Wilderness Areas By State – List

Planet Earth is an amazing place, but today there are few places that are undisturbed by human activity. This is why wilderness is so important. Wilderness consists of wild, rugged, and untouched landscapes that are mostly or entirely undeveloped and untouched by humans.

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Wilderness ares consist of the last wild places where people can experience nature, the way it was meant to be experienced. In this post, we shine the spotlight on different wilderness areas by State. These are places where you can go to escape the “real world” and reconnect with nature.

In the United States, there are wilderness areas in 55 states plus Puerto Rico. In total, there are 785 wilderness areas that consist of 110,005,113 acres. These federally designated wilderness areas are managed by organizations like the Bureau of Land Management, Fish and Wildlife Service, Forest Service and National Park Service.

Wilderness areas are ideal spots to escape from the real world and experience the power of nature that’s been untouched and undisturbed by humans. This is the way that Planet Earth was meant to be experienced.

The following information on wilderness areas in the United States is based on data form Wilderness.net. For information on wilderness or further information on a specific wilderness area, please visit Wilderness.net.

Before you browse the following list of Wilderness areas by state, here are a few fun facts about wilderness:

  • Alaska is home to the most acres of wilderness with 57,432,650 acres.
  • Ohio has the fewest acres of wilderness with 77 acres.
  • Six states, plus Washington DC, have 0 wilderness areas.
  • California is home to the most wilderness areas with 149.
  • Four states have only one wilderness area.

Below you’ll find a sortable table with a few quicks stats about different wilderness areas by state:

Wilderness Areas Facts

State# Of Wilderness AreasTotal Acres In Entire StateTotal Wilderness Acres Within State
Alabama332,678,40042,218
Alaska
48365,481,60057,432,650
Arizona9072,688,0004,512,056
Arkansas1233,599,360152,742
California149100,206,72014,967,957
Colorado4466,485,7603,735,240
Connecticut03,135,3600
Delaware01,265,9200
District of Columbia039,0400
Florida1734,721,2801,421,395
Georgia1437,295,360488,403
Hawaii24,150,600155,509
Idaho1552,933,1204,796,558
Illinois835,795,20032,172
Indiana 123,158,40012,472
Iowa035,860,4800
Kansas052,510,7200
Kentucky225,512,32017,187
Louisiana328,867,84017,047
Maine319,847,68018,628
Maryland06,319,3600
Massachusetts15,034,8803,244
Michigan1636,492,160291,307
Minnesota351,205,760820,621
Mississippi330,222,72010,656
Missouri844,248,32071,914
Montana1593,271,0403,501,410
Nebraska249,031,68012,437
Nevada7070,264,3203,448,418
New Hampshire55,768,960138,407
New Jersey24,813,44010,341
New Mexico2677,766,4001,698,604
New York130,680,9601,380
North Carolina1231,402,880111,504
North Dakota344,452,48039,652
Ohio126,222,08077
Oklahoma344,087,68024,040
Oregon4761,598,7202,475,323
Pennsylvania228,804,4809,005
Puerto Rico12,192,96010,254
Rhode Island0677,1200
South Carolina719,374,08067,445
South Dakota248,881,92077,692
Tennessee1126,727,68066,543
Texas6168,217,60085,167
Utah3352,696,9601,157,992
Vermont85,936,640100,874
Virginia2425,496,320217,496
Washington3142,693,7604,484,603
West Virginia915,410,560118,811
Wisconsin735,011,20079,967
Wyoming1562,343,0403,067,696
TOTALS:7852,273,581,320110,005,113

Now let’s look at a complete list of wilderness areas by state:

Alabama – 3 Wilderness Areas – 42,218 Wilderness Acres

  1. Cheaha Wilderness – 7,400 acres
  2. Dugger Mountain Wilderness – 9,048 acres
  3. Sipsey Wilderness – 25,770 acres

Alaska – 48 Wilderness Areas – 57,432,650 Wilderness Acres

  1. Aleutian Islands Wilderness – 1,300,000 acres
  2. Andreafsky Wilderness – 1,300,000 acres
  3. Becharof Wilderness – 400,000 acres
  4. Bering Sea Wilderness – 81,340 acres
  5. Bogoslof Wilderness – 175 acres
  6. Chamisso Wilderness – 455 acres
  7. Chuck River Wilderness – 74,876 acres
  8. Coronation Island Wilderness – 19,118 acres
  9. Denali Wilderness – 2,124,783 acres
  10. Endicott River Wilderness – 98,396 acres
  11. Forrester Island Wilderness – 2,832 acres
  12. Gates Of The Arctic Wilderness – 7,167,192 acres
  13. Glacier Bay Wilderness – 2,664,876 acres
  14. Hazy Islands Wilderness – 32 acres
  15. Innoko Wilderness – 1,240,000 acres
  16. Izembek Wilderness – 307,982 acres
  17. Jay S. Hammond Wilderness – 2,619,550 acres
  18. Karta River Wilderness – 39,917 acres
  19. Katmai Wilderness – 3,384,358 acres
  20. Kenai Wilderness – 1,354,247 acres
  21. Kobuk Valley Wilderness – 174,545 acres
  22. Kootznoowoo Wilderness – 979,079 acres
  23. Koyukuk Wilderness – 400,000 acres
  24. Kuiu Wilderness – 60,183 acres
  25. Maurille Islands Wilderness – 4,814 acres
  26. Misty Fjords National Monument Wilderness – 2,144,010 acres
  27. Mollie Beattie Wilderness – 8,000,000 acres
  28. Noatak Wilderness – 5,765,427 acres
  29. Nunivak Wilderness – 600,000 acres
  30. Petersburg Creek-Duncan Salt Chuck Wilderness – 46,758 acres
  31. Pleasant/Lemusurier/Inian Islands Wilderness – 23,083 acres
  32. Russell Fjord Wilderness – 348,626 acres
  33. Saint Lazaria Wilderness – 65 acres
  34. Selawik Wilderness – 240,000 acres
  35. Semidi Wilderness – 250,000 acres
  36. Simeonof Wilderness – 25,855 acres
  37. South Baranof Wilderness – 315,833 acres
  38. South Etolin Wilderness – 82,593 acres
  39. South Prince Of Wales Wilderness – 86,771 acres
  40. Stikine-LeConte Wilderness – 436,084 acres
  41. Tebenkof Bay Wilderness – 66,994 acres
  42. Togiak Wilderness – 2,274,066 acres
  43. Tracy Arm-Fords Terror Wilderness – 648,883 acres
  44. Tuxedni Wilderness – 5,566 acres
  45. Unimak Wilderness – 910,000 acres
  46. Warren Island Wilderness – 11,559 acres
  47. West Chichagof-Yakobi Wilderness – 273,052 acres
  48. Wrangell-Saint Elias Wilderness – 9,078,675 acres

