Eagle Cap Wilderness

Eagle Cap Wilderness is a wilderness area in the Wallowa Mountains of northeastern Oregon, in the United States, within the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest. First established in 1940 and included in the National Wilderness Preservation System in 1964, it has since grown through boundary revisions to 361,446 acres, making it the largest wilderness area in Oregon. It is named for a peak in the Wallowa Mountains once mistakenly believed to be the highest point in the range. The wilderness holds more than 60 named alpine lakes and tarns, including Legore Lake, the highest true lake in Oregon at 8,950 feet, more than 37 miles of streams, and four federally designated Wild and Scenic Rivers: the Lostine, Eagle Creek, Minam and Imnaha. It supports wolves, elk, bighorn sheep and mountain goats, and is managed by the United States Forest Service.