Wheeler Geologic

Location:    Mineral County
Size:   640 acres
Designated:   December 1983
Land Manager:   US Forest Service

Wheeler Geologic Natural Area is a mass of pinnacles and domes, some more than several hundred feet high.  Erosive forces have sculpted these forms in white, beige and lavender layers of lava and ash. The geologic features occur within virgin forests of Engelmann spruce and subalpine fir.