Arizona – 90 Wilderness Areas – 4,512,056 Wilderness Acres

  1. Apache Creek Wilderness – 5,633 acres
  2. Aravaipa Canyon Wilderness – 19,410 acres
  3. Arrastra Mountain Wilderness – 129,800 acres
  4. Aubrey Peak Wilderness – 15,400 acres
  5. Baboquivari Peak Wilderness – 2,040 acres
  6. Bear Wallow Wilderness – 11,235 acres
  7. Beaver Dam Mountains Wilderness – 18,667 acres
  8. Big Horn Mountains Wilderness – 21,000 acres
  9. Cabeza Prieta Wilderness – 803,418 acres
  10. Castle Creek Wilderness – 25,457 acres
  11. Cedar Bench Wilderness – 16,009 acres
  12. Chiricahua National Monument Wilderness – 10,290 acres
  13. Chiricahua Wilderness – 87,182 acres
  14. Cottonwood Point Wilderness – 6,860 acres
  15. Coyote Mountains Wilderness – 5,100 acres
  16. Dos Cabezas Mountains Wilderness – 11,700 acres
  17. Eagletail Mountains Wilderness – 97,880 acres
  18. East Cactus Plain Wilderness – 14,630 acres
  19. Escudilla Wilderness – 5,158 acres
  20. Fishhooks Wilderness – 10,500 acres
  21. Fossil Springs Wilderness – 10,432 acres
  22. Four Peaks Wilderness – 60,717 acres
  23. Galiuro Wilderness – 77,584 acres
  24. Gibraltar Mountain Wilderness – 18,790 acres
  25. Grand Wash Cliffs Wilderness – 37,030 acres
  26. Granite Mountain Wilderness – 9,808 acres
  27. Harcuvar Mountains Wilderness – 25,050 acres
  28. Harquahala Mountains Wilderness – 22,880 acres
  29. Hassayampa River Canyon Wilderness – 12,300 acres
  30. Havasu Wilderness – 17,801 acres
  31. Hells Canyon Wilderness – 9,951 acres
  32. Hellsgate Wilderness – 37,457 acres
  33. Hummingbird Springs Wilderness – 31,200 acres
  34. Imperial Refuge Wilderness – 15,056 acres
  35. Juniper Mesa Wilderness – 7,566 acres
  36. Kachina Peaks Wilderness – 18,720 acres
  37. Kanab Creek Wilderness – 68,231 acres
  38. Kendrick Mountain Wilderness – 6,664 acres
  39. Kofa Wilderness – 516,200 acres
  40. Mazatzal Wilderness – 250,761 acres
  41. Miller Peak Wilderness – 20,250 acres
  42. Mount Baldy Wilderness – 6,819 acres
  43. Mount Logan Wilderness – 14,650 acres
  44. Mount Hutt Wilderness – 28,080 acres
  45. Mount Tipton Wilderness – 31,520 acres
  46. Mount Trumbull Wilderness – 7,880 acres
  47. Mount Wilson Wilderness – 23,900 acres
  48. Mt. Wrightson Wilderness – 25,141 acres
  49. Muggins Mountain Wilderness – 7,711 acres
  50. Munds Mountain Wilderness – 18,109 acres
  51. Needle’s Eye Wilderness – 8,760 acres
  52. New Water Mountains Wilderness – 24,600 acres
  53. North Maricopa Mountains Wilderness – 63,200 acres
  54. North Santa Teresa Wilderness – 5,800 acres
  55. Organ Pipe Cactus Wilderness – 312,600 acres
  56. Paiute Wilderness – 87,900 acres
  57. Pajarita Wilderness – 7,499 acres
  58. Paria Canyon – Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness – 110,816 acres
  59. Peloncillo Mountains Wilderness – 19,440 acres
  60. Petrified Forest National Wilderness Area – 50,260 acres
  61. Pine Mountain Wilderness – 20,053 acres
  62. Pusch Ridge Wilderness – 56,964 acres
  63. Rawhide Mountains Wilderness – 38,470 acres
  64. Red Rock-Secret Mountain Wilderness – 48,314 acres
  65. Redfield Canyon Wilderness – 6,600 acres
  66. Rincon Mountain Wilderness – 36,954 acres
  67. Saddle Mountain Wilderness – 41,143 acres
  68. Saguaro Wilderness – 70,905 acres
  69. Salome Wilderness – 18,534 acres
  70. Salt River Canyon Wilderness – 32,114 acres
  71. Santa Teresa Wilderness – 26,909 acres
  72. Sierra Ancha Wilderness – 20,253 acres
  73. Sierra Estrella Wilderness – 14,400 acres
  74. Signal Mountain Wilderness – 13,350 acres
  75. South Maricopa Mountains Wilderness – 60,100 acres
  76. Strawberry Crater Wilderness – 10,414 acres
  77. Superstition Wilderness – 160,236 acres
  78. Swansea Wilderness – 16,400 acres
  79. Sycamore Canyon Wilderness – 58,441 acres
  80. Table Top Wilderness – 34,400 acres
  81. Tres Alamos Wilderness – 8,300 acres
  82. Trigo Mountain Wilderness – 30,300 acres
  83. Upper Burro Creek Wilderness – 27,440 acres
  84. Wabayuma Peak Wilderness – 38,944 acres
  85. Warm Springs Wilderness – 112,400 acres
  86. West Clear Creek Wilderness – 15,465 acres
  87. Wet Beaver Wilderness – 6,178 acres
  88. White Canyon Wilderness – 5,800 acres
  89. Woodchute Wilderness – 5,887 acres
  90. Woolsey Peak Wilderness – 64,000 acres

Arkansas – 12 Wilderness Areas – 152,742 Wilderness Acres

  1. Big Lake Wilderness – 2,144 acres
  2. Black Fork Mountain Wilderness – 13,347 acres
  3. Buffalo National River Wilderness – 34,933 acres
  4. Caney Creek Wilderness – 14,290 acres
  5. Dry Creek Wilderness – 6,301 acres
  6. East Fork Wilderness – 10,585 acres
  7. Flatside Wilderness – 9,541 acres
  8. Hurricane Creek Wilderness – 15,214 acres
  9. Leatherwood Wilderness – 16,652 acres
  10. Poteau Mountain Wilderness – 11,141 acres
  11. Richland Creek Wilderness – 11,674 acres
  12. Upper Buffalo Creek Wilderness – 12,018 acres

