The Modoc National Forest is home to the South Warner Wilderness, Medicine Lake Highlands, The Devil's Garden, and Mill Creek Falls.
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Our National Forests and designated Wilderness Areas are true outdoor playgrounds! Providing access to trailheads, scenic views, and countless outdoor activities, these areas are great places to start if you want to explore the Great Outdoors.
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The Modoc National Forest is home to the South Warner Wilderness, Medicine Lake Highlands, The Devil's Garden, and Mill Creek Falls.
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One of the deepest valleys in the United States, Owens Valley is the arid valley of the Owens River in eastern California, to the east of the Sierra Nevada.
An adventurer's playground, the Yosemite Wilderness comprises approximately 95% of Yosemite National Park.
The highest summit in the contiguous United States, Mt Whitney welcomes adventurers from far and wide. As long as you have a permit.
With over 80 developed campgrounds and picnic areas, hundreds of miles of roads and trails, multiple large lakes and reservoirs, innumerable miles of rivers and streams, great scenery, and an abundance of plant and wildlife, visitors to the Eldorado National Forest can find a place or activity to suit them.
Plumas National Forest is situated just south of the Cascade Range, and home to many streams and lakes, deep canyons, mountain valleys, meadows, and peaks.
Lassen National Forest welcomes visitors year round for fishing, hunting, camping, hiking, bicycling, boating, snowmobiling, and cross-country skiing.
The Mokelumne Wilderness is renowned for its incredible botanic diversity. Elevations range from 4,000 feet to over 10,380 ft at Round Top Peak.
The Kaiser Wilderness is located immediately north of the beaches of Huntington Lake. Kaiser Peak provides a commanding view of the central Sierra Nevada.
The Hoover Wilderness is known for its extreme mountain terrain, relatively little timber, and diverse wildflowers.
The Granite Chief Wilderness encompasses glacier carved valleys, red fir forests, granite formations, and pristine mountain meadows.
With its eastern edge running along the spine of Sierra Nevada range, the Emigrant Wilderness encompasses a vast diversity within its borders.
The Dinkey Lakes Wilderness lies immediately west of the John Muir Wilderness and consists of timbered rolling terrain and dozens of lakes.
Thanks to its breathtaking granite landscape and easy accessibility, the Desolation Wilderness is one of the most popular wilderness areas in the country.
The Carson-Iceberg Wilderness contains comparatively few lakes but many deep river canyons lush with riparian vegetation.
Named after renowned photographer Ansel Adams, the Ansel Adams Wilderness is dotted with sparkling lakes, glacially sculpted gorges, and imposing peaks.
The Sacatar Trail Wilderness is home to a number of valleys, canyons, ridgetops and granite spires close to 8,000 feet high.
The Owen's Peak Wilderness is excellent for hiking, including along the Pacific Crest Trail, as well as camping, backpacking and hunting.
The Kiavah Wilderness receives only 10-15 inches of precipitation annually, but the varied vegetation provides habitat for a broad range of migratory birds.