Flat Tops Wilderness Area

Flat Tops Wilderness
The wilderness area from Ripple Creek Overlook
Map showing the location of Flat Tops Wilderness
Map showing the location of Flat Tops Wilderness
LocationGarfield / Rio Blanco / Eagle counties, Colorado
United States
Nearest cityYampa, Colorado
Coordinates39°56′56″N 107°15′58″W / 39.94889°N 107.26611°W / 39.94889; -107.26611[1]
Area235,214 acres (951.88 km2)
EstablishedJanuary 1, 1975
Governing bodyUnited States Forest Service
Flat Top Wilderness location is in red.

Flat Tops Wilderness Area is the second largest U.S. Wilderness Area in Colorado. It is 235,214 acres (951.88 km2), with 38,870 acres (157.3 km2) in Routt National Forest and 196,344 acres (794.58 km2) in White River National Forest. It was designated a wilderness area in 1975. Trappers Lake, located in the north of the area, was the lake that inspired Arthur Carhart, a United States Forest Service official, to plead for wilderness preservation.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Flat Tops Wilderness". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ "Flat Tops Wilderness". wilderness.net. Retrieved 9 Aug 2012.
  3. ^ "Flat Tops Wilderness". coloradowilderness.com. Retrieved 6 Jan 2017.