California – 149 Wilderness Areas – 14,967,957 Wilderness Acres

  1. Agua Tibia Wilderness – 17,975 acres
  2. Ansel Adams Wilderness – 231,617 acres
  3. Argus Range Wilderness – 65,726 acres
  4. Beauty Mountain Wilderness – 15,628 acres
  5. Big Maria Mountains Wilderness – 45,384 acres
  6. Bigelow Cholla Garden Wilderness – 14,645 acres
  7. Bighorn Mountain Wilderness – 38,599 acres
  8. Black Mountain Wilderness – 20,548 acres
  9. Bright Star Wilderness – 8,191 acres
  10. Bristol Mountains Wilderness – 71,389 acres
  11. Bucks Lake Wilderness – 23,578 acres
  12. Cache Creek Wilderness – 27,296 acres
  13. Cadiz Dunes Wilderness – 19,935 acres
  14. Cahuilla Mountain Wilderness – 5,575 acres
  15. Caribou Wilderness – 20,833 acres
  16. Carrizo Gorge Wilderness – 14,740 acres
  17. Carson-Iceberg Wilderness – 158,070 acres
  18. Castle Crags Wilderness – 10,609 acres
  19. Cedar Roughs Wilderness – 6,287 acres
  20. Chanchelulla Wilderness – 8,062 acres
  21. Chemehuevi Mountains Wilderness – 85,864 acres
  22. Chimney Peak Wilderness – 13,140 acres
  23. Chuckwalla Mountains Wilderness – 99,548 acres
  24. Chumash Wilderness – 37,768 acres
  25. Cleghorn Lakes Wilderness – 39,167 acres
  26. Clipper Mountain Wilderness – 33,843 acres
  27. Coso Range Wilderness – 49,296 acres
  28. Coyote Mountains Wilderness – 18,631 acres
  29. Cucamonga Wilderness – 13,007 acres
  30. Darwin Falls Wilderness – 8,189 acres
  31. Dead Mountains Wilderness – 47,158 acres
  32. Death Valley Wilderness – 3,102,456 acres
  33. Desolation Wilderness – 64,053 acres
  34. Dick Smith Wilderness – 71,275 acres
  35. Dinkey lakes Wilderness – 30,863 acres
  36. Domeland Wilderness – 133,720 acres
  37. El Paso Mountains Wilderness – 23,679 acres
  38. Elkhorn Ridge Wilderness – 11,001 acres
  39. Emigrant Wilderness – 112,723 acres
  40. Farallon Wilderness – 141 acres
  41. Fish Creek Mountains Wilderness – 21,390 acres
  42. Funeral Mountains Wilderness – 25,707 acres
  43. Garcia Wilderness – 13,948 acres
  44. Golden Trout Wilderness – 303,770 acres
  45. Golden Valley Wilderness – 36,536 acres
  46. Granite Chief Wilderness – 28,374 acres
  47. Granite Mountain Wilderness – 31,059 acres
  48. Grass Valley Wilderness – 30,186 acres
  49. Hain Wilderness – 15,985 acres
  50. Hauser Wilderness – 6,919 acres
  51. Havasu Wilderness – 3,195 acres
  52. Hollow Hills Wilderness – 22,366 acres
  53. Hoover Wilderness – 128,221 acres
  54. Ibex Wilderness – 28,822 acres
  55. Imperial Refuge Wilderness – 15,056 acres
  56. Indian Pass Wilderness – 32,419 acres
  57. Inyo Mountains Wilderness – 199,208 acres
  58. Ishi Wilderness – 42,045 acres
  59. Jacumba Wilderness – 31,358 acres
  60. Jennie Lakes Wilderness – 10,510 acres
  61. John Krebs Wilderness – 39,740 acres
  62. John Muir Wilderness – 652,793 acres
  63. Joshua Tree Wilderness – 594,502 acres
  64. Kaiser Wilderness – 21,986 acres
  65. Kelso Dunes Wilderness – 144,915 acres
  66. Kiavah Wilderness – 86,245 acres
  67. King Range Wilderness – 42,695 acres
  68. Kingston Range Wilderness – 199,739 acres
  69. Lassen Volcanic Wilderness – 78,982 acres
  70. Lava Beds Wilderness – 28,460 acres
  71. Little Chuckwalla Mountains Wilderness – 28,052 acres
  72. Little Picacho Wilderness – 38,216 acres
  73. Machesna Mountain Wilderness – 18,274 acres
  74. Magic Mountain Wilderness – 11,938 acres
  75. Malpais Mesa Wilderness – 31,906 acres
  76. Manly Peak Wilderness – 12,897 acres
  77. Marble Mountain Wilderness – 225,114 acres
  78. Matilija Wilderness – 29,207 acres
  79. Mecca Hills Wilderness – 26,356 acres
  80. Mesquite Wilderness – 44,804 acres
  81. Mojave Wilderness – 695,200 acres
  82. Mokelumne Wilderness – 104,050 acres
  83. Monarch Wilderness – 44,216 acres
  84. Mount Lassic Wilderness – 7,295 acres
  85. Mt. Shasta Wilderness – 36,981 acres
  86. Newberry Mountains Wilderness – 26,102 acres
  87. Nopah Range Wilderness – 106,623 acres
  88. North Algodones Dunes Wilderness – 25,895 acres
  89. North Fork Wilderness – 8,158 acres
  90. North Mesquite Mountains Wilderness – 28,955 acres
  91. Old Woman Mountains Wilderness – 165,172 acres
  92. Orocopia Mountains Wilderness – 51,289 acres
  93. Otay Mountain Wilderness – 16,893 acres
  94. Owens Peak Wilderness – 73,868 acres
  95. Owens River Headwaters Wilderness – 14,698 acres
  96. Pahrump Valley Wilderness – 73,726 acres
  97. Palen/McCoy Wilderness – 236,488 acres
  98. Palo Verde Mountains Wilderness – 30,605 acres
  99. Phillip Burton Wilderness – 27,315 acres
  100. Picacho Peak Wilderness – 8,860 acres
  101. Pine Creek Wilderness – 13,261 acres
  102. Pinto Mountains Wilderness – 23,348 acres
  103. Piper Mountain Wilderness – 72,192 acres
  104. Piute Mountains Wilderness – 48,080 acres
  105. Pleasant View Ridge Wilderness – 26,839 acres
  106. Red Buttes Wilderness – 20,133 acres
  107. Resting Spring Range Wilderness – 76,312 acres
  108. Rice Valley Wilderness – 41,777 acres
  109. Riverside Mountains Wilderness – 24,004 acres
  110. Rocks And Islands Wilderness – 6 acres
  111. Rodman Mountains Wilderness – 34,264 acres
  112. Russian Wilderness – 12,521 acres
  113. Sacatar Trail Wilderness – 50,451 acres
  114. Saddle Peak Hills Wilderness – 1,530 acres
  115. San Gabriel Wilderness – 35,738 acres
  116. San Gorgonio Wilderness – 96,572 acres
  117. San Jacinto Wilderness – 32,186 acres
  118. San Mateo Canyon Wilderness – 39,413 acres
  119. San Rafael Wilderness – 191,104 acres
  120. Sanhedrin Wilderness – 10,650 acres
  121. Santa Lucia Wilderness – 20,242 acres
  122. Santa Rosa Wilderness – 78,576 acres
  123. Sawtooth Mountains Wilderness – 33,772 acres
  124. Sequoia-Kings Canyon Wilderness – 768,222 acres
  125. Sespe Wilderness – 219,209 acres
  126. Sheep Mountain Wilderness – 43,182 acres
  127. Sheephole Valley Wilderness – 188,169 acres
  128. Silver Peak Wilderness – 31,533 acres
  129. Siskiyou Wilderness – 179,847 acres
  130. Snow Mountain Wilderness – 60,221 acres
  131. South Fork Eel River Wilderness – 12,868 acres
  132. South Fork San Jacinto Wilderness – 20,158 acres
  133. South Nopah Range Wilderness – 17,059 acres
  134. South Sierra Wilderness – 60,280 acres
  135. South Warner Wilderness – 70,192 acres
  136. Stateline Wilderness – 6,964 acres
  137. Stepladder Mountains Wilderness – 83,195 acres
  138. Surprise Canyon Wilderness – 24,433 acres
  139. Sylvania Mountains Wilderness – 18,682 acres
  140. Thousand Lakes Wilderness – 16,582 acres
  141. Trilobite Wilderness – 37,308 acres
  142. Trinity Alps Wilderness – 537,363 acres
  143. Turtle Mountains Wilderness – 177,309 acres
  144. Ventana Wilderness – 236,726 acres
  145. Whipple Mountains Wilderness – 76,123 acres
  146. White Mountains Wilderness – 229,953 acres
  147. Yolla Bolly Middle Eel Wilderness – 182,299 acres
  148. Yosemite Wilderness – 704,624 acres
  149. Yuki Wilderness – 53,339 acres

