Flat Tops Wilderness Area

Flat Tops Wilderness
IUCN Category Ib (Wilderness Area)
Location	Garfield / Rio Blanco / Eagle counties, Colorado, USA
Nearest city	Grand Junction, CO
Coordinates	39°56′56″N 107°15′58″W
Area	235,214 acres (951.88 km2)
Established	January 1, 1975
Governing body	U.S. Forest Service

Sunrise over the Flat Tops range.

The Flat Tops Wilderness Area is the second largest U.S. Wilderness Area in Colorado. It is 235,214 acres (951.88 km²), with 38,870 acres (157.3 km²) in Routt National Forest and 196,344 acres (794.58 km²) in White River National Forest. It was designated a wilderness area in 1975. Trappers Lake, located in the north of the area, was the lake that inspired Arthur Carhart, a U.S. Forest service official, to plea for wilderness preservation.

Colorado with Flat Tops Wilderness in red

External links

• Flat Tops Wilderness Information at the Flat Tops Scenic Byway.
• Flat Tops Wilderness at Wilderness.net.
• Flat Tops Wilderness Page at the USDA Forest Service.