Weminuche Wilderness

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Weminuche Wilderness is Colorado’s largest designated wilderness area, renowned for its rugged alpine terrain, high peaks, and remote backcountry within the San Juan region.

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Label Occurrences
Weminuche Wilderness canonical 11

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf protected area ⓘ
wilderness area ⓘ
accessPoint Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad ⓘ
contains Chicago Basin ⓘ
Mount Eolus ⓘ
Needle Mountains ⓘ
Rio Grande Pyramid ⓘ
Sunlight Peak ⓘ
linked to: Windom Peak

Weminuche Peak ⓘ
Windom Peak ⓘ
headwaters of the Animas River ⓘ
headwaters of the Piedra River ⓘ
headwaters of the Rio Grande ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
designation U.S. federal wilderness ⓘ
governingBody United States Forest Service ⓘ
linked to: U.S. Forest Service
hasArea approximately 2,023 square kilometers ⓘ
approximately 499,771 acres ⓘ
highestPoint Weminuche Peak ⓘ
inception 1975 ⓘ
IUCNCategory Ib ⓘ
knownFor backpacking ⓘ
mountaineering ⓘ
remote backcountry ⓘ
scenic alpine landscapes ⓘ
legalStatus mineral development restricted ⓘ
motorized and mechanized travel prohibited ⓘ
timber harvest prohibited ⓘ
locatedIn Colorado ⓘ
Rio Grande National Forest ⓘ
San Juan Mountains ⓘ
San Juan National Forest ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Archuleta County, Colorado ⓘ
Hinsdale County, Colorado ⓘ
La Plata County, Colorado ⓘ
Mineral County, Colorado ⓘ
managingAgency Rio Grande National Forest ⓘ
San Juan National Forest ⓘ
nearestCity Durango, Colorado ⓘ
linked to: Durango

Pagosa Springs, Colorado ⓘ
linked to: Pagosa Springs
partOf National Wilderness Preservation System ⓘ
San Juan region of Colorado ⓘ
state Colorado ⓘ
terrainFeature alpine tundra ⓘ
glacial valleys ⓘ
high peaks ⓘ
rugged alpine terrain ⓘ
subalpine forests ⓘ

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Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

San Juan Mountains → contains → Weminuche Wilderness ⓘ
Chicago Basin → locatedIn → Weminuche Wilderness ⓘ
Chicago Basin → withinProtectedArea → Weminuche Wilderness ⓘ
Chicago Basin → wildernessArea → Weminuche Wilderness ⓘ
Pagosa Springs → near → Weminuche Wilderness ⓘ
San Juan National Forest → containsProtectedArea → Weminuche Wilderness ⓘ
Mineral County, Colorado → contains → Weminuche Wilderness ⓘ
Creede, Colorado → hasNearbyProtectedArea → Weminuche Wilderness ⓘ
Rio Grande Pyramid → locatedIn → Weminuche Wilderness ⓘ
Rio Grande Pyramid → protectedArea → Weminuche Wilderness ⓘ
Needle Mountains → partOfProtectedArea → Weminuche Wilderness ⓘ