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Coordinates: 40°15′N 111°17′W / 40.25, -111.283

Uinta National Forest

Uinta National Forest (pronounced /juːˈɪntə/) is a national forest located in north central Utah, USA. It was originally part of the Uinta Forest Reserve, created by Grover Cleveland on February 2, 1897. The name is derived from the Ute word Yoov-we-teuh which means pine forest. Because of changes to the boundaries over the years, the Uinta Mountains are now located in the Wasatch-Cache National Forest. In August 2007 it was announced that the Uinta National Forest would merge with the Wasatch-Cache National Forest based in Salt Lake City, Utah, 50 miles north of Provo, Utah.

The Uinta National Forest is headquartered in Provo, Utah but has four outlying district offices located in Pleasant Grove, Heber, Spanish Fork, and Nephi, Utah. Managing 880,719 acres (1,376 sq mi, or 3,564 km²), the Uinta National Forest is less than 45 minutes south of Salt Lake City and only minutes away from Provo, Utah. In descending order of land area it is located in parts of Utah, Wasatch, Juab, and Sanpete counties.¹

One of the most prominent features of the Uinta National Forest is the Mount Timpanogos mountain peak, towering over 11,750 feet (3580 m) above sea level.

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v • d • e Protected Areas of Utah

National Park Service	National Parks: Arches • Bryce Canyon • Canyonlands • Capitol Reef • Zion National Monuments: Cedar Breaks • Dinosaur • Grand Staircase-Escalante • Hovenweep • Natural Bridges • Rainbow Bridge • Timpanogos Cave Other: Golden Spike National Historic Site • Glen Canyon National Recreation Area • Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail

National Forests	Ashley • Caribou-Targhee • Dixie • Fishlake • Manti-La Sal • Sawtooth • Uinta • Wasatch-Cache

Wilderness areas	Ashdown Gorge Wilderness • Beaver Dam Mountains Wilderness • Black Ridge Canyons Wilderness • Box-Death Hollow Wilderness • Cedar Mountain Wilderness • Dark Canyon Wilderness • Deseret Peak Wilderness • High Uintas Wilderness • Lone Peak Wilderness • Mount Naomi Wilderness • Mount Nebo Wilderness • Mount Olympus Wilderness • Mount Timpanogos Wilderness • Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness • Pine Valley Mountain Wilderness • Twin Peaks Wilderness • Wellsville Mountain Wilderness

State parks Northern Region	Antelope Island • Bear Lake • Camp Floyd • Deer Creek • East Canyon • Great Salt Lake • Historic Union Pacific Rail Trail • Jordanelle • Hyrum • Red Fleet • Rockport • Starvation • Steinaker • Utah Lake • Wasatch Mountain • Willard Bay

State parks Central Region	Fremont Indian • Goblin Valley • Green River • Huntington • Millsite • Palisade • Scofield • Territorial Statehouse • Yuba

State parks Southern Region	Anasazi Indian • Coral Pink Sand Dunes • Dead Horse Point • Edge of the Cedars • Escalante • Goosenecks • Gunlock • Iron Mission • Kodachrome Basin • Newspaper Rock State Historic Monument • Otter Creek • Piute • Quail Creek • Sand Hollow • Snow Canyon

Municipal parks	Fort Buenaventura • Gallivan Center • Liberty Park • Lost Creek Reservoir • Jordan River Parkway • Minersville Reservoir • Murray City Park • Sugar House Park • Veterans Memorial Park • This Is The Place Heritage Park

Others	Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area • Strawberry Reservoir

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