If you love the great outdoors, Oregon is the place to be. If you’re keen to explore Oregon’s gigantic backyard, you should plan your next adventure in one of the many Oregon wilderness areas. In this post, we highlight 47 Oregon Wilderness Areas and provide a map so that you can locate these rugged, remote, and wild places.
The state of Oregon is roughly 61,598,720 acres. Of that acreage, 2,475,323 acres are federally protected as wilderness. The following information about Oregon Wilderness Areas is gathered from the Wilderness.net database.
Here is a map of the Oregon Wilderness Areas:
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Below is a list of the Oregon Wilderness Areas:
Badger Creek Wilderness
- Total Acres: 28,915 acres
- Year Designated: 1984
- Agency: US Forest Service
Black Canyon Wilderness
- Total Acres: 13,088 acres
- Year Designated: 1984
- Agency: US Forest Service
Boulder Creek Wilderness
- Total Acres: 19,911 acres
- Year Designated: 1984
- Agency: US Forest Service
Bridge Creek Wilderness
- Total Acres: 5,337 acres
- Year Designated: 1984
- Agency: US Forest Service
Bull Of The Woods Wilderness
- Total Acres: 36,869 acres
- Year Designated: 1984
- Agency: US Forest Service
Clackamas Wilderness
- Total Acres: 9,456 acres
- Year Designated: 2009
- Agency: US Forest Service
Copper Salmon Wilderness
- Total Acres: 13,724 acres
- Year Designated: 2009
- Agency: US Forest Service
Cummins Creek Wilderness
- Total Acres: 9,026 acres
- Year Designated: 1984
- Agency: US Forest Service
Diamond Peak Wilderness
- Total Acres: 52,477 acres
- Year Designated: 1964
- Agency: US Forest Service
Drift Creek Wilderness
- Total Acres: 5,792 acres
- Year Designated:1984
- Agency: US Forest Service
Eagle Cap Wilderness
- Total Acres: 355,548 acres
- Year Designated: 1964
- Agency: US Forest Service
Gearhart Mountain Wilderness
- Total Acres: 22,587 acres
- Year Designated: 1964
- Agency: US Forest Service
Grassy Knob Wilderness
- Total Acres: 17,176 acres
- Year Designated: 1984
- Agency: US Forest Service
Hells Canyon Wilderness
- Total Acres: 217,613 acres
- Year Designated: 1975
- Agency: US Forest Service & Bureau Of Land Management
- *** – The Hells Canyon Wilderness is located on the Idaho/Oregon border. Of the 217,613 total acres, 131,337 acres are located in Oregon.
Kalmiopis Wilderness
- Total Acres: 179,550 acres
- Year Designated: 1964
- Agency: US Forest Service
Lower White River Wilderness
- Total Acres: 2,871 acres
- Year Designated: 2009
- Agency: US Forest Service & Bureau Of Land Management
Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness
- Total Acres: 65,420 acres
- Year Designated: 1984
- Agency: US Forest Service
Menagerie Wilderness
- Total Acres: 4,952 acres
- Year Designated: 1984
- Agency: US Forest Service
Middle Santiam Wilderness
- Total Acres: 8,845 acres
- Year Designated: 1984
- Agency: US Forest Service
Mill Creek Wilderness
- Total Acres: 17,173 acres
- Year Designated: 1984
- Agency: US Forest Service
Monument Rock Wilderness
- Total Acres: 20,210 acres
- Year Designated: 1984
- Agency: US Forest Service
Mount Hood Wilderness
- Total Acres: 64,742 acres
- Year Designated: 1964
- Agency: US Forest Service
Mount Jefferson Wilderness
- Total Acres: 108,909 acres
- Year Designated: 1968
- Agency: US Forest Service
Mount Thielsen Wilderness
- Total Acres: 55,151 acres
- Year Designated: 1984
- Agency: US Forest Service
Mount Washington Wilderness
- Total Acres: 54,410 acres
- Year Designated: 1964
- Agency: US Forest Service
Mountain Lakes Wilderness
- Total Acres: 23,036 acres
- Year Designated: 1964
- Agency: US Forest Service
North Fork John Day Wilderness
- Total Acres: 120,998 acres
- Year Designated: 1984
- Agency: US Forest Service
North Fork Umatilla Wilderness
- Total Acres: 20,225 acres
- Year Designated: 1984
- Agency: US Forest Service
Opal Creek Wilderness
- Total Acres: 20,774 acres
- Year Designated: 1996
- Agency: US Forest Service
Oregon Badlands Wilderness
- Total Acres: 29,182 acres
- Year Designated: 2009
- Agency: Bureau Of Land Management
Oregon Islands Wilderness
- Total Acres: 925 acres
- Year Designated: 1970
- Agency: US Fish & Wildlife Service
Red Buttes Wilderness
- Total Acres: 20,133 acres
- Year Designated: 1984
- Agency: US Forest Service
- *** – The Red Buttes Wilderness is located on the California/Oregon border. Of the 20,133 total acres, 3,777 acres are located in Oregon.
Roaring River Wilderness
- Total Acres: 36,548 acres
- Year Designated: 2009
- Agency: US Forest Service
Rock Creek Wilderness
- Total Acres: 7,273 acres
- Year Designated: 1984
- Agency: US Forest Service
Rogue-Umpqua Divide Wilderness
- Total Acres: 35,749 acres
- Year Designated: 1984
- Agency: US Forest Service
Salmon-Huckleberry Wilderness
- Total Acres: 62,061 acres
- Year Designated: 1984
- Agency: US Forest Service
Sky Lakes Wilderness
- Total Acres: 113,687 acres
- Year Designated: 1984
- Agency: US Forest Service
Soda Mountain Wilderness
- Total Acres: 24,707 acres
- Year Designated: 2009
- Agency: Bureau Of Land Management
Spring Basin Wilderness
- Total Acres: 6,404 acres
- Year Designated: 2009
- Agency: Bureau of Land Management
Steens Mountain Wilderness
- Total Acres: 170,202 acres
- Year Designated: 2000
- Agency: Bureau of Land Management
Strawberry Mountain Wilderness
- Total Acres: 69,517 acres
- Year Designated: 1964
- Agency: US Forest Service
Table Rock Wilderness
- Total Acres: 5,784 acres
- Year Designated: 1984
- Agency: Bureau of Land Management
Three Arch Rocks Wilderness
- Total Acres: 15 acres
- Year Designated: 1970
- Agency: US Fish & Wildlife Service
Three Sisters Wilderness
- Total Acres: 283,619 acres
- Year Designated: 1984
- Agency: US Forest Service
Waldo Lake Wilderness
- Total Acres: 36,868 acres
- Year Designated: 1984
- Agency: US Forest Service
Wenaha-Tucannon Wilderness
- Total Acres: 176,737 acres
- Year Designated: 1978
- Agency: US Forest Service
- *** – The Wenaha-Tucannon Wilderness is located on the Washington/Oregon border. Of the 176,737 total acres, 65,266 acres are located in Oregon.
Wild Rogue Wilderness
- Total Acres: 35,221 acres
- Year Designated: 1978
- Agency: Bureau Of Land Management & US Forest Service
For more information about the numerous wilderness areas scattered across the United States, visit Wilderness.net.
See Also:
- 10 Largest Wilderness Areas In The Lower 48
- 10 Largest Wilderness Areas In The United States
- Montana Wilderness Areas – List & Map
- Idaho Wilderness Areas – List & Map
- Washington Wilderness Areas – List & Map
