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Created by an act of Congress in 1980, the wilderness is within Lolo National Forest and is located only 4 miles (6.5 km) north of Missoula, Montana. The wilderness area is a component of the Rattlesnake National Recreation Area. It protects much of the high country of the Rattlesnake Mountains.
Lolo National Forest is a national forest located in western Montana, United States with the western boundary being the state of Idaho.The forest spans 2 million acres (8,000 km 2) and includes four wilderness areas; the Scapegoat and the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness are partially within the forest while the Welcome Creek and Rattlesnake Wildernesses are solely in Lolo National Forest.
Cabin Creek, Gallatin National Forest Based on the U.S. Board on Geographic Names, there are at least 20 named National and State Forests in Montana. In addition to currently named forests, there are at least 22 former named forests that have been consolidated into current forest lands. National Forests are administered by the United States Forest Service, an agency of the United States ...
Created by an act of Congress in 1972, the wilderness is located in the Helena-Lewis and Clark and Lolo National Forests. The Scapegoat Wilderness is a part of the 1.5 million acre (6,070 km 2 ) Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex as it shares a boundary with the Bob Marshall Wilderness , which in turn is connected to the Great Bear Wilderness ...
Traveler's Rest was a stopping point of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, located about one mile south of Lolo, Montana. The expedition stopped from September 9 to September 11, 1805, before crossing the Bitterroot Mountains, and again on the return trip from June 30 to July 3, 1806. Traveler's Rest is at the eastern end of the Lolo Trail. [5]
The headquarters of Stillwater State Forest. Stillwater State Forest is a state forest located in Montana. The forest has an area of approximately 90,000 acres and is one of the seven state forests in Montana. [1] [2] The forest was designated as a state forest in 1925 through a law passed by the Montana Legislature. [1] [2]
Communities within the valley include: Lolo in Missoula County; and Florence, Stevensville, Victor, Corvallis, Hamilton, Darby, Conner, and Sula in Ravalli County. Hamilton, the largest town and the county seat of Ravalli County, is located at 46°14.8'N and 114°09.6'W at an elevation of 3,570 feet (1,090 m) with a population of 12,000.
The Lewis and Clark Expedition became the first white men to travel the future US 93 corridor between today's Lost Trail Pass and Lolo in 1805, and Lewis's detachment ventured further north to the future site of Missoula in 1806 on their way to explore the Marias River. When US 93 was established in 1926, the nature of the highway's ...