Designated in 1964 Washakie Wilderness was named in honor of Chief Washakie, a leader of the Shoshone tribe of Wyoming. The area now encompasses 704,274 acres in the southern Absaroka Mountains. Yellowstone National Park borders to the northwest, Teton Wilderness to the west, and the Wind River Indian Reservation to the southeast. The land is characterized by deep, narrow valleys exposing volcanic strata. Broad, flat-topped mountains and plateaus separate canyons. This volcanic material, much…
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