Cummins Creek Wilderness

Cummins Creek Wilderness
Cummins Creek Ridge Trail
Map showing the location of Cummins Creek Wilderness
Map showing the location of Cummins Creek Wilderness
Map showing the location of Cummins Creek Wilderness
Map showing the location of Cummins Creek Wilderness
LocationLane County, Oregon, United States
Nearest cityYachats, Oregon
Coordinates44°15′05″N 124°02′31″W / 44.25139°N 124.04194°W / 44.25139; -124.04194
Area9,300 acres (3,800 ha)
Established1984
Governing bodyUnited States Forest Service
WebsiteCummins Creek Wilderness

The Cummins Creek Wilderness is a 9,300-acre (3,800 ha) wilderness area in the Siuslaw National Forest within the Oregon Coast. It is one of three wilderness areas created in the Siuslaw in 1984, along with Drift Creek and Rock Creek. It is "dedicated to preserve in a wilderness state, the last remaining virgin stands of Sitka spruce, western hemlock and Douglas-fir, in Oregon's coast lands."[1][2] Cummins Creek and nearby Cummins Ridge are named for F.L. Cummins, an early homesteader.[3]

  1. ^ Northwest Regional Wilderness Area Directory Archived 2008-02-02 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Cummins Creek Wilderness Archived 2007-08-06 at the Wayback Machine - Wilderness.net
  3. ^ McArthur, Lewis A.; Lewis L. McArthur (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (Seventh ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. ISBN 0-87595-277-1. (trade paperback), (hardcover).