Bigelow Cholla Garden Wilderness · CA

Bigelow Cholla Garden Wilderness, CABigelow Cholla Garden Wilderness is a designated wilderness area in California, managed by the Bureau of Land Management.About Bigelow Cholla Garden WildernessThe Bigelow Cholla Garden Wilderness now contains a total of 14,645 acres and is managed by the Bureau of Land Management. All of the Wilderness is in the state of California. In 1994 the Bigelow Cholla Garden Wilderness became part of the now over 109 million acre National Wilderness Preservation System. In wilderness, you can enjoy challenging recreational activities and extraordinary opportunities for solitude. In an age of "...increasing population, accompanied by expanding settlement and growing mechanization,..." you play an important role in helping to "...secure for the American people of present and future generations the benefits of an enduring resource of wilderness" as called for by Congress in the Wilderness Act of 1964 . Please follow the regulations in place for this area, aThings to do at Bigelow Cholla Garden Wilderness

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Managed by: Bureau of Land Management

Designation: designated wilderness area

State: California

1 recorded activity

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