Colorado – 44 Wilderness Areas – 3,735,240 Wilderness Acres

  1. Black Canyon Of The Gunnison Wilderness – 15,599 acres
  2. Black Ridge Canyons Wilderness – 75,479 acres
  3. Buffalo Peaks Wilderness – 41,282 acres
  4. Byers Peak Wilderness – 8,800 acres
  5. Cache La Powder Wilderness – 9,484 acres
  6. Collegiate Peaks Wilderness – 165,864 acres
  7. Comanche Peak Wilderness – 68,033 acres
  8. Dominguez Canyon Wilderness – 66,280 acres
  9. Eagles Nest Wilderness – 135,114 acres
  10. Flat Tops Wilderness – 230,830 acres
  11. Fossil Ridge Wilderness – 32,062 acres
  12. Great Sand Dunes Wilderness – 32,643 acres
  13. Greenhorn Mountain Wilderness – 23,116 acres
  14. Gunnison Gorge Wilderness – 17,784 acres
  15. Hermosa Creek Wilderness – 37,203 acres
  16. Holy Cross Wilderness – 122,446 acres
  17. Hunter-Fryingpan Wilderness – 82,513 acres
  18. Indian Peaks Wilderness – 77,977 acres
  19. James Peak Wilderness – 17,084 acres
  20. La Garita Wilderness – 126,480 acres
  21. Lizard Head Wilderness – 41,525 acres
  22. Lost Creek Wilderness – 114,875 acres
  23. Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness – 181,976 acres
  24. Mesa Verde Wilderness – 8,500 acres
  25. Mount Evans Wilderness – 73,450 acres
  26. Mount Massive Wilderness – 29.027 acres
  27. Mount Sneffels Wilderness – 16,485 acres
  28. Mount Zirkel Wilderness – 160,306 acres
  29. Neota Wilderness – 9,927 acres
  30. Never Summer Wilderness – 20,840 acres
  31. Platte River Wilderness – 23,301 acres
  32. Powderhorn Wilderness – 62,742 acres
  33. Ptarmigan Peak Wilderness – 12,606 acres
  34. Raggeds Wilderness – 64,304 acres
  35. Rawah Wilderness – 74,595 acres
  36. Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness – 249,126 acres
  37. Sangre de Cristo Wilderness – 219,900 acres
  38. Sarvis Creek Wilderness – 44,463 acres
  39. South San Juan Wilderness – 160,999 acres
  40. Spanish Peaks Wilderness – 19,237 acres
  41. Uncompahgre Wilderness – 102,214 acres
  42. Vasquez Peak Wilderness – 13,000 acres
  43. Weminuche Wilderness – 496,995 acres
  44. West Elk Wilderness – 176,431 acres

Florida – 17 Wilderness Areas – 1,421,395 Wilderness Acres

  1. Alexander Springs Wilderness – 7,327 acres
  2. Big Gum Swamp Wilderness – 13,835 acres
  3. Billies Bay Wilderness – 3,064 acres
  4. Bradwell Bay Wilderness – 24,222 acres
  5. Cedar Keys Wilderness – 379 acres
  6. Chassahowitzka Wilderness – 23,579 acres
  7. Florida Keys Wilderness – 6,197 acres
  8. Island Bay Wilderness – 20 acres
  9. J.N. “Ding” Darling Wilderness – 2,619 acres
  10. Juniper Prairie Wilderness – 14,293 acres
  11. Lake Woodruff Wilderness – 1,066 acres
  12. Little Lake George Wilderness – 2,827 acres
  13. Marjory Stoneman Douglas Wilderness – 1,296,500 acres
  14. Mud Swamp/New River Wilderness – 8,075 acres
  15. Passage Key Wilderness – 36 acres
  16. Pelican Island Wilderness – 6 acres
  17. St. Marks Wilderness – 17,350 acres

Georgia – 14 Wilderness Areas – 488,403 Wilderness Acres

  1. Big Frog Wilderness – 8,132 acres
  2. Blackbeard Island Wilderness – 3,000 acres
  3. Blood Mountain Wilderness – 7,742 acres
  4. Brasstown Wilderness – 12,853 acres
  5. Cohutta Wilderness – 37,036 acres
  6. Cumberland Island Wilderness – 9,906 acres
  7. Ellicott Rock Wilderness – 8,296 acres
  8. Mark Trail Wilderness – 16,618 acres
  9. Okefenokee Wilderness – 353,981 acres
  10. Raven Cliffs Wilderness – 9,240 acres
  11. Rich Mountain Wilderness – 10,512 acres
  12. Southern Nantahala Wilderness – 23,365 acres
  13. Tray Mountain Wilderness – 10,343 acres
  14. Wolf Island Wilderness – 5,126 acres

