accounted for in the various agencies' inventories.
The highest point is Mount Pleasant (7,054 ft [3]). Of the 13 cirques in the area, the one-mile (1.6 km)-wide Silver Lake is the largest, located below Spanish Peak of the Sierra crest, just outside the wilderness boundary. The North Fork Feather River canyon forms the north boundary and the wilderness includes its 6-mile (9.7 km)-long canyon wall.
Of the three new "primitive areas" located in northern California, the Middle Eel–Yolla Bolla Primitive Area was the largest at 200,000 acres (81,000 ha). The size was reduced to 107,195 acres (43,380 ha) in 1931. By the close of 1932 California had eighteen new primitive areas protecting 1,900,000 acres (770,000 ha). [6]
The fire has scorched 254 acres and is 15 percent contained
The highest point on the trail is the southern terminus, Mount Whitney, at 14,505 feet (4,421 m), [25] which is also the highest point in the contiguous United States. [ 27 ] [ 24 ] The trail stays at high elevations, mostly above 8,000 feet (2,400 m) [ 1 ] and with the exception of the first 7 miles directly south of the trail's northern ...
The Chimney Peak Wilderness is a 13,134-acre (53.15 km 2) [1] wilderness area located 20 miles (32 km) northwest of Ridgecrest, in southeastern Tulare County, California. The 1994 California Desert Protection Act (Public Law 103–433) created the wilderness and it is managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Department of the Interior.