The Owens Peak Wilderness is a 73,767-acre (298.52 km2) [1] wilderness area comprising the rugged eastern face of the Sierra Nevada. Owens Peak (8,445 ft)[2] is the high point. The land was set aside with the passage of the California Desert Protection Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–433) by the US Congress.
The mountainous terrain has deep, winding, open and expansive canyons, many of which contain springs with extensive riparian vegetation. This area is a transition zone between the Great Basin, Mojave Desert and Sierra Nevada ecoregions. Vegetation varies considerably with a creosote desert scrub community on the bajadas, scattered yuccas, cacti, annuals, cottonwood and oak trees in the canyons and valleys and a juniper-pinyon woodland with sagebrush and digger/gray pine on the upper elevations.
Wildlife includes mule deer, golden eagle and prairie falcon. Evidence of occupation by prehistoric peoples has been found throughout the wilderness.
The Pacific Crest Trail passes through the wilderness along the crest and western side.
^Bureau of Land Management page on Owens Peak Wilderness.
^United States Geological Survey data page.
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