Shale Butte Wilderness Study Area

The Shale Butte Wilderness Study Area is a Bureau of Land Management wilderness study area (WSA) in Lincoln County, Idaho. It covers 15,560 acres (6,300 ha). The WSA is located to the south of Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve.

Shale Butte itself is located in the northeast corner of the WSA. It is not composed of shale, but basalt lava of Pleistocene age. The lava extends to the south from the butte to cover the eastern WSA.

The WSA is accessible only by unimproved roads and jeep trails, or by hiking.

To the north is Sand Butte Wilderness Study Area.

External links

• Volcanic landscape, top of plateau in southeastern Shale Butte Wilderness Area

References

1. Sand Butte Wilderness Study Area
2. Kimama, Idaho
3. List of wilderness study areas
4. Duxbury Reef State Marine Conservation Area
5. Bighorn Mountains
6. Nahanni National Park Reserve
7. Montana
8. Geography of Montana
9. Wind Cave National Park
10. Bandelier National Monument
11. Klamath Basin
12. Florissant Formation
13. Chaco Culture National Historical Park
14. Valley of Fire State Park
15. Arches National Park
16. Shoshone National Forest
17. Canyonlands National Park
18. Copper Mountain (Wyoming)
19. Glossary of geography terms (N–Z)
20. Saguaro National Park