Jennie Lakes Wilderness

Infobox_protected_area | name = Jennie Lakes Wilderness
iucn_category = Ib

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caption =
locator_x = 22
locator_y = 87
location = Tulare County, California
nearest_city = Fresno
lat_degrees = 36
lat_minutes = 41
lat_seconds = 00
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 118
long_minutes = 40
long_seconds = 00
long_direction = W
area = 10,556 acres
established = 1984
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governing_body = US Forest Service

Jennie Lakes Wilderness is a protected area of about nine square miles established by the California Wilderness Act of 1984 [ [http://www.wilderness.net/NWPS/documents/publiclaws/98-425.pdf The California Wilderness Act of 1984 in PDF format] ] and added to the National Wilderness Preservation System.

It is located convert|60|mi|km|0 east of Fresno, in the state of California and managed by the US Forest Service.

Elevations range from 6,640 feet to 10,365 feet at Mitchell Peak. Recreational activities include day hiking, backpacking, horsepacking, fishing, and cross-country skiing.

Jennie Lakes Wilderness is situated immediately north of Sequoia National Park and west of Kings Canyon National Park. The wilderness area is bisected by the 1,000 foot deep Boulder Creek canyon. The eastern half is a high plateau bounded by a ridge and the western half is dominated by Shell Mountain (9,594 feet) as well as Weaver Lake.

There are six lakes within the wilderness, with Jennie Lake the largest and highest in elevation at 9,000 feet. Boulder Creek flows from Jennie Lake and is a major tributary to the South Fork Kings River.Stony Creek begins south of Shell Mountain and flows into the North Fork Kaweah River.

Red fir and lodgepole pine are the primary forest cover with granitic outcroppings typical of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Black bears are common in the area.

There are four trailheads providing access with Big Meadows and Stony Creek the most heavily used. Jennie Lakes Wilderness is also a portal into the backcountry of Sequoia-Kings Canyon Wilderness.The Forest Service encourages the practice of Leave No Trace principles of outdoor travel to minimize human impact on the environment.

References

Adkinson, Ron "Wild Northern California". The Globe Pequot Press, 2001

Footnotes

External links

* [http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/sequoia/recreation/wilderness.html USDA Forest Service, Sequoia National Forest, Wilderness Areas.]
* [http://www.wilderness.net/index.cfm?fuse=NWPS&sec=wildView&WID=276 Wilderness.net webpage on Jennie Lakes Wilderness.]
* [http://outdoors.webshots.com/photo/1150237925053150505fybDNg Photo of Jennie Lake] .