John Muir Wilderness

The John Muir Wilderness is a wilderness area that extends along the crest of the Sierra Nevada of California, USA for 90 miles (140 km), in the Inyo and Sierra National Forests.Established in 1964 by the Wilderness Act and named for naturalist John Muir, it contains 581,000 acres (2350 km²). The wilderness along the eastern escarpment of the Sierra from near Mammoth Lakes in the north, to Cottonwood Pass in the south. The wilderness area also sp... more

The John Muir Wilderness is a wilderness area that extends along the crest of the Sierra Nevada of California, USA for 90 miles (140 km), in the Inyo and Sierra National Forests.Established in 1964 by the Wilderness Act and named for naturalist John Muir, it contains 581,000 acres (2350 km²). The wilderness along the eastern escarpment of the Sierra from near Mammoth Lakes in the north, to Cottonwood Pass in the south. The wilderness area also spans the Sierra north of Kings Canyon National Park, and extends on the west side of the park down to the Monarch Wilderness. The wilderness contains the most spectacular and highest peaks of the Sierra Nevada, with 57 peaks over 13,000 feet (4,000 m) in elevation. The peaks are typically made of granite from the Sierra Nevada Batholith, and are dramatically shaped by glacial action. The southernmost glacier in the United States, the Palisade Glacier, is contained within the wilderness area. Notable eastside glaciated canyons are drained by... less