Mount Adams Wilderness

Mount Adams Wilderness
IUCN Category Ib (Wilderness Area)

Location	Washington, USA
Nearest city	Trout Lake, WA
Coordinates	46°12′8.68″N 121°29′27.22″W / 46.2024111, -121.4908944
Area	47,280 acres (191 km²)
Governing body	United States Forest Service

The Mount Adams Wilderness has 47,280 acres of ecologically complex and geologically active land. Weather differs between the dry eastside and moist westside of the mountain. At 12,326 feet, Mount Adams is one of the major Cascade mountains. The wilderness area is on the west side of the mountain and is part of the Gifford Pinchot National Forest. The east side of the mountain is part of the Yakama Nation.

Recreation includes hiking, backpacking, mountain climbing, snowmobiling and equestrian sports. A Volcano Pass from the U.S. Forest Service is required for activities above a certain altitude. Some areas of the mountain in the Yakama Nation are open for recreation, while other areas are open only to members of the tribe.

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Protected Areas of Washington

Federal

National Parks:	Mount Rainier • North Cascades • Olympic
National Monuments:	Hanford Reach • Mount St. Helens
National Historical Park:	Klondike Gold Rush • Nez Perce • San Juan Island
National Historical Reserve:	Ebey's Landing • Vancouver
National Historic Sites/National Historic District:	Fairhaven • Fort Vancouver • Whitman Mission • Pioneer Square
National Historic Trails/National Scenic Trail:	Lewis & Clark • Pacific Crest Trail
National Recreation Areas:	Lake Chelan • Lake Roosevelt • Ross Lake
National Wildlife Refuges:	Little Pend Oreille • Nisqually • Ridgefield • Saddle Mountain
National Forests:	Colville • Gifford Pinchot • Mount Baker-Snoqualmie • Okanogan • Olympic • Wenatchee
National Wilderness:	Alpine Lakes • Buckhorn • Clearwater • Colonel Bob • Glacier Peak • Glacier View • Goat Rocks • Henry M. Jackson • Indian Heaven • Juniper Dunes • Lake Chelan-Sawtooth Ridge • Mount Adams • Mount Baker • Noisy-Diobsud • Norse Peak • Pasayten • Olympic • Tatoosh • Trapper Creek • William O. Douglas

State

State Parks:	Alta Lake • Anderson Lake • Battleground Lake • Bay View • Beacon Rock • Belfair • Birch Bay • Blake Island • Blind Island • Bogachiel • Bridgeport • Bridle Trails • Brooks Memorial • Camano Island • Camp William T. Wooten • Cape Dissappointment • Centennial Trail • Central Ferry • Chief Timothy • Clark Island • Columbia Hills • Columbia Plateau Trail • Conconully • Cone Islands • Crawford • Crow Butte • Crystal Falls • Curlew Lake • Daroga • Dash Point • Deception Pass • Deep Lake • Doe Island • Dosewallips • Doug's Beach • Fay Bainbridge • Federation Forest • Fields Spring • Flaming Geyser • Fort Casey • Fort Columbia • Fort Ebey • Fort Flagler • Fort Okanogan • Fort Simcoe • Fort Ward • Fort Worden • Goldendale Observatory • Ginkgo Petrified Forest • Grayland Beach • Green River Gorge • Griffiths-Priday • Hanging Gardens • Harvey Rensland • Hoko River • Hoodsport Trail • Hope Island • Iceberg Island • Ike Kinswa • Illahee • Iron Horse • James Island • Jarrell Cove • Joemma Beach • Jones Island • Joseph Whidbey • Kanaskat-Palmer • Keystone Spit • Kitsap Memorial • Kopachuck • Lake Chelan • Lake Cushman • Lake Easton • Lake Sammamish • Lake Wenatchee • Larrabee • Leadbetter Point • Lewis and Clark • Lewis and Clark Trail • Lime Kiln Point • Lincoln Rock • Loomis Lake • Lyons Ferry • Manchester • Maryhill • Matia Island • McMicken Island • Millersylvania • Moran • Mount Pilchuck • Mount Spokane • Mukilteo • Mystery Bay • Nolte • Obstruction Pass • Ocean City • Olallie • Old Fort Townsend • Olmstead Place • Osoyoos Lake • Pacific Beach • Pacific Pines • Palouse Falls • Paradise Point • Patos Island • Peace Arch • Pearrygin Lake • Penrose Point • Peshastin Pinnacles • Pleasant Harbor • Posey Island • Potholes • Potlatch • Rainbow Falls • Rasar • Reed Island Marine • Riverside • Rockport • Sacajawea • Saddlebag Island • Saint Edward • Saltwater • Senapum • Scenic Beach • Schafer • Seaquest • Sequim Bay • Shine Tidelands • Skagit Island • Skull Island • South Whidbey • Spencer Spit • Squilchuck • Steamboat Rock • Steptoe Butte • Steptoe Battlefield • Stretch Point • Stuart Island • Sucia Island • Summer Falls • Sun Lakes • Lake Sylvia • Tolmie • Triton Cove • Turn Island • Twanoh • Twenty-Five Mile Creek • Twin Harbors • Wallace Falls • Wenatchee Confluence • Wenberg • Westhaven • West Hylebos • Westport Light • Yakima Sportsman
State Forests:	Capitol • Elbe Hills • Green Mountain • Loomis • Loup Loup • Tahoma • Tiger Mountain • Yacolt Burn
State Natural Areas:	Skagit River Bald Eagle • Squak Mountain

Other

Dishman Hills • Goose Island • Sehome Hill Arboretum • Yellow Island

Coordinates: 46.202411° N 121.490894° W

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