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Wasatch–Cache National Forest

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Coordinates:41°39′00″N112°00′54″W / 41.650°N 112.015°W /41.650; -112.015

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National Forest in Idaho, Utah, and Wyoming in the United States

Wasatch–Cache National Forest
Cecret Lake in Wasatch–Cache National Forest
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Location	Utah /Idaho /Wyoming,United States
Nearest city	South Jordan, Utah
Coordinates	41°39′00″N112°00′54″W / 41.650°N 112.015°W /41.650; -112.015
Area	1,607,177 acres (6,504.01 km²)
Established	August 16, 1906
Governing body	U.S. Forest Service
Website	Uinta–Wasatch–Cache National Forest

Map of wilderness areas in the Wasatch–Cache National Forest

Wasatch–Cache National Forest is aUnited States national forest located primarily in northernUtah (81.23%), with smaller parts extending into southeasternIdaho (16.42%) and southwesternWyoming (2.35%). The name is derived from theUte wordWasatch for a low place in high mountains, and the French wordCache meaning to hide.^[1] The term cache originally referred tofur trappers, the first Europeans to visit the land. The Wasatch–Cache National Forest boundaries include 1,607,177 acres (6,504.01 km²) of land.

Wasatch–Cache was headquartered in downtownSalt Lake City, Utah until August 2007 when its management was combined with theUinta National Forest and is currently being managed as theUinta–Wasatch–Cache National Forest. The merged forest is based inSouth Jordan, Utah. The Kamas Ranger District was merged with the Uinta National Forest's Heber Ranger District inHeber City. With the newly includedUinta National Forest, the forest will expand to 2,487,896 acres (10,068.16 km²).^[2]

TheCache National Forest portion is located in northern Utah and southern Idaho. It has a land area of 701,453acres (1,096 sq mi, or 2,838.7 km²). In descending order of land area it is located in parts ofCache,Bear Lake,Franklin,Weber,Rich,Box Elder,Caribou, andMorgan counties. (Bear Lake, Franklin, and Caribou counties are in Idaho, and all the rest in Utah.) There are localranger district offices located inLogan andOgden.

TheWasatch National Forest portion is in northeastern Utah and southwestern Wyoming. It has a land area of 905,724 acres (1,415.2 sq mi, or 3,365.3 km²). In descending order of land area it is located in parts ofSummit,Tooele,Salt Lake,Davis,Uinta,Duchesne,Wasatch,Morgan,Utah,Weber, andJuab counties. (Uinta County is in Wyoming, and all the rest is in Utah.) There are local ranger district offices located inEvanston andMountain View in Wyoming, and inKamas, andSalt Lake City in Utah.

Wilderness areas

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There are seven designatedwilderness areas in the Wasatch–Cache National Forest, totaling approximately 309,000 acres (1,250 km²) and comprising approximately 25% of the forest's total acreage.^[3]

Logan District

Mount Naomi Wilderness at 44,523 acres (180.18 km²)
Wellsville Mountain Wilderness at 22,986 acres (93.02 km²)

Kamas, Evanston, and Mountain View Districts

High Uintas Wilderness at 456,705 acres (1,848.22 km²) (shared withAshley National Forest)

Salt Lake District

Mount Olympus Wilderness at 15,856 acres (64.17 km²)
Twin Peaks Wilderness at 11,796 acres (47.74 km²)
Lone Peak Wilderness at 30,088 acres (121.76 km²) (shared withUinta National Forest)
Deseret Peak Wilderness at 25,508 acres (103.23 km²)

References

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^Uinta–Wasatch–Cache National Forest – About the Forest. Fs.usda.gov. Retrieved on 2013-07-21.Archived 2025-06-28 at theWayback Machine
^"Table 6 - NFS Acreage by State, Congressional District and County". Archived fromthe original on 2022-03-10.
^"Wasatch-Cache National Forest - Wilderness". Archived fromthe original on 2006-05-02.

External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related toWasatch-Cache National Forest.

