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Mountain Lakes Wilderness

Coordinates: 42°21′0″N 122°6′0″W / 42.35000°N 122.10000°W / 42.35000; -122.10000
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Mountain Lakes Wilderness
Aspen Caldera with Mt. McLoughlin in the background
Map showing the location of Mountain Lakes Wilderness
Map showing the location of Mountain Lakes Wilderness
LocationKlamath County, Oregon, US
Nearest cityKlamath Falls, Oregon
Coordinates42°21′0″N 122°6′0″W / 42.35000°N 122.10000°W / 42.35000; -122.10000
Area23,071 acres (9,337 ha)
EstablishedSeptember 3, 1964
Governing bodyU.S. Forest Service

The Mountain Lakes Wilderness is a wilderness area located in the Fremont–Winema National Forest in the southern Cascade Range of Oregon in the United States. It surrounds a cluster of four overlapping shield volcanoes, the highest of which is 8,208-foot (2,502 m) Aspen Butte. Over 20 small lakes lie along the bottoms of several large cirques carved by Ice Age glaciers near the summits of the volcanoes.

The Mountain Lakes Wilderness is unique among United States wilderness areas in that it is the only one whose borders form a square, occupying the 36-square-mile (93 km2) area of a single survey township.

Recreation

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Popular recreational activities in the Mountain Lakes Wilderness include hiking, cross-country skiing, camping, and fishing. Fish species are stocked in lakes every other year. Both brook and rainbow trout are stocked in Harriette, Como, and West Lakes. Mystic, Paragon, and South Pass Lakes are only stocked with brook trout.[1] This Wilderness can be accessed by 3 different trails. The Trails are Clover Creek, Mountain Lakes, and Varney Creek.

Trails

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See also

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References

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  • Carver, Gary Allen (1972). Glacial Geology of the Mountain Lakes Wilderness and Adjacent Parts of the Cascade Range Oregon. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Washington.
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