Wilderness
There are eight designated wilderness areas comprising more than 104,000 acres (421 km2), located entirely or partially within the Prescott National Forest. These are:
- Apache Creek Wilderness (Chino Valley District)
- Castle Creek Wilderness (Bradshaw District)
- Cedar Bench Wilderness (Verde District)
- Granite Mountain Wilderness (Bradshaw District)
- Juniper Mesa Wilderness (Chino Valley District)
- Pine Mountain Wilderness (Verde District) (mostly in Tonto NF)
- Sycamore Canyon Wilderness (Chino Valley District) (partly in Coconino NF and in Kaibab NF)
- Woodchute Wilderness (Verde District)
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Famous quotes containing the word wilderness:
“What did you go out into the wilderness to look at? A reed shaken by the wind? What then did you go out to see? Someone dressed in soft robes? Look, those who wear soft robes are in royal palaces. What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.”
—Bible: New Testament, Matthew 11:7-9.
Jesus speaking about John the Baptist.
“These were such houses as the lumberers of Maine spend the winter in, in the wilderness ... the camps and the hovels for the cattle, hardly distinguishable, except that the latter had no chimney.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“American mind a wilderness of opportunities.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)