Sheep_Mountain_Wilderness

Sheep Mountain Wilderness

Sheep Mountain Wilderness

Protected wilderness area in California, United States

Sheep Mountain Wilderness is a wilderness area of 41,883 acres (169 km2)[1] within the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument and managed by the Angeles National Forest. It is within Los Angeles County and San Bernardino County, southern California.

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Big Horn Mine

The U.S. Congress passed the California Wilderness Act of 1984, which created this wilderness area and added it to the National Wilderness Preservation System.

The wilderness includes Iron Mountain, an 8,007 ft (2,441 m) peak.

The Bridge to Nowhere

Recreation

Notable hiking in the area includes Heaton Flat along the East Fork of the San Gabriel River to Bridge to Nowhere. Also popular for hikes is the trail to the 277-acre (1.12 km2) Big Horn Mine, which was purchased from the owner in 2006 by the Wilderness Land Trust, and incorporated into the wilderness after being transferred to the US Forest Service.[2]

See also

Notes

  1. [1]
    Wilderness.net Sheep Mountain Wilderness page. Accessed Jan. 8, 2009
  2. [2]
    Wilderness Land Trust's page on Big Horn Mine. Archived 2008-10-16 at the Wayback Machine Accessed Jan.8, 2009



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