Lye Brook Wilderness

Infobox_protected_area | name = Lye Brook Wilderness
iucn_category = Ib

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caption =
locator_x = 254
locator_y = 46
location = Vermont, USA
nearest_city = Stratton, Vermont
lat_degrees = 43
lat_minutes = 06
lat_seconds = 47
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 73
long_minutes = 01
long_seconds = 46
long_direction = W
area = convert|17841|acre|km2|0|sing=off
established = 1975
visitation_num =
visitation_year =
governing_body = U.S. Forest Service

Lye Brook Wilderness is a convert|17841|acre|km2|0|sing=on wilderness area located northwest of Stratton, Vermont, within the Green Mountain National Forest. It is named after Lye Brook, which flows through the western half of the Wilderness. Elevation within the Wilderness ranges from convert|900|ft|m|0|sing=off to convert|2900|ft|m|0|sing=off above sea level, though most lies on a high plateau above 2500 feet. [http://www.wilderness.net/index.cfm?fuse=NWPS&sec=wildView&WID=334 Lye Brook Wilderness] - Wilderness.net]

Approximately 80% of Lye Brook Wilderness is forested with northern hardwoods, such as birch, beech, and maple trees, though some thickets of small spruce dot the area as well. A variety of wildlife inhabit the area, including black bear, moose, deer, pine martin, bobcat, and various bird species.

References

ee also

*List of U.S. Wilderness Areas
*Wilderness Act

External links

* [http://www.fs.fed.us/r9/gmfl/green_mountain/recreation_management/wilderness/lyebrk.htm Lye Brook Wilderness] - Green Mountain National Forest
* [http://www.wilderness.net/index.cfm?fuse=NWPS&sec=wildView&WID=334 Lye Brook Wilderness] - Wilderness.net
* [http://www.vermontwilderness.org/ VermontWilderness.org]
* [http://terraserver.microsoft.com/imageinfo.aspx?T=2&S=12&Z=18&X=830&Y=5964&W=3 Microsoft Terra-server USA topo image]