Platte River Wilderness

The Platte River Wilderness is a 23,492-acre protected wilderness area within the Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest. Split between southern Wyoming and northern Colorado, the Wilderness was designated in 1984 by the Wyoming Wilderness Act.

Platte River Wilderness

Type: Reserve
Description: Wyoming and Colorado
Category: US Wilderness Area
Location: Carbon, Wyoming, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.08543° or 41° 5′ 8″ north

Longitude

-106.37645° or 106° 22′ 35″ west

Elevation

8,855 feet (2,699 metres)

Open location code

85HM3JPF+5C

GeoNames ID

5835312

Wikidata ID

Q7202499

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