Piper Mountain Wilderness
Protected wilderness area in California, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Piper Mountain Wilderness is a federally designated wilderness area located in the White Mountains 20 miles (32 km) northeast of Big Pine, California in Inyo County, California.
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Location | Inyo County, California |
Nearest city | Bishop, California |
Coordinates | 37°19′22″N 117°55′37″W |
Area | 72,575 acres (29,370 ha) |
Established | 1994 |
Governing body | Department of the Interior / Bureau of Land Management |
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The Wilderness Area was created by the 1994 California Desert Protection Act, and encompasses 72,575 acres (29,370 ha) of Great Basin wildlands, east of the Owens Valley and west of the Eureka Valley.[1]