Hoover Wilderness

Infobox_protected_area | name = Hoover Wilderness
iucn_category = Ib

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caption =
locator_x = 21
locator_y = 83
location = California, USA
nearest_city = Sacramento, CA
lat_degrees = 38
lat_minutes = 6
lat_seconds = 47
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 119
long_minutes = 22
long_seconds = 37
long_direction = W
area = 48,601 acres (196 km²)
established = January 1, 1964
visitation_num =
visitation_year =
governing_body = U.S. Forest Service The Hoover Wilderness is a wilderness area in the Inyo and Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forests. It lies to the east of the crest of the central Sierra Nevada in California, to the north and east of Yosemite National Park. It comprises 48,601 acres (197 km²). It was established as a wilderness in 1964, with passage of the Wilderness Act.Notable locations in the Hoover Wilderness include:
* Twenty Lakes Basin coord|37|59|N|119|18|W|
* Virginia Lakes Basin coord|38|3|N|119|16.5|W|
* The Sawtooth Ridge coord|38|6|N|119|24|W|

External links

* [http://www.fs.fed.us/r4/htnf/recreation/wilderness/hoover/hoover_wilderness.shtml Hoover Wilderness webpage]
* [http://www.wilderness.net/index.cfm?fuse=NWPS&sec=wildView&wname=Hoover Wilderness.net]
* [http://www.topoquest.com/map.asp?z=11&n=4214714.99992374&e=297889.999946629&datum=nad83 TopoQuest map]

The Hoover wilderness was originally identified as a Primitive Area by the Forest Service in 1931. In 1956, it was named as a Wild Area and became a Wilderness Area when the 1964 Wilderness Act was passed.