INDIAN HEAVEN WILDERNESS
Gifford Pinchot National Forest
6926 E. 4th. Plain Blvd.
Vancouver, WA 98668
(206) 750-5000
Web site http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/

Indian Heaven Wilderness was created by the 1984 Washington Wilderness Act and contains 20,650 acres located between Mt. Adams and the Columbia River Gorge. It is situated on a high plateau with numerous open meadows, forested areas, and more than 150 lakes. The natural scenic beauty of Indian Heaven is enhanced by several interesting volcanic formations such as East Crater and Lake Sahalee-Tyee. Limei Rock is the highest point in the area, at 5,927 feet, and provides majestic views of the Cascades and Wapiki Lake.

Snow melts away about mid-July. Fall is a good time to visit, with brilliant colors flourishing, and the mosquito season nearly over. A number of trails in the area provide for backcountry travel experiences.

For almost 10,000 years Native people have been traveling to what we know now as Indian Heaven. A gathering place for Northwest Tribes much festivity, trading, and rituals surrounded the annual huckleberry festival. During these festivals the tribes would pick and dry huckleberries, race horses, play games, make baskets, dry meat, tan hides, and fish in the many lakes.