The Chimney Peak Wilderness is a 13,134-acre wilderness area located 20 miles 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.
The Chimney Peak Wilderness protects a rugged and mountainous desert environment on the eastern side of the southern Sierra Nevada R...
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The Chimney Peak Wilderness is a 13,134-acre wilderness area located 20 miles 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.
The Chimney Peak Wilderness protects a rugged and mountainous desert environment on the eastern side of the southern Sierra Nevada Range. The peak for which it is named rises in the northeast corner of the wilderness to an elevation of 7,871 feet. The area has desert plants such as the Joshua tree and creosote bush on the valley floors and in steep foothills, canyons and alluvial fans as well as cottonwood trees along stream corridors. Higher elevations support pinyon pine.
A portion of the Sacatar Trail, an old wagon road into the Owens Valley once used by soldiers and cattlemen, cross the Chimney Peak Wilderness as does the Pacific Crest Trail.
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