Hawaii – 2 Wilderness Areas – 155,509 Wilderness Acres

  1. Haleakala Wilderness – 24,719 acres
  2. Hawaii Volcanoes Wilderness – 130,790 acres

Idaho – 15 Wilderness Areas – 4,796,558 Wilderness Acres

  1. Big Jack Creek Wilderness – 52,753 acres
  2. Bruneau-Jarbidge Rivers Wilderness – 89,820 acres
  3. Cecil D. Andrus-White Clouds Wilderness – 90,775 acres
  4. Craters Of The Moon National Wilderness Area – 43,243 acres
  5. France Church-River Of No Return Wilderness – 2,358,876 acres
  6. Gospel-Hump Wilderness – 205,395 acres
  7. Hells Canyon Wilderness – 86,276 acres
  8. Hemingway-Boulders Wilderness – 67,975 acres
  9. Jim McClure-Jerry Peak Wilderness – 116,946 acres
  10. Little Jacks Creek Wilderness – 50,930 acres
  11. North Fork Owyhee Wilderness – 43,391 acres
  12. Owyhee River Wilderness – 267,137 acres
  13. Pole Creek Wilderness – 12,529 acres
  14. Sawtooth Wilderness – 217,658 acres
  15. Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness – 1,347,644 acres

Illinois – 8 Wilderness Areas – 32,172 Wilderness Acres

  1. Bald Knob Wilderness – 5,800 acres
  2. Bay Creek Wilderness – 2,760 acres
  3. Burden Falls Wilderness – 3,695 acres
  4. Clear Springs Wilderness – 4,739 acres
  5. Crab Orchard Wilderness – 4,050 acres
  6. Garden Of The Gods Wilderness – 3,955 acres
  7. Lusk Creek Wilderness – 6,352 acres
  8. Panther Den Wilderness – 821 acres

Indiana – 1 Wilderness Areas – 12,472 Wilderness Acres

  1. Charles C. Deam Wilderness – 12,472 acres

Kentucky – 2 Wilderness Areas – 17,187 Wilderness Acres

  1. Beaver Creek Wilderness – 4,816 acres
  2. Clifty Wilderness – 12,371 acres

Louisiana – 3 Wilderness Areas – 17,047 Wilderness Acres

  1. Breton Wilderness – 5,000 acres
  2. Kisatchie Hills Wilderness – 8,701 acres
  3. Lacassine Wilderness – 3,346 acres

Maine – 3 Wilderness Areas – 18,628 Wilderness Acres

  1. Caribou-Speckled Mountain Wilderness – 11,236 acres
  2. Moosehorn (Baring Unit) Wilderness – 4,680 acres
  3. Moosehorn Wilderness – 2,712 acres

Massachusetts – 1 Wilderness Areas – 3,244 Wilderness Acres

  1. Monomoy Wilderness – 3,244 acres

Michigan – 16 Wilderness Areas – 291,307 Wilderness Acres

  1. Beaver Basin Wilderness – 11,740 acres
  2. Big Island Lake Wilderness – 5,295 acres
  3. Delirium Wilderness – 11,952 acres
  4. Horseshoe Bay Wilderness – 3,842 acres
  5. Huron Islands Wilderness – 147 acres
  6. Isle Royale Wilderness – 132,018 acres
  7. Mackinac Wilderness – 11,363 acres
  8. McCormick Wilderness – 16,925 acres
  9. Michigan Islands Wilderness – 12 acres
  10. Nordhouse Dunes Wilderness – 3,271 acres
  11. Rock River Canyon Wilderness – 4,722 acres
  12. Round Island Wilderness – 375 acres
  13. Seney Wilderness – 25,150 acres
  14. Sleeping Bear Dunes Wilderness – 32,556 acres
  15. Sturgeon River Gorge Wilderness – 16,744 acres
  16. Sylvania Wilderness – 15,195 acres

Minnesota – 3 Wilderness Areas – 820,621 Wilderness Acres

  1. Agassiz Wilderness – 4,000 acres
  2. Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness – 814,441 acres
  3. Tamarac Wilderness – 2,180 acres

Mississippi – 3 Wilderness Areas – 10,656 Wilderness Acres

  1. Black Creek Wilderness – 5,033 acres
  2. Gulf Islands Wilderness – 4,630 acres
  3. Leaf Wilderness – 993 acres

Missouri – 8 Wilderness Areas – 71,914 Wilderness Acres

  1. Bell Mountain Wilderness – 9,183 acres
  2. Devils Backbone Wilderness – 6,691 acres
  3. Hercules-Glades Wilderness – 12,423 acres
  4. Irish Wilderness – 16,427 acres
  5. Mingo Wilderness – 7,730 acres
  6. Paddy Creek Wilderness – 7,040 acres
  7. Piney Creek Wilderness – 8,184 acres
  8. Rockpile Mountain Wilderness – 4,236 acres

Montana – 15 Wilderness Areas – 3,501,410 Wilderness Acres

  1. Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness – 937,032 acres
  2. Anaconda Pintler Wilderness – 158,712 acres
  3. Bob Marshall Wilderness – 1,062,694 acres
  4. Cabinet Mountains Wilderness – 93,272 acres
  5. Gates Of The Mountains Wilderness – 28,460 acres
  6. Great Bear Wilderness – 286,636 acres
  7. Lee Metcalf Wilderness – 242,068 acres
  8. Medicine Lake Wilderness – 11,366 acres
  9. Mission Mountains Wilderness – 74,597 acres
  10. Rattlesnake Wilderness – 34,304 acres
  11. Red Rock Lakes Wilderness – 32,350 acres
  12. Scapegoat Wilderness – 259,756 acres
  13. Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness – 1347,644 acres
  14. UL Bend Wilderness – 20,819 acres
  15. Welcome Creek Wilderness – 28,248 acres

