Mount Trumbull Wilderness
Protected area in Mohave County, Arizona / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Mount Trumbull Wilderness is a 7,880 acre (31 km2) wilderness area located on the Uinkaret Plateau in the Arizona Strip. It is managed by the Bureau of Land Management.
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Location | Mohave County, Arizona, United States |
Nearest city | Fredonia, Arizona |
Coordinates | 36°24′29″N 113°07′41″W |
Area | 7,880 acre (31 km2) |
Established | 1984 |
Governing body | Bureau of Land Management |
The Mount Trumbull Wilderness is north of Grand Canyon National Park and in the Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument. It is approximately 60 miles southwest of Fredonia, Arizona and about 60 miles south of St. George, Utah. It is about 7 miles north of the Mount Logan Wilderness.
The namesake of the wilderness, Mt. Trumbull, is 8,028 feet (2,446m) at its highest point. A 2.5 mile trail to the top can be accessed from Mohave County Road 5. The mountain was named by John Wesley Powell after the Illinois Senator Lyman Trumbull.[1]