National Forests 



873 



Special features: East half of Uinta 

 Mountain Range, highest range in United 

 States extending east and west; Kings Peak, 

 13,498 feet; Red Gorge of the Green River, 

 1,500 feet deep; exposed geological forma- 

 tions a billion years old; High Uintas Wil- 

 derness Area, mostly above 10,000 feet; 

 numerous scenic gorges, natural erosion for- 

 mations. (Forest lies partly in Wyoming.) 

 Recreation resources: Lake and stream fish- 

 ing. Big-game hunting, including deer, elk, 

 and antelope. Riding trails; wilderness area 

 pack trips. Twenty public camp and picnic 

 areas. Five resorts; cabins, and dude 

 ranches. Nearby towns: Mountainview and 

 Green River, Wyo. ; Manila, Vernal, 

 Duchesne, and Roosevelt, Utah. Acres: 

 1,079,260. 



CACHE NATIONAL FOREST 



Headquarters at Logan, reached by U. S. 

 Highways SOS, 89, 91, State Highway 39. 



Special features: Rugged mountains; 

 Bear River and Wasatch Ranges; Minne- 

 tonka Cave; Logan and Ogden Canyons; 

 Monte Christo Mountain; Snow Basin 

 winter sports. (Forest lies partly in Idaho.) 

 Recreation resources: Trout fishing. Deer 

 and elk hunting. Scenic drives, riding and 

 hiking trails. Forty-six camp and picnic 

 areas; two winter-sports areas. Nearby 

 towns : Ogden, Brigham, and Logan, Utah ; 

 Preston, Soda Springs, and Paris, Idaho. 

 Acres: 632,881. 



DIXIE NATIONAL FOREST 



Headquarters at Cedar City, reached by 

 U. S. Highways 91, 89. 



Special features: Red Canyon, Panguitch 

 and Navajo Lakes, Pine Valley Mountains, 

 Boulder Top Plateau and its many lakes 

 not accessible by road. Table Cliff Point 

 from where peaks in four States (Colorado, 

 Arizona, Nevada, and Utah) can be ob- 

 served on a clear day. Spectacular, colored 

 cliffs. Recreation resources: Deer, elk, and 

 cougar hunting. Fishing in lakes and 

 streams. Twenty-five public camp and pic- 

 nic areas; one winter-sports area. Resorts, 

 hotels, dude ranches, and cabins. Nearby 

 towns : Cedar City, Parowan, Saint George, 

 Panguitch, Enterprise, Escalante, Boulder, 

 Teasdale. Acres: 1,838,991. 



FISHLAKE NATIONAL FOREST 



Headquarters at Richfield, reached by 

 U. S. Highways 89, 91. 



Special features: Tushar Mountains, 

 Thousand Lake Mountain Scenic Area, 

 Petrified Wood Scenic Area tributary to 

 Wayne Wonderland. Recreation resources: 

 Lake and stream fishing. Big-game hunting, 

 including deer and elk. Scenic drives: 

 Beaver Canyon, Wayne Wonderland, Fish- 

 lake-Salina, and others. Twenty public 

 camp and picnic areas. Resorts, hotels, and 

 cabins. Nearby towns: Richfield, Salina, 



Monroe, Loa, Bicknell, Koosharem, Beaver, 

 Kanosh, and Fillmore. Acres: 1,416,234. 



MANTI NATIONAL FOREST 



Headquarters at Ephraim, reached by 

 U. S. Highways 89, 50, State Highways 

 10, 29, 31. 



Special features: Wasatch Plateau; Sky- 

 line Drive penetrates high alpine meadows 

 and sylvan glades ; colorful canyons ; unique 

 geology, east part of forest widely underlain 

 with coal. Great Basin Forest Research 

 Center. Indian writings and battlefields. 

 Recreation resources: Trout fishing. Deer, 

 elk, cougar hunting. Hiking, saddle trips. 

 Eleven major, thirty-one smaller camp and 

 picnic areas. Nearby towns: Manti, 

 Ephraim, Mount Pleasant, Price, Hunting- 

 ton, and Ferron. Acres: 727,612. 



UINTA NATIONAL FOREST 



Headquarters at Provo, reached by U. S. 

 Highways 40, 50, 91, 189. 



Special features: Wasatch upthrust lime- 

 stone strata of particular interest to geolo- 

 gists. Near Provo deep canyons and water- 

 falls bisect the formation. Balance of forest 

 has more moderate terrain, open range 

 mixed with oak, maple, aspen, spruce, and 

 fir. Recreation resources: Rocky Mountain 

 mule deer hunting, limited number of elk. 

 Nineteen public camp and picnic areas; 

 four valley-view and overlook points. Hotels 

 and cabins at nearby towns : Provo, Spanish 

 Fork, Nephi, Heber, Moab, and Monti- 

 cello. Acres: 930,773. 



WASATCH NATIONAL FOREST 



Headquarters at Salt Lake City, reached 

 by U. S. Highways 91, 40, 530, 30S, 50, 303, 

 State Highways 152, 210, 65, 239, 168, 35. 



Special features: Rugged back country; 

 Wasatch, Uinta, Stansbury, Onaqui Ranges 

 and High Uintas Wilderness Area. Alpine 

 Scenic Highway; Timpanogas Cave; Mir- 

 ror Lake; Grandaddy Lakes. Alta and 

 Brighton Skiing Areas. Recreation re- 

 sources: Lake and stream fishing. Deer and 

 elk hunting. Boating, swimming, picnicking, 

 camping. Riding and hiking trails, wilder- 

 ness trips, skiing, skating, and mountain 

 climbing. Seventy-eight public camps and 

 picnic areas; three winter-sports areas. Nu- 

 merous resorts, hotels, cabins, and dude 

 ranches. Nearby towns: Salt Lake City. 

 Provo, Ogden, Murray, Heber, and Kamas. 

 Utah; Evanston, Wyo. Acres: 867,978. 



VERMONT 



GREEN MOUNTAIN NATIONAL FOREST 



Headquarters at Rutland, reached by 

 U. S. Highways 4, 7. 



Special features: Rugged mountains, 

 scenery, picturesque valleys, quaint New 

 England villages. Green Mountain Range 

 traversed by the "Long Trail", Champlain 

 Valley and points of historic interest, such 



