The Big Frog Wilderness was designated in 1984 and currently consists of . Approximately are located in
Georgia
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* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the southeastern United States
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in the
Chattahoochee National Forest
The Chattahoochee River () is a river in the Southeastern United States. It forms the southern half of the Alabama and Georgia border, as well as a portion of the Florida and Georgia border. It is a tributary of the Apalachicola River, a rela ...
and approximately are located in
Tennessee
Tennessee (, ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Kentucky to the north, Virginia to the northeast, North Carolina t ...
in the
Cherokee National Forest. The Wilderness is managed by the
United States Forest Service
The United States Forest Service (USFS) is an agency within the United States Department of Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture. It administers the nation's 154 United States National Forest, national forests and 20 United States Natio ...
in Tennessee and is part of the
National Wilderness Preservation System
The National Wilderness Preservation System (NWPS) of the United States protects federal government of the United States, federally managed Wilderness, wilderness areas designated for preservation in their natural condition. Activity on formally ...
.
The highest
elevation
The elevation of a geographic location (geography), ''location'' is its height above or below a fixed reference point, most commonly a reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational equipotenti ...
in the Big Frog Wilderness is the peak of
Big Frog Mountain in Tennessee. Although not a high mountain, Big Frog seems to dominate the Wilderness because it stands alone. The Wilderness borders the
Cohutta Wilderness, which is located in Georgia. The Georgia portion of the Big Frog Wilderness is the smallest wilderness area in Georgia.
See also
*
List of U.S. Wilderness Areas
*
Wilderness Act
The Wilderness Act of 1964 () is a federal land management statute meant to protect U.S. Wilderness Area, federal wilderness and to create a formal mechanism for designating wilderness. It was written by Howard Zahniser of The Wilderness Socie ...
References
External links
Wilderness.net entry for the Big Frog Wilderness
Protected areas of Fannin County, Georgia
IUCN Category Ib
Protected areas of the Appalachians
Protected areas of Polk County, Tennessee
Wilderness areas of Georgia (U.S. state)
Wilderness areas of Tennessee
Protected areas established in 1984
Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest
Cherokee National Forest
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