Otter Creek Wilderness
Part of Monongahela National Forest
Wilderness Area
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
Counties	Randolph, Tucker
Coordinates	39°01′58″N 79°39′13″W / 39.03278, -79.65361
Highest point	McGowan Mountain [1]
- location	northeast of Bowden
- elevation	3,912 ft (1,192. A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. The Monongahela National Forest (MNF was established by the U A wilderness area is a region where the land is in a natural state where impacts from human activities are minimal—that is as a Wilderness. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the West Virginia ( is a state in the Appalachian Upland South, and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States, bordered by Randolph County is a County located in the US state of West Virginia. Tucker County is a County located in the US state of West Virginia. A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit 4 m) [2]
- coordinates	38°59′00″N 79°41′39″W / 38.983333, -79.69417
Lowest point	Otter Creek
- location	southeast of Hendricks
- elevation	1,804 ft (549. The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International Hendricks is a town in Tucker County, West Virginia, USA The population was 319 at the 2000 census A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit 9 m) [3]
- coordinates	39°02′08″N 79°35′45″W / 39.03556, -79.59583
Area	20,000 acres (8,093. The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International The acre is a unit of Area in a number of different systems including the imperial and U 7 ha) [4]
Established	1975 [1]
Management	Monongahela National Forest
Owner	USDA Forest Service
IUCN category	Ib - Wilderness Area
Nearest city	Elkins, West Virginia
Location of Otter Creek Wilderness in West Virginia
Website: Otter Creek Wilderness

Otter Creek Wilderness is a U. Explanation The hectare is commonly used in most countries around the world especially in domains concerned with land planning and management such as Agriculture, Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Monongahela National Forest (MNF was established by the U Elkins is a city in Randolph County, West Virginia, United States. West Virginia ( is a state in the Appalachian Upland South, and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States, bordered by S. Wilderness area located in the Cheat-Potomac Ranger District of Monongahela National Forest in West Virginia. The Monongahela National Forest (MNF was established by the U West Virginia ( is a state in the Appalachian Upland South, and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States, bordered by ^[4] Otter Creek Wilderness sets in a bowl-shaped valley formed by Otter Creek, in between McGowan Mountain and Shavers Mountain in Tucker County and Randolph County, West Virginia. Tucker County is a County located in the US state of West Virginia. Randolph County is a County located in the US state of West Virginia. ^[1] The wilderness is crossed by 42 miles (68 km) of hiking trails. Otter Creek Trail is the longest, at 11 miles (18 km). ^[5]

History

By 1914 all of the virgin forest in the Otter Creek watershed had been timbered, mostly by the Otter Creek Boom and Lumber Company, but also by the owners of several small farms and homesteads. ^[4] In 1917 key land purchases were made by the U. S. Forest Service as part of the formation of the national forest system. The Otter Creek area was managed as a multiple use forest, including some second growth logging, until the passage of the Eastern Wilderness Act in 1975. ^[6] The last private in-holding was acquired the same year.

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