Opal Creek Wilderness

Opal Creek Wilderness
Old growth in Opal Creek Wilderness
Map
LocationMarion / Clackamas counties, Oregon, United States[1]
Nearest cityDetroit, Oregon
Coordinates44°50′48.14″N 122°12′32.79″W / 44.8467056°N 122.2091083°W / 44.8467056; -122.2091083
Area20,746 acres (8,396 ha)[2]
EstablishedSeptember 30, 1996
Governing bodyUnited States Forest Service
Cabins of former mining community of Jawbone Flats, now owned by Opal Creek Ancient Forest Center

The Opal Creek Wilderness is a wilderness area located in the Willamette National Forest in the U.S. state of Oregon, on the border of the Mount Hood National Forest. It has the largest uncut watershed in Oregon.[3]

Opal Creek and nearby Opal Lake were named for Opal Elliott, wife of early Forest Service ranger Roy Elliott.[4]

  1. ^ U.S. National Wilderness Preservation System Map (Map). Wilderness.net. Retrieved 2014-07-28.
  2. ^ "Opal Creek Wilderness". Wilderness.net. Retrieved 2015-09-17.
  3. ^ "Opal Creek Wilderness". The Cranberry House. Retrieved 2007-08-20.
  4. ^ McArthur, Lewis A.; Lewis L. McArthur (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (Seventh ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. ISBN 0-87595-277-1.