The Rawah Wilderness is administered by the USDA Forest Service. It is located on the Canyon Lakes Ranger District of the

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, near the

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border, and also in the Routt National Forest to its south. It encompasses and includes 25 named lakes ranging in size from five to 39 acres (20,000 to 160,000 m²). There are of trails in the area and elevation ranges from to . Much of the area is traversed by the Medicine Bow Mountains and the Rawah Range for which it is named. The temperature in the Rawah Wilderness ranges from a low of during the winter and a high of during the summer.

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