- Mission Mountains Wilderness
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Mission Mountains Wilderness IUCN Category Ib (Wilderness Area)
Location Missoula / Lake counties, Montana, USA Nearest city Missoula, MT Coordinates 47°28′N 113°50′W / 47.467°N 113.833°WCoordinates: 47°28′N 113°50′W / 47.467°N 113.833°W Area 73,877 acres (299 km2) Established 1975 Governing body U.S. Forest Service The Mission Mountains Wilderness is located in the U.S. state of Montana. Created by an act of Congress in 1975, the wilderness is within the Swan Lake Ranger District of the Flathead National Forest.
U.S. Wilderness Areas do not allow motorized or mechanized vehicles, including bicycles. Although camping and fishing are allowed with proper permit, no roads or buildings are constructed and there is also no logging or mining, in compliance with the 1964 Wilderness Act. Wilderness areas within National Forests and Bureau of Land Management areas also allow hunting in season.
Ducharme Lake
The wilderness can be reached by trail from surrounding roads. Primary access is via Montana highway 83 and logging roads to the east, but there are several western routes leading from the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribe's adjoining Mission Mountains Tribal Wilderness. The wilderness is approximately 80 miles (128 km) north of Missoula, Montana and 65 miles (105 km) south-east of Kalispell, Montana.
External links
- "Mission Mountains Wilderness". The National Wilderness Preservation System. Wilderness.net. http://www.wilderness.net/index.cfm?fuse=NWPS&sec=wildView&wname=Mission%20Mountains. Retrieved 2006-08-15.
- "USGS Mount Calowahcan (MT) Topo Map Quad". TopoQuest. http://www.topoquest.com/map.asp?z=12&n=5261089&e=282146&s=100&size=l&u=7&datum=nad83&layer=DRG25. Retrieved 2008-06-29.
- "Wilderness Legislation: The Wilderness Act of 1964". The National Wilderness Preservation System. Wilderness.net. http://www.wilderness.net/index.cfm?fuse=NWPS&sec=legisAct. Retrieved 2006-08-15.
Federal National Parks:National Monuments:National Battlefield:Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail • Nez Perce National Historic Trail • Continental Divide National Scenic Trail Pacific Northwest National Scenic TrailNational Recreation Area:Benton Lake • Black Coulee • Bowdoin • Charles M. Russell • Creedman Coulee • Hailstone • Halfbreed Lake • Hewitt Lake • Lake Mason • Lake Thibadeau • Lamesteer • Lee Metcalf • Lost Trail • Medicine Lake • National Bison Range • Ninepipe • Pablo • Red Rock Lakes • Swan River • UL Bend • War HorseAbsaroka-Beartooth • Anaconda-Pintler • Bear Trap Canyon • Bob Marshall • Cabinet Mountains • Gates of the Mountains • Great Bear • Lee Metcalf • Medicine Lake • Mission Mountains • Rattlesnake • Red Rock Lakes • Scapegoat • Selway-Bitterroot • UL Bend • Welcome CreekNational Wild & Scenic Rivers:State Ackley Lake • Anaconda Smoke Stack • Bannack • Beaverhead Rock • Beavertail Hill • Big Arm • Black Sandy • Brush Lake • Camp Baker • Chief Plenty Coups • Clark's Lookout • Cooney • Council Grove • Eden Bridge • Elkhorn • Finley • First Peoples Buffalo Jump • Fort Owen • Frenchtown Pond • Giant Springs • Granite Ghost Town • Greycliff Prairie Dog Town • Hell Creek • Lake Elmo • Lake Mary Ronan • Lewis and Clark • Logan • Lone Pine • Lost Creek • Madison Buffalo Jump • Makoshika • Medicine Rocks • Missouri Headwaters • Painted Rocks • Parker Homestead • Pictograph Cave • Pirogue Island • Placid Lake • Rosebud Battlefield • Salmon Lake • Sluice Boxes • Smith River • Spring Meadow Lake • Thompson Falls • Tongue River Reservoir • Tower Rock • Travelers' Rest • Wayfarers • West Shore • Whitefish Lake • Wild Horse Island • Yellow BayState Forests:Coal Creek • Stillwater • Swan River
Wildlife Management Areas:Amelia Island • Aunt Molly • Badlands • Beartooth • Beckman • Big Lake • Blackfoot-Clearwater • Blackleaf • Blue Eyed Nellie • Bowdoin • Buffalo Head Park • Bull River • Calf Creek • Canyon Creek • Canyon Ferry • Dodson Creek • Dodson Dam • Dome Mountain • Ear Mountain • Elk Island • F Island • Flathead Lake • Flathead River • Fleecer Mountain • Fox Lake • Freezout Lake • Fresno Reservoir • Fresno Tailwater • Gallatin • Garrity Mountain • Grant Marsh • Gravelly-Blacktail • Haymaker • Hinsdale • Horseshoe Lake • Howard Valley • Isaac Homestead • Judith River • Kootenai/Falls • Kootenai/West • Kootenai/Woods Ranch • Lake Helena • Lost Creek • Lower Stillwater Lake • Madison-Bear Creek • Madison-Wall Creek • Milk River • Mount Haggin • Mount Jumbo • Mount Silcox • Nevada Lake • Ninepipe • North Swan Valley CE • Pablo • Ray Kuhns • Robb-Ledford • Rookery • Roundhom • Sanders • Seven Sisters • Silver Gate • Silver Run • Smith River • Sun River • Swan Lake • Thompson-Fisher CE • Three Mile • Threemile • Vandalia • War Dance Island • Warm SpringsHeritage registers:
World Heritage Sites • Biosphere Reserves • National Register of Historic Places • National Historic Landmarks • National Natural LandmarksCategories:- IUCN Category Ib
- Protected areas of Lake County, Montana
- Protected areas of Missoula County, Montana
- Wilderness Areas of Montana
- Montana protected area stubs
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