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Needle's Eye Wilderness is an
wilderness area Wilderness or wildlands (usually in the plural) are Earth's natural environments that have not been significantly modified by human activity, or any nonurbanized land not under extensive agricultural cultivation. The term has traditionally ...
located approximately southeast of the town of
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in
Gila County Gila County ( ) is a county in the central part of the U.S. state of Arizona. As of the 2020 census, the population was 53,272. The county seat is Globe. Gila County comprises the Payson, Arizona micropolitan statistical area which is incl ...
in the
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state of
Arizona Arizona is a U.S. state, state in the Southwestern United States, Southwestern region of the United States, sharing the Four Corners region of the western United States with Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah. It also borders Nevada to the nort ...
.Needle's Eye Wilderness Area
– Arizona BLM


Topography

The
Mescal Mountains The Mescal Mountains (in Western Apache language: Nadah Choh Dasán – "Big Mescal Sitting There") are a series of connected mountain ridges in southern Gila County, Arizona. Their highest point is El Capitan Mountain, which has an elevation of 6, ...
run northwest across the center of Needle's Eye Wilderness. The southwest flank of the range forms a
dip slope A dip slope is a topographic or geomorphic surface which slopes in the same direction, and often by the same angle, as the true dip or apparent dip of the underlying strata.Jackson, JA, J Mehl and K Neuendorf (2005) ''Glossary of Geology.'' Ame ...
of
Paleozoic The Paleozoic ( , , ; or Palaeozoic) Era is the first of three Era (geology), geological eras of the Phanerozoic Eon. Beginning 538.8 million years ago (Ma), it succeeds the Neoproterozoic (the last era of the Proterozoic Eon) and ends 251.9 Ma a ...
limestone Limestone is a type of carbonate rock, carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material Lime (material), lime. It is composed mostly of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different Polymorphism (materials science) ...
more than high. The
Gila River The Gila River (; O'odham ima Keli Akimel or simply Akimel, Quechan: Haa Siʼil, Maricopa language: Xiil) is a tributary of the Colorado River flowing through New Mexico and Arizona in the United States. The river drains an arid watershed of ...
forms the Wilderness area's southern boundary as it cuts through the mountains in three narrow, deep canyons known as the Needle's Eye. A deep
riparian zone A riparian zone or riparian area is the interface between land and a river or stream. In some regions, the terms riparian woodland, riparian forest, riparian buffer zone, riparian corridor, and riparian strip are used to characterize a ripari ...
covers the narrow river channel, forming the southern boundary of this area. Several small slickrock canyons bisect the Wilderness and connect to the Gila River.


Access

Needle's Eye Wilderness is surrounded by the
San Carlos Apache The San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation ( Western Apache: Tsékʼáádn), in southeastern Arizona, United States, was established in 1872 as a reservation for the Chiricahua Apache tribe as well as surrounding Yavapai and Apache bands removed fr ...
Indian Reservation to the north and south, and private lands to the east and west. Visitors must obtain permission in advance to access the Wilderness.Needle's Eye Wilderness
– Wilderness.net


See also

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List of Arizona Wilderness Areas The National Wilderness Preservation System includes 806 wilderness areas protecting of federal land . They are managed by four agencies: *National Park Service (NPS) *United States Forest Service (USFS) *United States Fish and Wildlife Service ...
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List of U.S. Wilderness Areas The National Wilderness Preservation System includes 806 wilderness areas protecting of federal land . They are managed by four agencies: *National Park Service (NPS) *United States Forest Service (USFS) *United States Fish and Wildlife Service ...
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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


Needle's Eye Wilderness Area
– U.S. Bureau of Land Management
Needle's Eye Wilderness
– Wilderness.net {{authority control Protected areas of Gila County, Arizona IUCN Category Ib Wilderness areas of Arizona Bureau of Land Management areas in Arizona Protected areas established in 1990 1990 establishments in Arizona