What is Shining Rock Wilderness?
[[Image:Cold Mountain-27527.jpg|thumb|220px| Cold Mountain in the Shining Rock Wilderness]] The '''Shining Rock Wilderness''' is a protected area in the [[U.S. state]] of [[North Carolina]]. Its first {{convert|13400|acre|km2|lk=on}} have been part of the [[National Wilderness Preservation System]] since the System was created in 1964. It now includes {{convert|18483|acre|km2|1}}, and is managed by the [[United States Forest Service]]. Within the wilderness, the [[Art Loeb trail]] can be followed to the top of [[Cold Mountain]]. Cold Mountain is the [[wikt:namesake|namesake]] of a [[historical fiction]] novel set in the time of the [[American Civil War]]. A movie based on the book is also named ''[[Cold Mountain]]''. ==Other webstites== *[http://www.recreation.gov/detail.cfm?ID=4670 Shining Rock Wilderness at recreation.gov] *[http://www.wilderness.net/index.cfm?fuse=NWPS&sec=wildView&WID=550 Shining Rock Wilderness at wilderness.net] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061003220235/http://www.wilderness.net/index.cfm?fuse=NWPS&sec=wildView&WID=550 |date=2006-10-03 }} {{coord|35|21|18|N|82|50|38|W|display=title}} {{US-geo-stub}} [[Category:Wilderness Areas of the United States]] [[Category:Geography of North Carolina]] [[Category:Appalachian Mountains]]