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High Uintas Wilderness
IUCN Category Ib (Wilderness Area)

Location	Duchesne / Summit counties, Utah, USA
Nearest city	Kamas, UTNearest city: Kamas, UT
Coordinates	40°44′18″N 110°29′49″W / 40.7382776°N 110.4968294°W / 40.7382776; -110.4968294Coordinates: 40°44′18″N 110°29′49″W / 40.7382776°N 110.4968294°W / 40.7382776; -110.4968294 ^[1]
Area	456,705 acres (1,848 km²) ^[2]
Established	September 18, 1984 Established: September 18, 1984
Governing body	U.S. Forest Service

The High Uintas Wilderness (pronounced /juːˈɪntəz/) is a protected wilderness area located in northeastern Utah covering the Uinta Mountains, encompassing parts of Duchesne and Summit counties. Designated as a protected site in 1984, the property is located within parts of Ashley National Forest and Wasatch National Forest, and managed by the U.S. Forest Service. The highest peak in Utah, Kings Peak, is within the wilderness area as well as others of Utah's highest peaks, particularly those over 13,000 feet.

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References

^ "High Uintas Wilderness". Geographic Names Information System. U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:2035156. Retrieved 2009-01-30.
^ "High Uintas Wilderness". Ashley National Forest. United States Forest Service. http://www.fs.fed.us/r4/ashley/recreation/highuintas/index.shtml. Retrieved 2009-01-30.

External links

"High Uintas Wilderness". Wilderness.net. http://www.wilderness.net/index.cfm?fuse=NWPS&sec=wildView&wname=High%20Uintas. Retrieved 2009-01-30.

Protected Areas of Utah

Federal

National Parks	Arches • Bryce Canyon • Canyonlands • Capitol Reef • Zion

National Monuments	Cedar Breaks • Dinosaur • Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument • Hovenweep • Natural Bridges • Rainbow Bridge • Timpanogos Cave

National Historic Sites	Golden Spike National Historic Site

Other Protected Areas	Desert Biosphere Reserve • Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area • Glen Canyon National Recreation Area • Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail

National Forests	Ashley • Caribou-Targhee • Dixie • Fishlake • Manti-La Sal • Sawtooth • Uinta • Wasatch-Cache

National Wildlife Refuges:	Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge • Fish Springs • Ouray

U.S. Wilderness Areas	Ashdown Gorge • Beartrap Canyon • Beaver Dam Mountains • Black Ridge Canyons • Blackridge • Box-Death Hollow • Canaan Mountain • Cedar Mountain • Cottonwood Canyon • Cottonwood Forest • Cougar Canyon • Dark Canyon • Deep Creek • Deep Creek North • Deseret Peak • Doc's Pass • Goose Creek • High Uintas • LaVerkin Creek • Lone Peak • Mount Naomi • Mount Nebo • Mount Olympus • Mount Timpanogos • Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs • Pine Valley Mountain • Red Mountains • Slaughter Creek • Taylor Creek • Twin Peaks • Wellsville Mountain • Zion

State

State parks Northern Region	Antelope Island • Bear Lake • Camp Floyd • Deer Creek • East Canyon • Great Salt Lake • Historic Union Pacific Rail Trail • Jordanelle • Hyrum • Red Fleet • Rockport • Starvation • Steinaker • Utah Lake • Wasatch Mountain • Willard Bay

State parks Central Region	Fremont Indian • Goblin Valley • Green River • Huntington • Millsite • Palisade • Scofield • Territorial Statehouse • Yuba Lake

State parks Southern Region	Anasazi Indian • Coral Pink Sand Dunes • Dead Horse Point • Edge of the Cedars • Escalante • Frontier Homestead • Goosenecks • Gunlock • Kodachrome Basin • Newspaper Rock State Historic Monument • Otter Creek • Piute • Quail Creek • Sand Hollow • Snow Canyon

Other	Strawberry Reservoir