Nebraska – 2 Wilderness Areas – 12,437 Wilderness Acres

  1. Fort Niobrara Wilderness – 4,635 acres
  2. Soldier Creek Wilderness – 7,802 acres

Nevada – 70 Wilderness Areas – 3,448,418 Wilderness Acres

  1. Alta Toquima Wilderness – 35,581 acres
  2. Arc Dome Wilderness – 120,555 acres
  3. Arrow Canyon Wilderness – 27,502 acres
  4. Bald Mountain Wilderness – 22,374 acres
  5. Becky Peak Wilderness – 18,119 acres
  6. Big Rocks Wilderness – 12,930 acres
  7. Black Canyon Wilderness – 17,220 acres
  8. Black Rock Desert Wilderness – 314,835 acres
  9. Boundary Peak Wilderness – 10,521 acres
  10. Bridge Canyon Wilderness – 7,761 acres
  11. Bristlecone Wilderness – 14,095 acres
  12. Calico Mountains Wilderness – 64,968 acres
  13. Clover Mountains Wilderness – 85,668 acres
  14. Currant Mountain Wilderness – 47,311 acres
  15. Death Valley Wilderness – 3,102,456 acres
  16. Delamar Mountains Wilderness – 111,066 acres
  17. East Fork High Rock Canyon Wilderness – 52,618 acres
  18. East Humboldts Wilderness – 32,364 acres
  19. Eldorado Wilderness – 32,016 acres
  20. Far South Egans Wilderness – 32,699 acres
  21. Fortification Range Wilderness – 30,539 acres/li>
  22. Goshute Canyon Wilderness – 42,544 acres
  23. Government Peak Wilderness – 6,313 acres
  24. Grant Range Wilderness – 52,451 acres
  25. High Rock Canyon Wilderness – 46,465 acres
  26. High Rock Lake Wilderness – 59,107 acres
  27. High Schells Wilderness – 121,467 acres
  28. Highland Ridge Wilderness – 68,623 acres
  29. Ireteba Peaks Wilderness – 39,631 acres
  30. Jarbidge Wilderness – 110,471 acres
  31. Jimbilnan Wilderness – 18,879 acres
  32. Jumbo Springs Wilderness – 4,760 acres
  33. La Madre Mountain Wilderness – 46,943 acres
  34. Lime Canyon Wilderness – 23,710 acres
  35. Little High Rock Canyon Wilderness – 48,355 acres
  36. Meadow Valley Range Wilderness – 123,508 acres
  37. Mormon Mountains Wilderness – 157,716 acres
  38. Mount Grafton Wilderness – 78,754 acres
  39. Mt. Charleston Wilderness – 56,819 acres
  40. Mt. Irish Wilderness – 28,274 acres
  41. Mt. Moriah Wilderness – 88,671 acres
  42. Mt. Rose Wilderness – 31,197 acres
  43. Muddy Mountains Wilderness – 48,154 acres
  44. Nellis Wash Wilderness – 16,423 acres
  45. North Black Rock Range Wilderness – 30,648 acres
  46. North Jackson Mountains Wilderness – 23,439 acres
  47. North McCullough Wilderness – 14,779 acres
  48. Pahute Peak Wilderness – 56,890 acres
  49. Parsnip Peak Wilderness – 43,512 acres
  50. Pine Forest Range Wilderness – 24,015 acres
  51. Pinto Valley Wilderness – 39,173 acres
  52. Quinn Canyon Wilderness – 26,310 acres
  53. Rainbow Mountain Wilderness – 24,783 acres
  54. Red Mountain Wilderness – 20,520 acres
  55. Ruby Mountains Wilderness – 92,652 acres
  56. Santa Rosa-Paradise Peak Wilderness – 32,072 acres
  57. Shellback Wilderness – 36,151 acres
  58. South Egan Range Wilderness – 67,214 acres
  59. South Jackson Mountains Wilderness – 54,536 acres
  60. South McCullough Wilderness – 43,996 acres
  61. South Pahroc Range Wilderness – 25,671 acres
  62. Spirit Mountain Wilderness – 33,466 acres
  63. Table Mountain Wilderness – 92,627 acres
  64. Tunnel Spring Wilderness – 5,341 acres
  65. Wee Thump Joshua Tree Wilderness – 6,489 acres
  66. Weepah Spring Wilderness – 51,305 acres
  67. White Pine Range Wilderness – 40,041 acres
  68. White Rock Range Wilderness – 24,249 acres
  69. Worthington Mountains Wilderness – 30,594 acres
  70. Wovoka Wilderness – 49,018 acres

New Hampshire – 5 Wilderness Areas – 138,407 Wilderness Acres

  1. Great Gulf Wilderness – 5,658 acres
  2. Pemigewasset Wilderness – 45,809 acres
  3. Presidential Range – Dry River Wilderness – 27,605 acres
  4. Sandwich Range Wilderness – 35,303 acres
  5. Wild River Wilderness – 24,032 acres

New Jersey – 2 Wilderness Areas – 10,341 Wilderness Acres

  1. Brigantine Wilderness – 6,681 acres
  2. Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge Wilderness – 3,660 acres

New Mexico – 26 Wilderness Areas – 1,698,604 Wilderness Acres

  1. Aldo Leopold Wilderness – 203,524 acres
  2. Apache Kid Wilderness – 44,668 acres
  3. Bandelier Wilderness – 23,267 acres
  4. Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness – 41,170 acres
  5. Blue Range Wilderness – 29,106 acres
  6. Bosque del Apache Wilderness – 30,427 acres
  7. Capitan Mountains Wilderness – 35,067 acres
  8. Carlsbad Caverns Wilderness – 33,125 acres
  9. Cebolla Wilderness – 61,600 acres
  10. Chama River Canyon Wilderness – 46,052 acres
  11. Columbine-Hondo Wilderness – 44,372 acres
  12. Cruces Basin Wilderness – 18,876 acres
  13. Dome Wilderness – 5,183 acres
  14. Gila Wilderness – 559,040 acres
  15. Later Peak Wilderness – 20,420 acres
  16. Manzano Mountain Wilderness – 36,664 acres
  17. Ojito Wilderness – 11,823 acres
  18. Pecos Wilderness – 221,819 acres
  19. Sabinoso Wilderness – 19,625 acres
  20. Salt Creek Wilderness – 9,621 acres
  21. San Pedro Parks Wilderness – 41,305 acres
  22. Sandia Mountain Wilderness – 37,256 acres
  23. West Malpais Wilderness – 39,540 acres
  24. Wheeler Peak Wilderness – 19,180 acres
  25. White Mountain Wilderness – 47,061 acres
  26. Withington Wilderness – 18,813 acres

New York – 1 Wilderness Areas – 1,380 Wilderness Acres

  1. Otis Pike Fire Island High Dune Wilderness – 1,380 acres

North Carolina – 12 Wilderness Areas – 111,504 Wilderness Acres

  1. Birkhead Mountains Wilderness – 5,069 acres
  2. Catfish Lake South Wilderness – 8,491 acres
  3. Ellicott Rock Wilderness – 8,296 acres
  4. Joyce Kilmer-Slickrock Wilderness – 17,410 acres
  5. Linville Gorge Wilderness – 11,651 acres
  6. Middle Prong Wilderness – 7,482 acres
  7. Pocosin Wilderness – 11,801 acres
  8. Pond Pine Wilderness – 1,693 acres
  9. Sheep Ridge Wilderness – 9,315 acres
  10. Shining Rock Wilderness – 18,479 acres
  11. Southern Natahala Wilderness – 23,365 acres
  12. Swanquarter Wilderness – 8,785 acres

North Dakota – 3 Wilderness Areas – 39,652 Wilderness Acres

  1. Chase Lake Wilderness – 4,155 acres
  2. Lostwood Wilderness – 5,577 acres
  3. Theodore Roosevelt Wilderness – 29,920 acres

Ohio – 1 Wilderness Areas – 77 Wilderness Acres

  1. West Sister Island Wilderness – 77 acres

Oklahoma – 3 Wilderness Areas – 24,040 Wilderness Acres

  1. Black Fork Mountain Wilderness – 13,347 acres
  2. Upper Kiamichi River Wilderness – 10,372 acres
  3. Wichita Mountains Wilderness – 8,570 acres

