The Stephen Mather Wilderness is a 634,614 acres (2,568 km2) wilderness area honoring Stephen Mather, the first director of the National Park Service. It is located within North Cascades National Park, Lake Chelan National Recreation Area, and Ross Lake National Recreation Area in the North Cascade Range of Washington, United States.
It is bordered by the Pasayten Wilderness to the northeast, the Mount Baker Wilderness to the northwest, the Noisy-Diobsud Wilderness to the west, the Glacier Peak Wilderness to the southwest, and the Lake Chelan-Sawtooth Wilderness to the southeast.
The North Cascades National Park "Complex" consists of three units which make up Stephan Mather Wilderness: 505,000-acre (2,044 km2) North Cascades National Park, which boasts 504,614 acres (2,042 km2) acres of designated wilderness; 117,600-acre (476 km2) Ross Lake National Recreation Area, a slim piece of land just east of the park that has 74,000 acres (299 km2) acres of designated wilderness; and 62,000-acre (251 km2) Lake Chelan National Recreation Area, at the southeast corner of the park, with 56,000 acres (227 km2) of designated wilderness.
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“Every tree sends its fibres forth in search of the Wild. The cities import it at any price. Men plow and sail for it. From the forest and wilderness come the tonics and barks which brace mankind.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)