USFS.gov: official Uinta-Wasatch–Cache National Forest website

Protected areas ofUtah

Federal

National Conservation Areas	Beaver Dam Wash John Wesley Powell Red Cliffs
National Forests	Ashley Caribou–Targhee Dixie Fishlake Manti–La Sal Sawtooth Uinta–Wasatch–Cache
National Historical Parks	Golden Spike
National Monuments	Bears Ears Cedar Breaks Dinosaur Grand Staircase–Escalante Hovenweep Jurassic Natural Bridges Rainbow Bridge Timpanogos Cave
National Parks	Arches Bryce Canyon Canyonlands Capitol Reef Zion
National Recreation Areas	Flaming Gorge Glen Canyon
National Trails	California Mormon Pioneer Old Spanish Pony Express
National Wild and Scenic Rivers	Green River Virgin River
National Wildlife Refuges	Bear River Migratory Bird Fish Springs Ouray
Other	National Historic Landmarks National Natural Landmarks National Register of Historic Places Wilderness Areas

State

State Parks Northern Region	Antelope Island Bear Lake Camp Floyd Deer Creek East Canyon Echo Flight Park Fred Hayes at Starvation Great Salt Lake Historic Union Pacific Rail Trail Hyrum Jordan River OHV Park Jordanelle Lost Creek Red Fleet Rockport Steinaker Utah Field House Utah Lake Wasatch Mountain Willard Bay
State Parks Central Region	Fremont Indian Goblin Valley Green River Huntington Millsite Palisade Scofield Territorial Statehouse Utahraptor Yuba
State Parks Southern Region	Anasazi Coral Pink Sand Dunes Dead Horse Point Edge of the Cedars Escalante Petrified Forest Frontier Homestead Goosenecks Gunlock Kodachrome Basin Otter Creek Piute Quail Creek Sand Hollow Snow Canyon

Protected areas ofIdaho

Federal

National Conservation Areas	Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey
National Fish Hatcheries	Dworshak Kooskia
National Forests	Bitterroot Boise Caribou-Targhee Clearwater Coeur d'Alene Idaho Panhandle Kaniksu Kootenai Nez Perce Payette Salmon-Challis Sawtooth St. Joe Wallowa–Whitman Wasatch-Cache
National Grasslands	Curlew
National Historic Sites and Historical Parks	Minidoka Nez Perce
National Monuments	Craters of the Moon Hagerman Fossil Beds
National Parks	Yellowstone
National Recreation Areas	Hells Canyon Sawtooth
National Reserves	City of Rocks
National Trails	California Continental Divide Ice Age Floods Lewis and Clark Nez Perce Oregon Pacific Northwest
National Wild and Scenic Rivers	Battle Creek Big Jacks Creek Bruneau Bruneau (West Fork) Clearwater (Middle Fork) Cottonwood Creek Deep Creek Dickshooter Creek Duncan Creek Jarbidge Little Jacks Creek Lochsa Owyhee Owyhee (North Fork) Owyhee (South Fork) Rapid Red Canyon Saint Joe Salmon Salmon (Middle Fork) Selway Sheep Creek Snake Wickahoney Creek
National Wildlife Refuge	Bear Lake Camas Deer Flat Grays Lake Kootenai Minidoka Oxford Slough Waterfowl Production Area
Other	National Historic Landmarks National Natural Landmarks National Register of Historic Places Wilderness Areas

State

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Other

Central Idaho Dark Sky Reserve

Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation

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Attractions

BYU	Arboretum Bean Museum Carillon Tower Harris Fine Arts Center LaVell Edwards Stadium Marriott Center Larry H. Miller Field Museum of Art Museum of Paleontology Museum of Peoples and Cultures Smith Fieldhouse
Events	Festival Latinoamericano Freedom Festival Stadium of Fire Sunfall Festival Utah Valley Marathon
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Houses	Alexander Allen/Carriage Beebe Booth Brown Clark–Taylor Cluff Davies Eggertsen Frisby Hines Mansion Johnson–Hansen Knight Knight–Allen Knight–Mangum Loose Ray Roberts Smith Smoot G. Taylor T. N. Taylor Twelves Wentz
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