Oregon – 47 Wilderness Areas – 2,475,323 Wilderness Acres

  1. Badger Creek Wilderness – 28,915 acres
  2. Black Canyon Wilderness – 13,088 acres
  3. Boulder Creek Wilderness – 19,911 acres
  4. Bridge Creek Wilderness – 5,337 acres
  5. Bull Of The Woods Wilderness – 36,869 acres
  6. Clackamas Wilderness – 9,456 acres
  7. Copper Salmon Wilderness – 13,724 acres
  8. Cummins Creek Wilderness – 9,026 acres
  9. Diamond Peak Wilderness – 52,477 acres
  10. Drift Creek Wilderness – 5,792 acres
  11. Eagle Cap Wilderness – 355,548 acres
  12. Gearhart Mountain Wilderness – 22,587 acres
  13. Grassy Knob Wilderness – 17,176 acres
  14. Hells Canyon Wilderness – 217,613 acres
  15. Kalmiopsis Wilderness – 179,550 acres
  16. Lower White River Wilderness – 2,871 acres
  17. Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness – 65,420 acres
  18. Menagerie Wilderness – 4,952 acres
  19. Middle Santiam Wilderness – 8,845 acres
  20. Mill Creek Wilderness – 17,173 acres
  21. Monument Rock Wilderness – 20,210 acres
  22. Mount Hood Wilderness – 64,742 acres
  23. Mount Jefferson Wilderness – 108,909 acres
  24. Mount Thielsen Wilderness – 55,151 acres
  25. Mount Washington Wilderness – 54,410 acres
  26. Mountain Lakes Wilderness – 23,036 acres
  27. North Fork John Day Wilderness – 120,998 acres
  28. North Fork Umatilla Wilderness – 20,225 acres
  29. Opal Creek Wilderness – 20,774 acres
  30. Oregon Badlands Wilderness – 29,182 acres
  31. Oregon Islands Wilderness – 925 acres
  32. Red Buttes Wilderness – 20,133 acres
  33. Roaring River Wilderness – 36,548 acres
  34. Rock Creek Wilderness – 7,273 acres
  35. Rogue-Umpqua Divide Wilderness – 35,749 acres
  36. Salmon Huckleberry Wilderness – 62,061 acres
  37. Sky Lakes Wilderness – 113,687 acres
  38. Soda Mountain Wilderness – 24,707 acres
  39. Spring Basin Wilderness – 6,404 acres
  40. Steens Mountain Wilderness – 170,202 acres
  41. Strawberry Mountain Wilderness – 69,517 acres
  42. Table Rock Wilderness – 5,784 acres
  43. Three Arch Rocks Wilderness – 15 acres
  44. Three Sisters Wilderness – 283,619 acres
  45. Waldo Lake Wilderness – 36,868 acres
  46. Wenaha-Tucannon Wilderness – 176,737 acres
  47. Wild Rogue Wilderness – 35,221 acres

Pennsylvania – 2 Wilderness Areas – 9,005 Wilderness Acres

  1. Allegheny Islands Wilderness – 372 acres
  2. Hickory Creek Wilderness – 8,633 acres

Puerto Rico – 1 Wilderness Areas – 10,254 Wilderness Acres

  1. El Toro Wilderness – 10,254 acres

South Carolina – 7 Wilderness Areas – 67,445 Wilderness Acres

  1. Cape Romain Wilderness – 29,000 acres
  2. Congaree National Park Wilderness – 21,700 acres
  3. Ellicott Rock Wilderness – 8,296 acres
  4. Hell Hole Bay Wilderness – 2,122 acres
  5. Little Wambaw Swamp Wilderness – 5,179 acres
  6. Wambaw Creek Wilderness – 1,832 acres
  7. Wambaw Swamp Wilderness – 4,755 acres

South Dakota – 2 Wilderness Areas – 77,692 Wilderness Acres

  1. Badlands Wilderness – 64,144 acres
  2. Black Elk Wilderness – 13,548 acres

Tennessee – 11 Wilderness Areas – 66,543 Wilderness Acres

  1. Bald River Gorge Wilderness – 3791 acres
  2. Big Frog Wilderness – 8,132 acres
  3. Big Laurel Branch Wilderness – 6,365 acres
  4. Citico Creek Wilderness – 16,213 acres
  5. Cohutta Wilderness – 37.036 acres
  6. Gee Creek Wilderness – 2,559 acres
  7. Joyce Kilmer-Slickrock Wilderness – 17,410 acres
  8. Little Frog Mountain Wilderness – 4,686 acres
  9. Pond Mountain Wilderness – 6,935 acres
  10. Sampson Mountain Wilderness – 7,960 acres
  11. Unaka Mountain Wilderness – 4,472 acres

Texas – 6 Wilderness Areas – 85,167 Wilderness Acres

  1. Big Slough Wilderness – 3,521 acres
  2. Guadalupe Mountains Wilderness – 46,850 acres
  3. Indian Mounds Wilderness – 12,214 acres
  4. Little Lake Creek Wilderness – 3,817 acres
  5. Turkey Hill Wilderness – 5,536 acres
  6. Upland Island Wilderness – 13,229 acres

Utah – 33 Wilderness Areas – 1,157,992 Wilderness Acres

  1. Ashdown Gorge Wilderness – 7,085 acres
  2. Beartrap Canyon Wilderness – 40 acres
  3. Beaver Dam Mountains Wilderness – 18,667 acres
  4. Black Ridge Canyons Wilderness – 75,479 acres
  5. Blackridge Wilderness – 13,107 acres
  6. Box-Death Hollow Wilderness – 25,636 acres
  7. Canaan Mountain Wilderness – 44,447 acres
  8. Cedar Mountain Wilderness Area – 99,428 acres
  9. Cottonwood Canyon Wilderness – 11,667 acres
  10. Cottonwood Forest Wilderness – 2,647 acres
  11. Cougar Canyon Wilderness – 10,648 acres
  12. Dark Canyon Wilderness – 46,353 acres
  13. Deep Creek North Wilderness – 4,478 acres
  14. Deep Creek Wilderness – 3,291 acres
  15. Deseret Peak Wilderness – 25,078 acres
  16. Doc’s Pass Wilderness – 18,216 acres
  17. Goose Creek Wilderness – 93 acres
  18. High Unitas Wilderness – 453,860 acres
  19. LaVerkin Creek Wilderness – 453 acres
  20. Lone Peak Wilderness – 30,736 acres
  21. Mount Naomi Wilderness – 44,473 acres
  22. Mount Nebo Wilderness – 27,057 acres
  23. Mount Olympus Wilderness – 15,292 acres
  24. Mount Timpanogos Wilderness – 10,518 acres
  25. Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness – 110,816 acres
  26. Pine Valley Mountain Wilderness – 50,216 acres
  27. Red Butte Wilderness – 1,535 acres
  28. Red Mountain Wilderness – 18,689 acres
  29. Slaughter Creek Wilderness – 4,047 acres
  30. Taylor Creek Wilderness – 35 acres
  31. Twin Peaks Wilderness – 11,436 acres
  32. Wellsville Mountain Wilderness – 22,843 acres
  33. Zion Wilderness – 124,406 acres

