Piper Mountain Wilderness

Piper Mountain Wilderness
Map showing the location of Piper Mountain Wilderness
Map showing the location of Piper Mountain Wilderness
Map of the United States
LocationInyo County, California
Nearest cityBishop, California
Coordinates37°19′22″N 117°55′37″W / 37.32278°N 117.92694°W / 37.32278; -117.92694
Area72,575 acres (29,370 ha)
Established1994
Governing bodyDepartment of the Interior / Bureau of Land Management

The Piper Mountain Wilderness is a federally designated wilderness area located in the White Mountains 20 miles (32 km) northeast of Big Pine, California in Inyo County, California.

The Wilderness Area was created by the 1994 California Desert Protection Act, and encompasses 72,575 acres (29,370 ha) of Great Basin wildlands, east of the Owens Valley and west of the Eureka Valley.[1]