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Three Arch Rocks National Wildlife Refuge
Three Arch Rocks National Wildlife Refuge is a U.S. National Wildlife Refuge off the northern Oregon Coast. It is located on the central coast of Tillamook County, in the northwestern part of Oregon. It is one of six National Wildlife Refuges within...
Date Established:
- Oct 14, 1907
Eagle Cap Wilderness
Eagle Cap Wilderness is a wilderness area located in the Wallowa Mountains of northeastern Oregon (United States), within the Wallowa–Whitman National Forest. The Wilderness was established in 1940. In 1964, it was included in the National...
Date Established:
- 1940
Size:
- 1,462.72007 km² (564.759375 mi² )
Mount Hood Wilderness
The Mount Hood Wilderness is a protected wilderness area inside the Mount Hood National Forest which is located in the U.S. state of Oregon. The area, covering 67,320 acres (27,240 ha), includes the peak of Mount Hood and its upper slopes, and...
Date Established:
- 1964
Size:
- 190.84975 km² (73.6875 mi² )
Diamond Peak Wilderness
The Diamond Peak Wilderness is a wilderness area straddling the Cascade crest and includes the Diamond Peak Volcano. It is located within two National Forests - the Willamette National Forest on the west and the Deschutes National Forest on the east...
Date Established:
- 1964
Size:
- 211.80032 km² (81.776562 mi² )
Strawberry Mountain Wilderness Area
Strawberry Mountain Wilderness is a wilderness area of the Strawberry Mountain Range, within Malheur National Forest in the Blue Mountains of east Oregon. The area comprises 69,350 acres (28,060 ha), including mountain peaks and several lakes, and...
Date Established:
- 1964
Size:
- 280.64949 km² (108.35937 mi² )
Mt. Washington Wilderness
The Mount Washington Wilderness is a wilderness area located on and around Mount Washington in the central Cascade Range of Oregon in the United States. The Wilderness Area was established in 1964 and comprises 52,516 acres (213 km) of the...
Date Established:
- 1964
Kalmiopsis Wilderness
Kalmiopsis Wilderness is a wilderness area in the Klamath Mountains of southwestern Oregon, within the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest. It was designated wilderness by the United States Congress in 1964 and now comprises a total of 179,755...
Date Established:
- 1964
Size:
- 727.44268 km² (280.86719 mi² )
Gearhart Mountain Wilderness
Gearhart Mountain Wilderness is a wilderness area located within the Fremont National Forest in Lake County and Klamath County, south-central Oregon. This area was established in 1943 as a Wild Area and designated as Wilderness with the Wilderness...
Date Established:
- 1964
Size:
- 92.3614 km² (35.6609 mi² )
Three Sisters Wilderness
The Three Sisters Wilderness is a wilderness area in the Cascade Range, within the Willamette and Deschutes National Forests in Oregon. It comprises 286,708 acres (1,160 km²), making it the second largest Wilderness area in Oregon. It was...
Date Established:
- Jan 1, 1964
Mountain Lakes Wilderness
The Mountain Lakes Wilderness is a wilderness area located in the Fremont–Winema National Forests in the southern Cascade Range of Oregon, USA. It surrounds a cluster of four overlapping shield volcanoes, the highest of which is 8,208 ft (2,502 m)...
Date Established:
- Sep 3, 1964
Hells Canyon Wilderness
The Hells Canyon Wilderness is a wilderness area located in the U.S. states of Idaho and Oregon. Created in 1975, the Wilderness is managed by both the U.S. Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Forest Service and contains some of the most...
Date Established:
- 1975
Size:
- 886.28584 km² (342.19687 mi² )
Wild Rogue Wilderness
The Wild Rogue Wilderness is a wilderness area surrounding the eighty-four mile (135 km) Wild and Scenic portion of the Rogue River in southwestern Oregon, U.S. to protect the watershed. The Wilderness was established in 1987 and now comprises 35...
Date Established:
- 1978
Size:
- 144.9503 km² (55.96563 mi² )
Drift Creek Wilderness
Drift Creek Wilderness is a 5,798-acre (2,346 ha) wilderness area in the Siuslaw National Forest on the Oregon Coast. It was created in 1984, along with two other small wilderness areas in the Forest - Cummins Creek Wilderness and Rock Creek...
Date Established:
- 1984
Size:
- 23.46367 km² (9.059375 mi² )
Bull of the Woods Wilderness
The Bull of the Woods Wilderness is a wilderness area located in the Mount Hood National Forest in the northwestern Cascades of Oregon, United States. It was created in 1984 and consists of 37,607 acres (15,219 ha) including prime low-elevation old...
