^ In the Open— The National Forests oj Washington 



WENATCHEE NATIONAL FOREST 



THE Wenatchee Xational Forest includes the mountainous portion of the water- 

 sheds of the Wenatchee, Entiat, Teanaway, Cle Elum. Kachess, and Upper 

 Yakima Rivers, and Xaneum and Swauk Creeks. It is roughly 70 miles long 

 and 50 miles vdd^, extending from the summit of the Cascade Mountains to the 

 breaks of the Columbia River, and from Glacier Peak to the Yakima River. 



Water derived from the streams of this Forest irrigates about half a million 

 acres of land in the Wenatchee, Kittitas, and Yakima Yalleys. 



The whole Wenatchee Forest is a great playgroimd for the use of the people, 

 with excellent hunting, fishing, and camping, and quiet resting places. Its lakes 

 and streams, its quiet glens and sheltered nooks, its glaciers and meadows, its 

 deep canyons and rugged peaks, offer the widest variety from which to choose a 

 summer outing. 



Within its boundaries are four large lakes — Wenatchee. Keechelus, Kachess, 

 and Cle Elum — and hundreds of smaller ones, offering many opportunities for 

 summer home sites and other recreation uses. 



Mount Stuart, 9,470 feet in elevation, is the highest point within the boundaries 

 of the Forest. Glacier Peak, 10,436 feet high, just outside its northern end, is 

 most easily reached through this forest from Leavenworth. 



Three transcontinental railroads — the Great Northern. Chicago, ^Milwaukee & 

 St. Paul, and Northern Pacific — cross the forest. The Sunset Highway and Blewett 

 Pass road furnish a beautiful automobile trip through it. Many other roads passable 

 by automobile penetrate far into the heart of the forest, up the glacial valleys oi 

 the various streams, and to attractive camping places and summer-home sites. 



The Government is spending thousands of dollars in this locality each year to 

 protect the timber and other resources of this forest. It is public property which 

 the Forest Service holds in trust. All are free to use the camping places, and are 

 welcome to wood needed for camp fires, grass for horses, and to fi.sh in the streams 

 and hunt in the mountains in accordance with the game laws of the State. The 

 Forest Service trails are open for your use. Its telephone lines may be used in case 

 of sickness, accident, or other emergency. You can help the Forest Ser\-ice by 

 using them to report fires or other danger to the nearest ranger or to the supen.'isor, 

 whose ofjice is at Wenatchee, Wash. 



