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Pages in category "Wilderness areas of Missouri" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. ... Piney Creek Wilderness; R. Rockpile Mountain Wilderness
The United States Congress designated the Bell Mountain Wilderness in 1980. The wilderness area now has a total of 9,027 acres (36.53 km 2 ). Bell Mountain is located within the Potosi-Fredericktown Ranger District of the Mark Twain National Forest , south of Potosi , Missouri in the United States .
The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) administers hundreds of parcels of land in all counties of the state. Most areas are owned by the department; some are leased by the department; some areas are managed under contract by the department; and some areas are leased to other entities for management.
The Rockpile Mountain Wilderness is a wilderness area in the U.S. state of Missouri in Mark Twain National Forest. It takes its name from an ancient circle of granite rock, piled by some earlier man on top of the mountain. [1] The namesake rock pile most likely was an Indian cairn. [2]
The Irish Wilderness is a 16,227-acre (66 km 2) wilderness area in the U.S. State of Missouri.The U.S. Congress designated it a wilderness in 1984. The Irish Wilderness is located within the Eleven Point Ranger District of the Mark Twain National Forest, 10 miles (16 km) northeast of Alton, Missouri.
It is named for author Mark Twain, a Missouri native. The MTNF covers 3,068,800 acres (12,419 km 2) of which 1,506,100 acres (6,095 km 2) is public owned, 78,000 acres (320 km 2) of which are Wilderness, and National Scenic River area. MTNF spans 29 counties and represents 11% of all forested land in Missouri.
The Piney Creek Wilderness is an 8,122-acre (33 km 2) wilderness area in Missouri.The United States Congress designated it wilderness in 1980. The Piney Creek Wilderness is located within the Ava-Cassville-Willow Springs Ranger District of the Mark Twain National Forest, east of Cassville, Missouri.
Name (by alphabetical order) Location (of main entrance) Beal State Forest: Shannon County: Bear Creek State Forest: Laclede County: Blair Creek State Forest