The Sipsey Wilderness lies within Bankhead National Forest around the Sipsey Fork of the Black Warrior River in northwestern Alabama, United States. Designated in 1975 and expanded in 1988, 24,922-acre (10,086 ha) Sipsey is the largest and most frequently visited Wilderness area in Alabama and contains dozens of waterfalls. It was also the first designated wilderness area east of the Mississippi River.[2]
West Bee Falls
The wilderness consists of the low plateau of Brindlee Mountain which is dissected into a rough landscape by several creeks and rivers. Due to the layers of limestone and sandstone that make up the area, waterfalls are very common in the wilderness.[3] This feature has earned the wilderness the nickname "Land of 1000 Waterfalls."
The wilderness is in the Appalachian mixed mesophytic forests ecoregion. Much of the wilderness was once logged, but new growth forests have now taken hold in the logged areas. Some old-growth forests can also be found in the wilderness. The most significant are about 260 acres (110 ha) along Bee Branch Gorge and Buck Rough Canyon, which include old Eastern Hemlock, American Beech, Sweet Birch, White Oak, and Tulip Poplar.[4]
The Sipsey Wilderness Hiking Club[5] promotes hiking in the Sipsey Wilderness.
The SipseyWilderness lies within Bankhead National Forest around the Sipsey Fork of the Black Warrior River in northwestern Alabama, United States. Designated...
Sipsey is the name of several features in the U.S. state of Alabama: Sipsey, Alabama, a town in Walker County The SipseyWilderness, a wilderness area...
Hubbard creeks in the SipseyWilderness of Bankhead National Forest. The Sipsey Fork discharges into the Mulberry Fork. The Sipsey Fork below Lewis Smith...
the SipseyWilderness despite Congress only offering to cover 9,400 acres. Her fight for the Sipsey ultimately led to the 1974 Eastern Wilderness Act...
rock shelter and Native American cultural site located just outside SipseyWilderness in Bankhead National Forest, near Double Springs, Alabama. The shelter...
point is Buddy Cove Gap, with an elevation of 3164 feet near the Cohutta Wilderness. Its lowest point above sea level is close to Weogufka Creek near Weogufka...
The 7,245-acre (2,932 ha) Cheaha Wilderness lies next to Cheaha State Park, near the Talladega Mountains in Alabama, United States. It lies within the...
Cheaha Wilderness preserves a portion of this natural wealth on Talladega Mountain. The forest's second wilderness area, the Dugger Mountain Wilderness, protects...
Darter Wheeler Wilderness areas Cheaha Wilderness Dugger Mountain WildernessSipseyWilderness National Wild and Scenic Rivers Sipsey Fork Other protected...
William B. Bankhead National Forest Wilderness Areas Cheaha Wilderness Dugger Mountain WildernessSipseyWilderness National Recreation Trail Pinhoti National...
Darter Wheeler Wilderness areas Cheaha Wilderness Dugger Mountain WildernessSipseyWilderness National Wild and Scenic Rivers Sipsey Fork Other protected...
Darter Wheeler Wilderness areas Cheaha Wilderness Dugger Mountain WildernessSipseyWilderness National Wild and Scenic Rivers Sipsey Fork Other protected...
Darter Wheeler Wilderness areas Cheaha Wilderness Dugger Mountain WildernessSipseyWilderness National Wild and Scenic Rivers Sipsey Fork Other protected...
Darter Wheeler Wilderness areas Cheaha Wilderness Dugger Mountain WildernessSipseyWilderness National Wild and Scenic Rivers Sipsey Fork Other protected...
Darter Wheeler Wilderness areas Cheaha Wilderness Dugger Mountain WildernessSipseyWilderness National Wild and Scenic Rivers Sipsey Fork Other protected...
Darter Wheeler Wilderness areas Cheaha Wilderness Dugger Mountain WildernessSipseyWilderness National Wild and Scenic Rivers Sipsey Fork Other protected...
The National Wilderness Preservation System includes 806 wilderness areas protecting 111,889,002 acres (174,826.566 sq mi; 452,798.73 km2) of federal land...
Darter Wheeler Wilderness areas Cheaha Wilderness Dugger Mountain WildernessSipseyWilderness National Wild and Scenic Rivers Sipsey Fork Other protected...
State Park Talladega National Forest Cheaha Wilderness William B. Bankhead National Forest SipseyWilderness Georgia Cloudland Canyon State Park Kentucky...
Darter Wheeler Wilderness areas Cheaha Wilderness Dugger Mountain WildernessSipseyWilderness National Wild and Scenic Rivers Sipsey Fork Other protected...
Darter Wheeler Wilderness areas Cheaha Wilderness Dugger Mountain WildernessSipseyWilderness National Wild and Scenic Rivers Sipsey Fork Other protected...
Darter Wheeler Wilderness areas Cheaha Wilderness Dugger Mountain WildernessSipseyWilderness National Wild and Scenic Rivers Sipsey Fork Other protected...
Darter Wheeler Wilderness areas Cheaha Wilderness Dugger Mountain WildernessSipseyWilderness National Wild and Scenic Rivers Sipsey Fork Other protected...
Darter Wheeler Wilderness areas Cheaha Wilderness Dugger Mountain WildernessSipseyWilderness National Wild and Scenic Rivers Sipsey Fork Other protected...
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