Rogue-Umpqua Divide Wilderness

Infobox_protected_area | name = Rogue-Umpqua Divide Wilderness
iucn_category = Ib


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location = Oregon, USA
nearest_city = Eagle Point, Oregon
lat_degrees = 43
lat_minutes = 03
lat_seconds = 59
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 122
long_minutes = 27
long_seconds = 46
long_direction = W
area = convert|33200|acre|km2
established = 1984
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governing_body = United States Forest Service

The Rogue-Umpqua Divide Wilderness is a wilderness area located in the Rogue River-Siskiyou and Umpqua National Forests in the Klamath Mountains of Oregon, United States. It was established by the United States Congress in 1984 and comprises convert|33200|acre|km2. [http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/rogue-siskiyou/recreation/wilderness/rogue-umpqua-divide.shtml Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest] ]

Topography

The Rogue Umpqua Divide Wilderness is located ten miles west of Crater Lake National Park along the dividing ridge between the Rogue and Umpqua Rivers. Elevations range from convert|3000|ft|m to convert|6783|ft|m at the summit of Fish Mountain. Volcanic activity created many unique volcanic and sedimentary rock outcrops. [ [http://www.publiclands.org/explore/site.php?id=4189&PHPSESSID=23cfeb7c9 Rogue-Umpqua Divide Wilderness] - Public Lands Information Center]

Vegetation

Most of the Rogue-Umpqua Divide is covered in a dense forest composed of sugar pine, grand fir, mountain hemlock, western white pine, incense cedar, subalpine fir, western redcedar, white fir, ponderosa pine, Douglas-fir, Alaska cedar, shasta red fir, lodgepole pine, pacific silver fir, western hemlock, and whitebark pine. [http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/umpqua/recreation/wilderness/rogue-umpqua-divide-wilderness.shtml Umpqua National Forest] ]

The Acker Divide and Cripple Camp trails lead through large stands of old-growth forests.

Recreation

Popular recreational activities in the Wilderness include hiking, camping, and wildlife watching. Approximately convert|100|mi|km of trails criss-cross the wilderness. The most popular is the convert|31.4|mi|km|sign=on Rogue-Umpqua Divide National Recreation Trail, which offers exceptional views to the east and west as it weaves across the crest of the divide. [ [http://gorp.away.com/gorp/resource/us_wilderness_area/or_roguw.htm Rogue-Umpqua Divide Wilderness, Oregon] - GORP]

References

ee also

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

External links

* [http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/rogue-siskiyou/recreation/wilderness/rogue-umpqua-divide.shtml Rogue-Umpqua Divide Wilderness] - Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest
* [http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/umpqua/recreation/wilderness/rogue-umpqua-divide-wilderness.shtml Rogue-Umpqua Divide Wilderness] - Umpqua National Forest