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George Washington and Jefferson National Forests
Pair of National Forests in the United States
"Jefferson National Forest" redirects here. For the former forest of Montana, see Jefferson National Forest (Montana).
The George Washington and Jefferson National Forests is an administrative entity combining two U.S.
National Forests into one of the largest areas of public land in the Eastern United States. The forests cover 1.8 million acres (2,800 sq mi; 730,000 ha) of land in the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia, West Virginia, and Kentucky.
Approximately 1 million acres (1,600 sq mi; 400,000 ha) of the forest are remote and undeveloped and 139,461 acres (218 sq mi; 56,438 ha)[2] have been designated as wilderness areas, which prohibits future development.
History
George Washington National Forest was established on May 16, 1918, as the Shenandoah National Forest. The forest was renamed after the first P
