Ashdown Gorge Wilderness
IUCN Category Ib (Wilderness Area)
Location:	Utah, USA
Nearest city:	Cedar City, UT
Coordinates:	37°38′″N, 112°53′″W
Area:	7,043 acres (29 km²)
Established:	September 18, 1984
Visitation:	(in )
Governing body:	United States Forest Service

The Ashdown Gorge Wilderness is located in southwestern Utah, USA, within the arid Colorado Plateau region. The wilderness is on the Dixie National Forest adjacent to Cedar Breaks National Monument and characterized by extremely steep-walled canyons cut through the west rim of the Markagunt Plateau. Elevations in the wilderness range from 10,500 feet (3,200 meters) to 7,500 feet (2,286 meters) above sea level. Rattlesnake Creek and Ashdown Creek flow through the wilderness. The 7,043 acre (29 km²) wilderness area was designated by the U.S. Congress in 1984 and is administered by the United States Forest Service. The World Conservation Union or International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) is an international organization dedicated to natural resource conservation. ... Broadly, a wilderness area is a region where the land is left in a state where human modifications are minimal; that is, as a wilderness. ... Image File history File links Locator_Dot. ... Image File history File links US_Locator_Blank. ... Official language(s) English Capital Salt Lake City Largest city Salt Lake City Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 13th 219,887 km² 435 km 565 km 3. ... Cedar City is a city located in Iron County, Utah, a 3½ hour drive south on Interstate 15 from Salt Lake City. ... September 18 is the 261st day of the year (262nd in leap years). ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The USDA Forest Service, a United States government agency within the United States Department of Agriculture, is under the leadership of the United States Secretary of Agriculture. ... Official language(s) English Capital Salt Lake City Largest city Salt Lake City Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 13th 219,887 km² 435 km 565 km 3. ... The Colorado Plateau, also called the Colorado Plateaus Province, is a physiographic region of the Intermontane Plateaus, roughly centered on the Four Corners region of the southwestern United States. ... Dixie National Forest is a national forest in Utah. ... Cedar Breaks National Monument is located Near Cedar City Utah, United States. ... Grand Canyon, Arizona canyon, or gorge, is a valley walled by cliffs. ... The Markagunt Plateau is an 800 square mile plateau located in the southwest corner of Utah between I15 and UT 89, it encompasses Cedar Breaks National Monument and part of Zion National Park. ... For considerations of sea level change, in particular rise associated with possible global warming, see sea level rise. ... The Wilderness Act protects exceptional undisturbed natural areas and scenery, such as in the Ansel Adams Wilderness On federal lands in the United States, Congress may designate a wilderness area under the provisions of the Wilderness Act of 1964. ... The Congress of the United States is the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States of America. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The USDA Forest Service, a United States government agency within the United States Department of Agriculture, is under the leadership of the United States Secretary of Agriculture. ...

Like the more famous Cedar Breaks National Monument, Ashdown Gorge is known for its multicolored rock formations and plateau-top stands of 1,000 year old bristlecone pines. The Gorge is named after the family of George Ashdown, who set up a sawmill there in 1898. Cedar Breaks National Monument is located Near Cedar City Utah, United States. ... Species Pinus aristata Pinus longaeva Pinus balfouriana The bristlecone pines are a small group of pine trees (Family Pinaceae, genus Pinus, subsection Balfourianae) that can reach an age far greater than that of any other living thing known - up to nearly 5,000 years. ...

See also

• Dixie National Forest
• Wilderness
• National Wilderness Preservation System
• List of U.S. Wilderness Areas

Dixie National Forest is a national forest in Utah. ... Bob Marshall Wilderness, Montana, United States Wilderness is land that has not been significantly modified by direct or indirect human activity. ... The National Wilderness Preservation System protects federally managed land areas that are of a pristine condition. ... Four federal agencies of the United States government administer the U.S. Wilderness Areas, which includes 680 wilderness areas and 105,695,176 acres (427,733 km²). These agencies are: United States Forest Service United States National Park Service United States Bureau of Land Management United States Fish and Wildlife...

References

• Lynna P. Howard, Utah's Wilderness Areas: The Complete Guide (Westcliffe Publishers, 2005) ISBN 1565793889

External links

• Wilderness.net: Ashdown Gorge Wilderness
• Dixie National Forest
• Cedar Breaks National Monument
• Maps and aerial photos
  • Topographic map from TopoZone
  • Aerial image from TerraServer-USA
  • Surrounding area map from Google Maps
  • Location in the United States from the Census Bureau