Mount Washington Wilderness
wilderness area on and around Mount Washington in Oregon
The Mount Washington Wilderness is a wilderness area located on and around Mount Washington in the central Cascade Range of Oregon in the United States. The wilderness was established in 1964 and comprises 54,278 acres (219.66 km2) of the Willamette National Forest and Deschutes National Forest. It is administered by the U.S. Forest Service.
Geography
Mount Washington is a shield volcano rising above 75 square miles (190 km2) of lava-strewn plains. The wilderness includes Belknap Crater, a 6,873-foot (2,095 m) cinder and ash volcanic cone. Vegetation consists primarily of lodgepole pine, other species of pine, and mountain hemlock. There are 28 lakes in the wilderness. The Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail extends for 16.6 miles (26.7 km) through the Mount Washington Wilderness. It is the primary trail and extends from the north boundary near Big Lake to where it leaves the wilderness at its southern boundary near the Dee Wright Observatory.
Ecology
Described by Wuerthner (2003) as a "rocks and ice wilderness", much of the Mount Washington Wilderness consists of lava flows and rubble.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Mount Washington Wilderness” as wilderness area on and around Mount Washington in Oregon. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
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The citation trail is more important than the brevity of the summary: it shows where individual claims can be examined in context. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 6, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3457280. VIAF identifies the subject as 315528050. Authority coordinates are 44.332, -121.839. 1 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1964 and 2003.
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