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Sheep Mountain Wilderness

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Nearest city
  
Glendora, California

Phone
  
+1 626-574-1613

Area
  
169.5 km²

Established
  
1984

Sheep Mountain Wilderness

Location
  
Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties, California, United States

Governing body
  
United States Forest Service

Address
  
Angeles National Forest - San Gabriel Mountains National Monument, Mt Baldy, CA 91759, USA

Management
  
United States Forest Service

Similar
  
Bridge to Nowhere, Icehouse Canyon Trailhead, US Forestry Departme

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Sheep Mountain Wilderness is a wilderness area of 41,883 acres (169 km2) 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.

Contents

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.

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RecreationEdit

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.

References

Sheep Mountain Wilderness Wikipedia