List of Oregon Wildernesses

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Wilderness areas are shown in dark green; most are within National Forests (light green)

List of Oregon Wildernesses lists all 47 designated wildernesses in the U.S. state of Oregon.[1] [2][3] [4] [5]

Wilderness name acres designated administered by notes
Badger Creek 24,000 1984 USFS [4]
Black Canyon 13,400 1984 USFS [4]
Boulder Creek 19,100 1984 USFS [4]
Bridge Creek 5,400 1984 USFS [4]
Bull of the Woods 27,427 1984 USFS [4]
Clackamas 9,470 2009 USFS [4]
Copper Salmon 13,700 2009 USFS [5]
Cummins Creek 9,173 1984 USFS [4]
Diamond Peak 54,185 1964 USFS [4]
Drift Creek 5,798 1984 USFS [4]
Eagle Cap 350,461 1964 USFS [4]
Gearhart Mountain 22,809 1964 USFS [4]
Grassy Knob 17,200 1984 USFS [4]
Hells Canyon 214,944 (total)
131,133 (Oregon)		 1975, June 26, 1984 BLM+USFS [4][1]
Kalmiopsis 179,755 1964 USFS [4]
Lower White River 2,870 2009 BLM+USFS [4][1]
Mark O. Hatfield 39,000 1984 USFS [4]
Menagerie 4,800 1984 USFS [4]
Middle Santiam 7,500 1984 USFS [4]
Mill Creek 17,400 1984 USFS [4]
Monument Rock 19,650 1984 USFS [4]
Mount Hood 47,160 1964 USFS [4]
Mount Jefferson 107,008 1968 USFS [4]
Mount Thielsen 54,267 1984 USFS [4]
Mount Washington 52,738 1964 USFS [4]
Mountain Lakes 23,071 1964 USFS [4]
North Fork John Day 121,352 1984 USFS [4]
North Fork Umatilla 20,435 1984 USFS [4]
Opal Creek 20,733 1996 USFS [4]
Oregon Islands 925.06 October 23, 1970, October 11, 1978, November 12, 1996 USFWS [2]
Oregon Badlands 29,301 2009 BLM [5]
Red Buttes 19,940 (total)
3,750 (Oregon)		 1984 USFS [4]
Roaring River 36,500 2009 USFS [6]
Rock Creek 7,486 1984 USFS [4]
Rogue–Umpqua Divide 33,200 1984 USFS [4]
Salmon–Huckleberry 44,560 1984 USFS [4]
Sky Lakes 116,300 1984 USFS [4]
Soda Mountain 23,000 2009 BLM [5]
Spring Basin 6,382 2009 BLM [5]
Steens Mountain 170,025 October 30, 2000 BLM [1]
Strawberry Mountain 69,350 1964 USFS [4]
Table Rock 5,500 June 26, 1984 BLM [4]
Three Arch Rocks 15 October 23, 1970 USFWS+USFS [2][4] first NWR west of Mississippi 1907
Three Sisters 286,708 1964 USFS [4]
Waldo Lake 39,200 1984 USFS [4]
Wenaha–Tucannon 177,423 (total)
66,375 (Oregon)		 1978 USFS [4]
Wild Rogue 35,818 February 24, 1978 BLM+USFS [3]
Total (acres) 2,395,390.06 (Oregon) 2,606,439.06 (total)
Total (square miles) 3742.8 (Oregon) 4072.56 (total)
Total (square km} 9693.84 (Oregon) 10547.93 (total)

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d Wilderness Database Details, October 2006
  2. ^ a b c Wilderness Areas
  3. ^ a b Wilderness.net- Wilderness Areas by State
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an Places - USFS History - Forest History Society
  5. ^ a b c d e "Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009". Library of Congress THOMAS. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.uscongress/legislation.111hr146. Retrieved 2009-04-01. 
  6. ^ Preusch, Matthew (April 6, 2009). "No cars, no roads, no kidding". The Oregonian. http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/04/roaring_river_wilderness_area.html. Retrieved 2009-04-07. 
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