Beartrap Canyon Wilderness

Beartrap Canyon Wilderness
IUCN category Ib (wilderness area)

Location	Washington County, Utah, USA
Nearest city	Cedar City, UT
Coordinates	37°25′33″N 113°05′20″W / 37.4257°N 113.0889°W / 37.4257; -113.0889Coordinates: 37°25′33″N 113°05′20″W / 37.4257°N 113.0889°W / 37.4257; -113.0889
Area	40 acres (0.2 km²)
Established	March 30, 2009 (2009-March-30)
Governing body	Bureau of Land Management

Beartrap Canyon Wilderness is a 40-acre (0.2 km²) wilderness area in the US state of Utah. It was designated March 30, 2009, as part of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009. Located adjacent to the Kolob Canyons region of Zion National Park, it encompasses and protects part of Beartrap Canyon Creek, a tributary of the Wild & Scenic Virgin River.^[1] Beartrap Canyon Wilderness is bordered by the Zion Wilderness to the east.

Access to the canyon is from the LaVerkin Creek Trail in Zion National Park.

References

↑ Virgin River, Utah Archived 2009-09-24 at the Wayback Machine. - National Wild and Scenic Rivers System

National Parks	Arches Bryce Canyon Canyonlands Capitol Reef Zion
NPS National Monuments	Cedar Breaks Dinosaur Hovenweep Natural Bridges Rainbow Bridge Timpanogos Cave
National Historic Site	Golden Spike
National Recreation Area	Glen Canyon
National Historic Trail	Mormon Pioneer
National Forests	Ashley Caribou-Targhee Dixie Fishlake Manti-La Sal Sawtooth Uinta-Wasatch-Cache
Forest Service areas	Desert Biosphere Reserve Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area
National Wildlife Refuges	Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge Fish Springs Ouray
National Conservation Areas	Beaver Dam Wash Red Cliffs
BLM National Monuments	Bears Ears Grand Staircase-Escalante
U.S. Wilderness Areas	Ashdown Gorge Beartrap Canyon Beaver Dam Mountains Black Ridge Canyons Blackridge Box-Death Hollow Canaan Mountain Cedar Mountain Cottonwood Canyon Cottonwood Forest Cougar Canyon Dark Canyon Deep Creek Deep Creek North Deseret Peak Doc's Pass Goose Creek High Uintas LaVerkin Creek Lone Peak Mount Naomi Mount Nebo Mount Olympus Mount Timpanogos Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Pine Valley Mountain Red Butte Red Mountains Slaughter Creek Taylor Creek Twin Peaks Wellsville Mountain Zion
Wild and Scenic River	Virgin River

State Parks Northern Region	Antelope Island Bear Lake Camp Floyd/Stagecoach Inn Deer Creek East Canyon Flight Park Great Salt Lake Historic Union Pacific Rail Trail Hyrum Jordan River OHV Park Jordanelle Red Fleet Rockport Starvation Steinaker Utah Field House Utah Lake Wasatch Mountain Willard Bay
State Parks Central Region	Fremont Indian Goblin Valley Green River Huntington Millsite Palisade Scofield Territorial Statehouse Yuba
State Parks Southern Region	Anasazi Coral Pink Sand Dunes Dead Horse Point Edge of the Cedars Escalante Petrified Forest Frontier Homestead Goosenecks Gunlock Kodachrome Basin Otter Creek Piute Quail Creek Sand Hollow Snow Canyon

Utah State Parks and Recreation

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