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The Siskiyou Wilderness is a federal wilderness area designated by the passage of the California Wilderness Act of 1984.Originally, the land area was 153,000 acres (620 km 2) [1] The Northern California Wild Heritage Act of 2006 added 30,122 acres (121.90 km 2) for the current total of 182,802 acres (739.77 km 2).
The Cascade–Siskiyou National Monument protects 52,940 acres (214 km 2) at the junction of the Siskiyou and Cascade ranges. There are three designated wilderness areas in the range in Oregon and California—the Red Buttes Wilderness , which protects 19,940 acres (80.7 km 2 ); the Kalmiopsis Wilderness , which protects 179,755 acres (727.4 km ...
The Rogue River–Siskiyou National Forest is a United States National Forest in the U.S. states of Oregon and California ... Siskiyou Wilderness - 152,680 acres (617 ...
Preston Peak (Karuk: keech'íihyan), [3] is a dominant feature of the Siskiyou Wilderness in the Klamath National Forest in northern California, U.S. [2] Many peaks in the wilderness rise to over 6,000 feet (1,800 m) but none come to within 500 feet (150 m) of approaching the height of Preston Peak.
The passage of the California Wilderness Act created the 153,000-acre (620 km 2) Siskiyou Wilderness within the Six Rivers, Klamath and Siskiyou national forests. Within this wilderness area is a portion of the forest road connecting the towns of Gasquet and Orleans (hence the term "G-O Road") which traverses land traditionally used by Native ...
There are five designated wilderness areas in Six Rivers National Forest that are part of the National Wilderness Preservation System. Two of them lie mostly in other National Forests or on Bureau of Land Management land. Mount Lassic Wilderness; North Fork Wilderness; Siskiyou Wilderness (partly in Klamath NF)
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 acres (72,744 ha). [1]
Klamath National Forest is a 1,737,774-acre (2,715 sq mi; 7,033 km 2) national forest, in the Klamath Mountains and Cascade Range, located in Siskiyou County in northern California, but with a tiny extension (1.5 percent of the forest) into southern Jackson County in Oregon. [1]