Cougar Canyon Wilderness
Cougar Canyon Wilderness is clustered together with Doc’s Pass and Slaughter Creek Wilderness areas along the Nevada state line, in the remote northwest corner of Washington County. This unit is contiguous...
Description from Wilderness Connect (wilderness.net), where the full text continues.
| Designation | Wilderness |
| Managed by | Bureau of Land Management |
| State | Utah |
| Size | 10,648 acres (Wilderness Connect) |
| Designated | 2009, by Congress |
| Center point | 37.4866, -114.0156 |
| Night sky | About as dark as the ground gets (Black Marble reading 19) |
Boundary map
Boundary, simplified to about 0.005 degrees Federal campground
The outline is the agency boundary simplified for display, so small parcels and inholdings may not show. The agency page has the authoritative map.
Weather by month
Large units span more than one climate. The station stands in for the center point, and the outer parts of the boundary can be warmer or colder.
Where to camp
No federal campground sits inside the boundary. 1 is within ten miles of it. Nearest first. Distances are from the campground point to the boundary edge, from the Campsite Atlas index.
Explore
Nearby on the other atlases
- 14.1 miEnterprise Meetinghouse ↗Enterprise, UT
Landmarks are listed first, then by distance from the boundary.
Reference
Questions people ask
How big is Cougar Canyon Wilderness?
10,648 acres.
Source: Wilderness Connect
Who manages Cougar Canyon Wilderness?
The Bureau of Land Management.
Source: Wilderness Connect
What state is Cougar Canyon Wilderness in?
Utah.
Source: Wilderness Connect
When was Cougar Canyon Wilderness designated?
Congress designated it in 2009.
Source: Wilderness Connect
Can I camp at Cougar Canyon Wilderness?
No federal campground sits inside the boundary. The nearest is Honeycomb Rocks Campground, 5.9 miles out. 1 in all are within ten miles. Camping inside a wilderness is usually allowed away from roads, with no facilities; the managing agency page has the permit rules.
Source: Where to camp
How do I get to Cougar Canyon Wilderness?
A point inside the boundary is at 37.487, -114.016. The official page carries directions and the office address.
Source: Wilderness Connect
How dark is the night sky at Cougar Canyon Wilderness?
NASA’s Black Marble night-lights image reads 19 on a 0 to 255 scale at the center point, about as dark as the ground gets.
Source: NASA Black Marble
Are there historic places near Cougar Canyon Wilderness?
1 National Register listing within 15 miles, including Enterprise Meetinghouse.
Source: Register Atlas
Sources
- Boundary, name, acreage, designation year, states and description: Wilderness Connect.
- Campgrounds: the Campsite Atlas index of federal campgrounds, matched to this boundary at build time.
- Trailheads and sites: the Forest Service Recreation Opportunities layer, points inside the boundary.
- Night sky: NASA Black Marble (VIIRS, 2016 composite) sampled at zoom 6 around the center point.
- Weather, alerts, air quality, river flow and earthquakes load live in your browser from NWS, AirNow, USGS and iNaturalist when you open the page.