Dugger Mountain Wilderness

{{Infobox protected area

| name = Dugger Mountain Wilderness

| iucn_category = Ib

| iucn_ref = [https://www.protectedplanet.net/368029 Protected Planet Website]- Retrieved April 11, 2023

| photo ="Fog Banks" Looking South from Dugger Mountain - DPLA - 662994803f6a75827e010c6ab40c49f9.jpg

| photo_caption =View looking south from Dugger Mountain

| map = Alabama#USA

| relief = 1

| map_caption = Location in Alabama##Location in United States

| location = Cleburne and Calhoun counties, Alabama, USA

| nearest_city = Piedmont

| coordinates = {{coord|33.8673239|N|85.6010716|W|region:US-AL|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| coords_ref = {{cite gnis |id=2035109 |name=Dugger Mountain Wilderness |accessdate=2011-08-14}}

| area_acre = 9200

| established = {{Start date|2000|4|1}}{{cite web |url=http://www.wilderness.net/index.cfm?fuse=NWPS&sec=wildView&WID=166&tab=General |title=Dugger Mountain Wilderness |publisher=Wilderness.net |accessdate=2011-08-14}}

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| governing_body = U.S. Forest Service

}}

Dugger Mountain Wilderness is Alabama's third and newest wilderness area. Dedicated April 2000, Dugger Mountain Wilderness covers {{convert|9200|acre|ha}} of Talladega National Forest in Calhoun County and Cleburne County in Alabama.

Geography

Dugger Mountain, the second highest peak in Alabama with an elevation of {{convert|2140|ft}},{{cite web |url=http://listsofjohn.com/PeakStats/search.php?Elev=2&State=AL&r=y |title=AL Peaks List |publisher=LoJ.com |accessdate=2011-08-14}} is located between Anniston and Piedmont.

The wilderness encompasses some of the most rugged and mountainous terrain in Alabama, as well as numerous endangered and threatened plant communities. It is one of the last intact roadless areas in Alabama's National Forests. Most of the mountain's {{convert|16000|acre|ha}} were too steep to profitably timber harvest.

Features

The Pinhoti National Recreation Trail winds through the wilderness area.{{cite web |url=http://www.pinhotitrailalliance.org/history.html |title=Pinhoti Trail History |publisher=The Pinhoti Trail Alliance |accessdate=2011-08-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111009134304/http://www.pinhotitrailalliance.org/history.html |archive-date=2011-10-09 |url-status=dead }}

References

External links

[https://maps.usgs.gov/padus/#share=g-58f9778a2e6fbb1c889030da8c3137b5 U.S. Geological Survey Map] at the U.S. Geological Survey Map Website. Retrieved April 11, 2023.

Category:Protected areas of Calhoun County, Alabama

Category:Protected areas of Cleburne County, Alabama

Category:IUCN Category Ib

Category:Wilderness areas of Alabama