| Little Dry Run Wilderness | |
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 Looking south into mountains in vicinity of Little Dry Run Wilderness Area from State Route 749 near Speedwell Va | |
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| Location | Wythe County Virginia, United States |
| Nearest city | Wytheville, Virginia |
| Coordinates | 36°47′09″N 81°12′42″W / 36.78575°N 81.21154°W |
| Area | 2,858 acres (1,157 ha) |
| Established | 1984 |
| Administrator | U.S. Forest Service |
The Little Dry Run Wilderness is an area in the Mount Rogers National Recreation Area protected by the Eastern Wilderness Act of Congress to maintain its present, natural condition. As part of the wilderness system, it is intended to preserve a variety of natural life forms and contribute to a diversity of plant and animal gene pools. Over half of the ecosystems in the United States exist within designated wilderness.[1]
Named after Little Dry Run, a stream lined with hemlocks and white pines that runs through the center of the wilderness, the area has good hikes far removed from the busy west side of the Mount Rogers Recreation Area:[2] which is part of the Mount Rogers Cluster.
- ^ Wilderness.org: Why Wilderness? | Wilderness.org, accessdate: May 14, 2017
- ^ Bamford, Sherman (October 2014). 18 Wonders of Virginia. Richmond, Virginia: Sierra Club Virginia Chapter. pp. 50–53. ISBN 978-0-926487-79-6.