Vermont – 8 Wilderness Areas – 100,874 Wilderness Acres

  1. Big Branch Wilderness – 6,725 acres
  2. Breadloaf Wilderness – 24,986 acres
  3. Bristol Cliffs Wilderness – 3,750 acres
  4. George D. Aiken Wilderness – 4,800 acres
  5. Glastenbury Wilderness – 22,330 acres
  6. Joseph Battell Wilderness – 12,336 acres
  7. Lye Brook Wilderness – 18,122 acres
  8. Peru Peak Wilderness – 7,825 acres

Virginia – 24 Wilderness Areas – 217,496 Wilderness Acres

  1. Barbours Creek Wilderness – 5,507 acres
  2. Beartown Wilderness – 5,613 acres
  3. Brush Mountain East Wilderness – 3,745 acres
  4. Brush Mountain Wilderness – 4,795 acres
  5. Garden Mountain Wilderness – 3,331 acres
  6. Hunting Camp Creek Wilderness – 8,471 acres
  7. James River Face Wilderness – 8,907 acres
  8. Kimberling Creek Wilderness – 6,277 acres
  9. Lewis Fork Wilderness – 6,072 acres
  10. Little Dry Run Wilderness – 2,845 acres
  11. Little Wilson Creek Wilderness – 5,461 acres
  12. Mountain Lake Wilderness – 16,525 acres
  13. Peters Mountain Wilderness – 4,512 acres
  14. Priest Wilderness – 5,994 acres
  15. Raccoon Branch Wilderness – 4,225 acres
  16. Ramseys Draft Wilderness – 6,577 acres
  17. Rich Hole Wilderness – 6,532 acres
  18. Rough Mountain Wilderness – 9,326 acres
  19. Saint Mary’s Wilderness – 9,826 acres
  20. Shawvers Run Wilderness – 5,784 acres
  21. Shenandoah Wilderness – 79,579 acres
  22. Stone Mountain Wilderness – 3,273 acres
  23. Three Ridges Wilderness – 4,612 acres
  24. Thunder Ridge Wilderness – 2,428 acres

Washington – 31 Wilderness Areas – 4,484,603 Wilderness Acres

  1. Alpine Lakes Wilderness – 414,325 acres
  2. Boulder River Wilderness – 49,444 acres
  3. Buckhorn Wilderness – 44,270 acres
  4. Clearwater Wilderness – 14,652 acres
  5. Colonel Bob Wilderness – 11,850 acres
  6. Daniel J. Evans Wilderness – 876,447 acres
  7. Glacier Peak Wilderness – 566,075 acres
  8. Glacier View Wilderness – 3,078 acres
  9. Goat Rocks Wilderness – 108,023 acres
  10. Henry M. Jackson Wilderness – 102,910 acres
  11. Indian Heaven Wilderness – 20,784 acres
  12. Juniper Dunes Wilderness – 7,140 acres
  13. Lake Chelan-Sawtooth Wilderness – 152,949 acres
  14. Mount Adams Wilderness – 47,122 acres
  15. Mount Baker Wilderness – 119,046 acres
  16. Mount Rainier Wilderness – 228,480 acres
  17. Mount Skokomish Wilderness – 13,280 acres
  18. Noisy-Diobsud Wilderness – 14,626 acres
  19. Norse Peak Wilderness – 52,297 acres
  20. Pasayten Wilderness – 531,355 acres
  21. Salmo-Priest Wilderness – 41,307 acres
  22. San Juan Wilderness – 353 acres
  23. Stephen Mather Wilderness – 638,173 acres
  24. Tatoosh Wilderness – 15,720 acres
  25. The Brothers Wilderness – 16,297 acres
  26. Trapper Creek Wilderness – 5,963 acres
  27. Washington Islands Wilderness – 452 acres
  28. Wenaha-Tucannon Wilderness – 176,737 acres
  29. Wild Sky Wilderness – 105,557 acres
  30. William O. Douglas Wilderness – 168,956 acres
  31. Wonder Mountain Wilderness – 2,201 acres

West Virginia – 9 Wilderness Areas – 118,811 Wilderness Acres

  1. Big Draft Wilderness – 5,147 acres
  2. Cranberry Wilderness – 47,742 acres
  3. Dolly Sods Wilderness – 17,776 acres
  4. Laurel Fork North Wilderness – 6,048 acres
  5. Laurel Fork South Wilderness – 5,840 acres
  6. Mountain Lake Wilderness – 16,525 acres
  7. Otter Creek Wilderness – 20,706 acres
  8. Roaring Plains West Wilderness – 6,794 acres
  9. Spice Run Wilderness – 6,037 acres

Wisconsin – 7 Wilderness Areas – 79,967 Wilderness Acres

  1. Blackjack Springs Wilderness – 5,912 acres
  2. Gaylord Nelson Wilderness – 33,500 acres
  3. Headwaters Wilderness – 22,047 acres
  4. Porcupine Lake Wilderness – 4,074 acres
  5. Rainbow Lake Wilderness – 7,135 acres
  6. Whisker Lake Wilderness – 7,270 acres
  7. Wisconsin Islands Wilderness – 29 acres

Wyoming – 15 Wilderness Areas – 3,067,696 Wilderness Acres

  1. Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness – 937,032 acres
  2. Bridger Wilderness – 426,494 acres
  3. Cloud Peak Wilderness – 191,914 acres
  4. Encampment River Wilderness – 10,240 acres
  5. Fitzpatrick Wilderness – 198,906 acres
  6. Gros Ventre Wilderness – 285,567 acres
  7. Huston Park Wilderness – 30,912 acres
  8. Jedediah Smith Wilderness – 123,896 acres
  9. North Absaroka Wilderness – 346,320 acres
  10. Platte River Wilderness – 23,301 acres
  11. Popo Arie Wilderness – 102,620 acres
  12. Savage Run Wilderness – 15,271 acres
  13. Teton Wilderness – 584,708 acres
  14. Washakie Wilderness – 693,933 acres
  15. Winegar Hole Wilderness – 10,663 acres

*** Some wilderness areas cross state lines and are therefore listed in more than one state. The acreage listed by each wilderness area is the area’s total acreage.

The above information is based on data from Wilderness.net. If you are looking for a map of wilderness areas in the US, please visit: UMontana.Maps.ARCGIS.com.

We do not guarantee that all information in this post is accurate, but we hope that it will inspire you to learn more about wilderness and hopefully plan your next adventure in one of these beautiful landscapes.


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