page_title: Shasta–Trinity National Forest
section_title: Wilderness areas
hierarchical_section_title: Shasta–Trinity National Forest / Wilderness areas
caption_attribution_description: English: Satellite image of Mount Shasta in California, USA
context_page_description: The Shasta–Trinity National Forests are federally designated forests in northern California, United States. Combined, they are the largest National Forest in California and are managed by the U.S. Forest Service. The 2,210,485 acre combined-forest encompasses five wilderness areas, hundreds of mountain lakes and 6,278 miles of streams and rivers. Major features include Shasta Lake, the largest man-made lake in California and Mount Shasta, elevation 14,179 feet.
  The Shasta–Trinity National Forests offer a wide range of recreational activities. Some of these include hiking, backpacking, mountain climbing, horseback riding, camping, boating, fishing, hunting, sightseeing, downhill skiing and riding, snowboarding, cross-country skiing, and snowmobiling.
  In descending order of land area, the forests are located in parts of Trinity, Shasta, Siskiyou, Tehama, Modoc and Humboldt counties.
context_section_description: The forests include portions of five congressionally designated Wilderness Areas:
  Castle Crags Wilderness
  Chanchelulla Wilderness
  Mount Shasta Wilderness
  Trinity Alps Wilderness (partly in Klamath NF, Six Rivers NF, or Bureau of Land Management land)
  Yolla Bolly-Middle Eel Wilderness (partly in Mendocino NF, Six Rivers NF, or BLM land)
caption: Mount Shasta
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