Date Established:
- 1984
Size:
- 110.99313 km² (42.854687 mi² )
Table Rock Wilderness
The Table Rock Wilderness is a small pocket wilderness designated in 1984 in the western Cascade Mountains in northwestern Oregon, United States. The wilderness area protects 5,500 acres (2,200 ha) of mature timber in the Molalla River drainage...
Date Established:
- 1984
Size:
- 22.25771 km² (8.59375 mi² )
Red Buttes Wilderness Area
The Red Buttes Wilderness is a wilderness area in Rogue River National Forest in the U.S. states of Oregon and California. It comprises 19,940 acres (8,070 ha), approximately 16,190 acres (6,550 ha) of which is located in California, and 3,750 acres...
Date Established:
- 1984
Size:
- 80.69432 km² (31.15625 mi² )
Monument Rock Wilderness Area
The Monument Rock Wilderness Area is a wilderness area within the Malheur and Wallowa-Whitman National Forests in Blue Mountains of eastern Oregon. It was designated by the United States Congress in 1984 and comprises 19,650 acres (7,950 ha). There...
Date Established:
- 1984
North Fork John Day Wilderness Area
The North Fork John Day Wilderness is a wilderness area within the Umatilla and Wallowa-Whitman National Forests, in the Blue Mountains of northeastern Oregon.
The Wilderness consists of four separate units: the main 85,000-acre (34,000 ha) unit of...
Date Established:
- 1984
Umatilla Wilderness Area
The North Fork Umatilla Wilderness is a wilderness area located inside the Umatilla National Forest, in the Blue Mountains of northeastern Oregon. It is the smallest wilderness in northeast Oregon, encompassing only 20,144 acres (8,152 ha) in...
Date Established:
- 1984
Cummins Creek Wilderness
The Cummins Creek Wilderness is a 9,300 acres (3,800 ha) wilderness area in the Siuslaw National Forest on the Oregon coast. It is one of three wilderness areas created in the Siuslaw in 1984, along with Drift Creek and Rock Creek. It is "dedicated...
Date Established:
- 1984
Rock Creek Wilderness
The Rock Creek Wilderness is a wilderness area comprising 7,486 acres (3,029 ha) within the Siuslaw National Forest on the Oregon Coast. It was created in 1984, along with the Drift Creek Wilderness and Cummins Creek Wilderness.
Rock Creek...
Date Established:
- 1984
Size:
- 30.29477 km² (11.69687 mi² )
Rogue-Umpqua Divide Wilderness
The Rogue–Umpqua Divide Wilderness is a wilderness area located in the Rogue River – Siskiyou and Umpqua National Forests in the Klamath Mountains of Oregon, United States. It was established by the United States Congress in 1984 and comprises 33...
Date Established:
- 1984
Size:
- 134.35563 km² (51.875 mi² )
Sky Lakes Wilderness
The Sky Lakes Wilderness is a wilderness area located in the Rogue River-Siskiyou and Winema National Forests in the southern Cascade Range of Oregon, U.S.. It comprises 116,300 acres (47,065 ha). 75,695 acres (30,633 ha) of the area are located in...
Date Established:
- 1984
Boulder Creek Wilderness
The Boulder Creek Wilderness is a wilderness area located in the Umpqua National Forest in the southern Cascade Range of Oregon, United States. It was designated by the United States Congress in 1984 and comprises 19,100 acres (7,729 ha).
There are...
Date Established:
- 1984
Menagerie Wilderness
The Menagerie Wilderness is a designated wilderness area located near Mount Washington in the central Cascade Range of Oregon. It is situated near Highway 20 within the Willamette National Forest and is managed by the US Forest Service.
The...
Date Established:
- 1984
Size:
- 20.36783 km² (7.864062 mi² )
Middle Santiam Wilderness
The Middle Santiam Wilderness is a wilderness area located near Mount Washington in the central Cascade Range of Oregon, U.S., within the Willamette National Forest.
The Middle Santiam Wilderness ranges from steep slopes, high peaks, and ridges at...
Date Established:
- 1984
Size:
- 34.56825 km² (13.34687 mi² )
Salmon-Huckleberry Wilderness
The Salmon–Huckleberry Wilderness is a wilderness area located on the southern side of Mount Hood in the northwestern Cascades of Oregon, United States. It lies within the Mount Hood National Forest and comprises 61,340 acres (24,820 ha) of land....
Date Established:
- 1984
Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness
The Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness is a wilderness area located on the northern side of Mount Hood in the northwestern Cascades of the U.S. state of Oregon, near the Columbia River Gorge and within Mount Hood National Forest. Prior to Wilderness...
