Monument Rock Wilderness ranges in elevation from 5,100 feet (1,554 m) on the Little Malheur River to 7,815 feet (2,382 m) atop Table Rock. The area includes the headwaters of the Little Malheur and the upper drainages of the South Fork of the Burnt River.[2][3]
monument, rock, wilderness, area, wilderness, area, within, malheur, wallowa, whitman, national, forests, blue, mountains, eastern, oregon, designated, united, states, congress, 1984, comprises, acres, there, approximately, miles, trails, maintained, wildernes. The Monument Rock Wilderness Area is a wilderness area within the Malheur and Wallowa Whitman national forests in the Blue Mountains of eastern Oregon It was designated by the United States Congress in 1984 and comprises 19 650 acres 7 950 ha There are approximately 15 miles 24 km of trails maintained in the wilderness 1 2 3 Monument Rock WildernessIUCN category Ib wilderness area The landscape of the Monument Rock WildernessLocationBaker Grant counties Oregon United StatesNearest cityUnity OregonCoordinates44 18 35 N 118 18 00 W 44 30972 N 118 30000 W 44 30972 118 30000 Coordinates 44 18 35 N 118 18 00 W 44 30972 N 118 30000 W 44 30972 118 30000Area19 650 acres 7 950 ha Established1984Governing bodyUnited States Forest Service Contents 1 Topography 2 Vegetation 3 Wildlife 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksTopography EditMonument Rock Wilderness ranges in elevation from 5 100 feet 1 554 m on the Little Malheur River to 7 815 feet 2 382 m atop Table Rock The area includes the headwaters of the Little Malheur and the upper drainages of the South Fork of the Burnt River 2 3 Vegetation Edit Monument Rock Wilderness Ponderosa pine Douglas fir white fir lodgepole pine and quaking aspen cover the moderate slopes of the wilderness while subalpine fir grow in the higher elevations Large grassy meadows also appear throughout the area 3 Wildlife EditBlack bears deer elk and badgers are common in the Monument Rock Wilderness Seventy species of birds live in the area including hawks grouse and the American dipper The wilderness is also home to the more elusive wolverine 1 3 See also EditList of Oregon Wildernesses List of U S Wilderness Areas Wilderness ActReferences Edit a b Monument Rock Wilderness US Forest Service a b Monument Rock Wilderness Oregon GORP a b c d Monument Rock Wilderness Wilderness netExternal links Edit Media related to Monument Rock Wilderness at Wikimedia Commons Photo gallery of the wilderness from the Forest Service This Baker County Oregon state location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This Grant County Oregon state location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Monument Rock Wilderness amp oldid 1052945204, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
