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Table Mountain Proposed Wilderness
Acreage
Total CCWC Acreage = 23,130
Location
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Table Mountain is part of the Royal Gorge Bureau
of Land Management Resource Area in the Arkansas River Canyon 15 miles
west of Canon City.
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It lies in Fremont County on the high plateau and
canyons north of the Arkansas River between Parkdale and Texas Creek
Access Table Mountain from the west side via Texas
Creek Gulch. Take Hwy 50 to Texas Creek. Turn north on Fremont 27,
Texas Gulch road. At the parking lot, a four-wheel drive road goes
east up the drainage, leading to an old quarry at 1.5 miles. Stay
on 27 (east) at the Y intersection (about 2 miles), continuing to
East Creek area, a total of six miles. A hiking trail continues north
from there.
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Topo maps: Echo (W), McIntyre Hills (E)
Wilderness Qualities
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Table Mountain offers remote and challenging terrain
in canyons and on the high plateau.
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It provides visitors solitude because of the lack
of access.
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The area gives wildlife connections to McIntyre Hills
and Waugh Mountain SWA and South Park.
Natural Features
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Table Mountain terrain ranges from 6,000 ft. to 9,400
ft. The dramatic high plateau that forms the north side of the area
drops through canyons to the Arkansas River on the south side. Devil’s
Hole/Echo Canyon carves a lower elevation area out of the south central
portion.
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Wildlife in Table Mountain includes bighorn sheep
and mountain lion. It is also a bald eagle winter range.
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Vegetation includes semi-desert shrubland, Ponderosa
pine, Douglas fir, and grasslands and a riparian corridor along the
Arkansas River and East Gulch.
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