Date Established:
- 1984
Badger Creek Wilderness
The Badger Creek Wilderness is a 28,140-acre (11,390 ha) wilderness area located east of Mount Hood in the northwestern Cascades of Oregon, United States. It is one of six designated wilderness areas in the Mount Hood National Forest; the others...
Date Established:
- 1984
Size:
- 9.71246 km² (3.75 mi² )
Wenaha-Tucannon Wilderness
The Wenaha–Tucannon Wilderness is a federally designated wilderness area in the Blue Mountains of northeastern Oregon, and southeastern Washington, United States. It was created by the Endangered American Wilderness Act of 1978 and encompasses 177...
Date Established:
- 1984
Size:
- 718.00541 km² (277.22344 mi² )
Waldo Lake Wilderness
Waldo Lake Wilderness is a wilderness area surrounding Waldo Lake in the central Oregon Cascades. It is located within the Willamette National Forest. It was established in 1984 and consists of 37,162 acres (15,039 ha).
Ninety-eight percent of the...
Date Established:
- 1984
Size:
- 150.38928 km² (58.065625 mi² )
Black Canyon Wilderness
Not to be confused with Black Canyon Wilderness (Nevada), which is a separate entity
The Black Canyon Wilderness (Oregon) is a wilderness area in the Ochoco National Forest. It drainage basin of the South Fork of the John Day River. It lies in Grant...
Date Established:
- 1984
Size:
- 54.22788 km² (20.9375 mi² )
Grassy Knob Wilderness
Grassy Knob Wilderness is a wilderness area in the Klamath Mountains of southwestern Oregon, within the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest. It was designated wilderness by the United States Congress in 1984 and now comprises a total of 17,200...
Date Established:
- 1984
Bridge Creek Wilderness
Bridge Creek Wilderness is a wilderness area located in the Ochoco Mountains of central Oregon, within the Ochoco National Forest. It was established in 1984 and comprises 5,400 acres (2,185 ha), making it one of the smallest Wilderness areas in the...
Date Established:
- 1984
Mill Creek Wilderness
Mill Creek Wilderness is a wilderness area located in the Ochoco National Forest of central Oregon. It was established in 1984 and comprises 17,400 acres (7,040 ha). Of the three wilderness areas in the Ochoco National Forest - Mill Creek, Bridge...
Date Established:
- 1984
Opal Creek Wilderness
The Opal Creek Wilderness is a wilderness area located in the Willamette National Forest in the U.S. state of Oregon, on the border of the Mount Hood National Forest. It has the largest uncut watershed in Oregon.
Opal Creek and nearby Opal Lake were...
Date Established:
- Sep 30, 1996
Size:
- 82.01359 km² (31.66562 mi² )
Steens Mountain Wilderness
Steens Mountain Wilderness is a wilderness area surrounding a portion of Steens Mountain of southeastern Oregon, U.S. The Wilderness is a portion of the Bureau of Land Management's Steens Mountain Cooperative Management and Protection Area (CMPA),...
Date Established:
- Oct 30, 2000
Size:
- 688.06676 km² (265.66406 mi² )
Mount Jefferson
Mount Jefferson is a stratovolcano in the Cascade Volcanic Arc, part of the Cascade Range, and is the second highest mountain in Oregon. Situated in the far northeastern corner of Linn County about 105 miles (169 km) east of Corvallis, Jefferson is...
Mount Thielsen
Mount Thielsen, or Big Cowhorn, is an extinct shield volcano in the Oregon High Cascades, near Mount Bailey. Mount Thielsen stopped erupting 250,000 years ago, and subsequent glacial erosion has formed a horn-like shape. The spire-like shape of...
Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge
Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge is a U.S. National Wildlife Refuge off the southwestern Oregon Coast. It is one of six National Wildlife Refuges comprising the Oregon Coast National Wildlife Refuge Complex. The Oregon Islands provides...
Size:
- 1.50138 km² (0.579687 mi² )
Copper Salmon Wilderness
The Copper Salmon Wilderness is a protected wilderness area in the Southern Oregon Coast Range and is part of the Rogue River – Siskiyou National Forest. The wilderness area was created by the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, which was...
Soda Mountain Wilderness
The Soda Mountain Wilderness is a protected wilderness area inside the Cascade–Siskiyou National Monument located in the U.S. state of Oregon adjacent to the California state border. The wilderness area was created by the Omnibus Public Land...
Roaring River Wilderness
Roaring River Wilderness is a wilderness area in the Mount Hood National Forest in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States. Southwest of Mount Hood, Oregon's tallest mountain, the 36,500-acre (14,800 ha) area was created in 2009. The wilderness area...
