Dugger Mountain Wilderness

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Dugger Mountain Wilderness
IUCN Category Ib (Wilderness Area)

Location	Alabama, USA
Nearest city	Piedmont, AL
Coordinates	33°52′0″N 85°37′0″W / 33.86667, -85.61667
Area	9,200 acres (37 km²)
Established	2001
Governing body	U.S. Forest Service

Dugger Mountain Wilderness is Alabama's third and newest wilderness area. Dedicated April 2000, Dugger Mountain Wilderness covers 9,220 acres (37 km²) of Talladega National Forest in Calhoun County, Alabama and Cleburne County, Alabama.

Dugger Mountain, the second highest peak in Alabama with an elevation of 2,140 feet (650 m), is located between Anniston and Piedmont.

The Wilderness encompasses some of the most rugged mountainous terrain in Alabama, as well as numerous endangered and threatened plant communities. It is one of the last intact roadless areas in Alabama's National Forests, due in large part to the fact most of the mountain's 16,000 acres (65 km²) have been too steep for timber harvesting.

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v • d • e Protected Areas of Alabama

National Park Service	Horseshoe Bend National Military Park • Little River Canyon National Preserve • Natchez Trace Trail • Pinhoti National Recreation Trail • Russell Cave National Monument • Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site • Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site

National Forests	Conecuh • Talladega • Tuskegee • William B. Bankhead

National Wildlife Refuges	Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge • Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge • Choctaw National Wildlife Refuge • Eufaula National Wildlife Refuge • Fern Cave National Wildlife Refuge • Key Cave National Wildlife Refuge • Mountain Longleaf National Wildlife Refuge • Sauta Cave National Wildlife Refuge • Watercress Darter National Wildlife Refuge • Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge

Wilderness Areas	Cheaha Wilderness • Dugger Mountain Wilderness • Sipsey Wilderness

State Parks	Bladon Springs • Blue Springs • Buck's Pocket • Cathedral Caverns • Chattahoochee • Cheaha • Chewacla • Chickasaw • DeSoto • Florala • Frank Jackson • Gulf • Joe Wheeler • Lake Guntersville • Lake Lurleen • Lakepoint • Meaher • Monte Sano • Oak Mountain • Paul M. Grist • Rickwood Caverns • Roland Cooper • Wind Creek

State Forests	Fayette • Geneva • Little River • Saint Stephens • Weogufka

Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (web)