Black Creek Wilderness

Infobox Protected area
name = Black Creek Wilderness
iucn_category = Ib

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caption =
locator_x = 182
locator_y = 138
location = Mississippi, United States
nearest_city = Wiggins, Mississippi
lat_degrees = 30
lat_minutes = 58
lat_seconds = 47
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 089
long_minutes = 01
long_seconds = 41
long_direction = W
area = convert|5052|acre|km2|0|sing=off
established = 1984
visitation_num =
visitation_year =
governing_body = U.S. Forest Service

Black Creek Wilderness is a convert|5052|acre|km2|0|sing=on wilderness area in the U.S. state of Mississippi. Located within the De Soto National Forest, Mississippi's largest wilderness lies in the broad valley of Black Creek, stained a deep caramel color by the tannic acid of decaying vegetation. [http://www.wilderness.net/index.cfm?fuse=NWPS&sec=wildView&WID=54 Black Creek Wilderness] - Wilderness.net]

Wild and Scenic River

Black Creek, a tributary of the Pascagoula River, is Mississippi's only designated National Wild and Scenic River. Designated in 1986, convert|21|mi|km|0|sing=off of the creek are classified as "scenic." [ [http://www.rivers.gov/wsr-black-creek.html Black Creek Wild and Scenic River, Mississippi] - National Wild and Scenic Rivers System]

Black Creek bisects Black Creek Wilderness, creating a hardwood floodplain of oxbow lakes and thick stands of sweet gum, sweet bay, red maple, oak, pine, and bald cypress.

References

ee also

*List of U.S. Wilderness Areas
*Wilderness Act

External links

* [http://www.wilderness.net/index.cfm?fuse=NWPS&sec=wildView&WID=54 Black Creek Wilderness] - Wilderness.net
* [http://gorp.away.com/gorp/resource/us_wilderness_area/ms_black.htm Black Creek Wilderness, Mississippi] - GORP
* [http://www.backpacker.com/places/0,2678,534,00.html Black Creek Wilderness] - Backpacker.com