Clackamas Wilderness Explained

Clackamas Wilderness
Iucn Category:Ib
Iucn Ref:[1]
Map:Oregon#USA
Location:Clackamas County, Oregon, USA
Nearest City:Detroit, Oregon
Established:2009

The Clackamas Wilderness is a wilderness area located in the Mount Hood National Forest in the northwestern Cascades of Oregon, United States. Created by the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, it consists of .[2] [3] The wilderness is made up of five different tracts of lands with no roads on a 50miles stretch on both sides of the Clackamas River. These areas include Big Bottom, Memaloose Lake, Clackamas Canyon, Sisi Butte and South Fork Clackamas. It has some of the biggest trees in northwest Oregon. Memaloose Lake is a very popular hiking trail that leads through a forest to the lake, and then continues a mile up to a viewpoint on to up South Fork Mountain.[3] [4]

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Notes and References

  1. https://www.protectedplanet.net/555586198 Protected Planet Website
  2. Web site: Clackamas Wilderness, Oregon. Public Lands Information Center. January 27, 2012.
  3. Web site: Clackamas Wilderness. Wilderness.net. January 27, 2012.
  4. News: Into the Wilds: A look around the state at the new wilderness areas designated by Congress. Sullivan. William L.. The Register-Guard. April 21, 2009. January 27, 2012.