North Fork John Day Wilderness

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North Fork John Day Wilderness is a protected wilderness area in northeastern Oregon known for its rugged Blue Mountains terrain, extensive conifer forests, and opportunities for backcountry hiking, camping, and wildlife viewing.

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North Fork John Day Wilderness canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf IUCN Category Ib protected area ⓘ
protected area ⓘ
wilderness area ⓘ
accessRestrictedTo non-motorized recreation ⓘ
area approximately 121,800 acres ⓘ
approximately 493 square kilometers ⓘ
containsWatercourse Desolation Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ
Granite Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ
North Fork John Day River NERFINISHED ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
dominantTreeSpecies Douglas-fir ⓘ
Engelmann spruce NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ponderosa pine ⓘ
grand fir ⓘ
lodgepole pine ⓘ
subalpine fir ⓘ
established 1984 ⓘ
establishedBy Oregon Wilderness Act of 1984 NERFINISHED ⓘ
governingLaw Wilderness Act of 1964 NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFishSpecies Chinook salmon ⓘ
bull trout ⓘ
steelhead trout ⓘ
hasWildlife bighorn sheep ⓘ
black bear ⓘ
cougar ⓘ
elk ⓘ
mule deer ⓘ
various raptor species ⓘ
highestPoint Vinegar Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ
highestPointElevation approximately 2,470 meters ⓘ
approximately 8,100 feet ⓘ
locatedIn Oregon ⓘ
locatedInCounty Grant County, Oregon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Umatilla County, Oregon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Union County, Oregon NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInMountainRange Blue Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInRegion northeastern Oregon ⓘ
managedBy Umatilla National Forest NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wallowa-Whitman National Forest NERFINISHED ⓘ
managingAgency United States Forest Service NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter North Fork John Day River NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor backcountry recreation opportunities ⓘ
extensive conifer forests ⓘ
rugged Blue Mountains terrain ⓘ
partOf National Wilderness Preservation System NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOfEcoregion Blue Mountains ecoregion NERFINISHED ⓘ
prohibits mechanized equipment such as bicycles ⓘ
motorized vehicles ⓘ
recreationActivity backcountry hiking ⓘ
backpacking ⓘ
camping ⓘ
cross-country skiing ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
horseback riding ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
snowshoeing ⓘ
wildlife viewing ⓘ
terrain deep canyons ⓘ
high ridges ⓘ
rugged mountains ⓘ
vegetation coniferous forests ⓘ
subalpine meadows ⓘ

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Blue Mountains → contains → North Fork John Day Wilderness ⓘ
subject surface form: Blue Mountains (Pacific Northwest)