[2] The Gearhart Mountain Wilderness is in the desert/coastal transition zone of south-central Oregon, on the borders of Lake and Klamath counties.

[3] The Gearhart Mountain Wilderness is part of a continuous, dry, pine forest covering the transition zone.

The meadows scattered throughout the wilderness are characterized by lush, green ground cover, stands of aspen, and a multitude of wildflowers.

These include deer, coyote, elk, black bear, golden-mantled ground squirrel, and mountain lion, and a wide variety of birds, such as several kinds of woodpecker, mountain chickadees, finches, canada and steller's jays, dark-eyed juncos, common ravens, brown creepers, golden-crowned kinglets, red-breasted nuthatches, cassin's vireos, yellow-rumped and hermit warblers, pacific-slope and dusky flycatchers, sooty grouse, clark's nutcrackers, and red-tailed hawks.

[1] Popular recreational activities in the Gearhart Mountain Wilderness include hiking, hunting, camping, swimming, fishing, wildlife watching, and horseback riding.