List of U.S. Wilderness Areas

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Four federal agencies of the United States government administer the U.S. Wilderness Areas, which includes 680 wilderness areas and 105,695,176 acres (427,733 km²). These agencies are:

• United States Forest Service
• United States National Park Service
• United States Bureau of Land Management
• United States Fish and Wildlife Service

This is an area larger than the state of California or Iraq. In Alaska, there are 58,182,216 acres (235,455 km²) of wilderness. This represents about 56% of the wilderness area in the United States. The National Park Service (NPS) has oversight of 44 million acres (180,000 km²) of wilderness at 47 locations. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has responsibility for nearly 21 million acres (85,000 km²) in 71 areas. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) oversees more than 6.5 million acres (26,000 km²) at 177 unique sites. The Department of Agriculture, the U.S. Forest Service oversees nearly 35 million acres (142,000 km²) of wilderness areas in 407 areas. Some wilderness areas are managed by multiple agencies, so the above totals exceed the actual number of units (680) in the system. In addition, some of the 47 NPS areas with wilderness have multiple units designated as such (for example, Lake Mead National Recreation Area).

Some areas are designated wilderness by state or tribal governments. These are not federal parks. See List of U.S. state and tribal wilderness areas.

Wilderness Areas by State

AL | AK | AZ | AR | CA | CO | CT | DE | FL | GA | HI | ID | IL | IN | IA | KS | KY | LA | ME | MD | MA | MI | MN | MS | MO | MT | NE | NV | NH | NJ | NM | NY | NC | ND | OH | OK | OR | PA | RI | SC | SD | TN | TX | UT | VT | VA | WA | WV | WI | WY |

• Cheaha Wilderness
• Dugger Mountain Wilderness
• Sipsey Wilderness

Aleutian Islands Wilderness Andreafsky Wilderness Becharof Wilderness Bering Sea Wilderness Bogoslof Wilderness Chamisso Wilderness Chuck River Wilderness Coronation Island Wilderness Denali Wilderness Endicott River Wilderness Forrester Island Wilderness Gates of the Arctic Wilderness Glacier Bay Wilderness Hazy Islands Wilderness Innoko Wilderness Izembek Wilderness

Karta River Wilderness Katmai Wilderness Kenai Wilderness Kobuk Valley Wilderness Kootznoowoo Wilderness Koyukuk Wilderness Kuiu Wilderness Lake Clark Wilderness Maurille Islands Wilderness Misty Fjords National Monument Wilderness Mollie Beattie Wilderness Noatak Wilderness Nunivak Wilderness Petersburg Creek-Duncan Salt Chuck Wilderness Pleasant/Lemusurier/Inian Islands Wilderness Russell Fjord Wilderness

Saint Lazaria Wilderness Selawik Wilderness Semidi Wilderness Simeonof Wilderness South Baranof Wilderness South Etolin Wilderness South Prince of Wales Wilderness Stikine-LeConte Wilderness Tebenkof Bay Wilderness Togiak Wilderness Tracy Arm-Fords Terror Wilderness Tuxedni Wilderness Unimak Wilderness Warren Island Wilderness West Chichagof-Yakobi Wilderness Wrangell-Saint Elias Wilderness

Apache Creek Wilderness Aravaipa Canyon Wilderness Arrastra Mountains Wilderness Aubrey Peak Wilderness Baboquivari Peak Wilderness Bear Wallow Wilderness Beaver Dam Mountains Wilderness Big Horn Mountains Wilderness Cabeza Prieta Wilderness Castle Creek Wilderness Cedar Branch Wilderness Chiricahua National Monument Wilderness Chiricahua Wilderness Cottonwood Point Wilderness Coyote Mountains Wilderness Dos Cabezas Mountains Wilderness Eagletail Mountains Wilderness East Cactus Plain Wilderness Escudilla Wilderness Fishhooks Wilderness Fossil Springs Wilderness Four Peaks Wilderness Galiuro Wilderness Gibraltar Mountain Wilderness Grand Wash Cliffs Wilderness Granite Mountain Wilderness Harcurvar Mountains Wilderness Harquahala Mountains Wilderness Hassayampa River Canyon Wilderness Havasu Wilderness

Hells Canyon Wilderness (Arizona) Hellsgate Wilderness Hummingbird Springs Wilderness Imperial Refuge Wilderness Juniper Mesa Wilderness Kachina Peaks Wilderness Kanab Creek Wilderness Kendrick Mountain Wilderness Kofa Wilderness Mazatzal Wilderness Miller Peak Wilderness Mount Baldy Wilderness Mount Logan Wilderness Mount Nutt Wilderness Mount Tipton Wilderness Mount Trumbull Wilderness Mount Wilson Wilderness Mount Wrightson Wilderness Muggins Mountain Wilderness Munds Mountain Wilderness Needle's Eye Wilderness New Water Mountains Wilderness North Maricopa Mountains Wilderness North Santa Teresa Wilderness Organ Pipe Cactus Wilderness Paiute Wilderness Pajarita Wilderness Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness Peloncillo Mountains Wilderness Petrified Forest National Wilderness Area

Pine Mountain Wilderness Pusch Ridge Wilderness Rawhide Mountains Wilderness Red Rock-Secret Mountain Wilderness Redfield Canyon Wilderness Rincon Mountain Wilderness Saddle Mountain Wilderness Saguaro Wilderness Salome Wilderness Salt River Canyon Wilderness Santa Teresa Wilderness Sierra Ancha Wilderness Sierra Estrella Wilderness Signal Mountain Wilderness South Maricopa Mountains Wilderness Strawberry Crater Wilderness Superstition Wilderness Swansea Wilderness Sycamore Canyon Wilderness Table Top Wilderness Tres Alamos Wilderness Trigo Mountain Wilderness Upper Burro Creek Wilderness Wabayuma Peak Wilderness Warm Springs Wilderness West Clear Creek Wilderness Wet Beaver Wilderness White Canyon Wilderness Woodchute Wilderness Woolsey Peak Wilderness

Big Lake Wilderness Black Fork Mountain Wilderness Buffalo National River Wilderness Caney Creek Wilderness

Dry Creek Wilderness East Fork Wilderness Flatside Wilderness Hurricane Creek Wilderness

Leatherwood Wilderness Poteau Mountain Wilderness Richland Creek Wilderness Upper Buffalo Wilderness

Agua Tibia Wilderness Ansel Adams Wilderness Argus Range Wilderness Big Maria Mountains Wilderness Bigelow Cholla Garden Wilderness Bighorn Mountain Wilderness Black Mountain Wilderness Bright Star Wilderness Bristol Mountains Wilderness Bucks Lake Wilderness Cadiz Dunes Wilderness Caribou Wilderness Carrizo Gorge Wilderness Carson-Iceberg Wilderness Castle Crags Wilderness Chanchelulla Wilderness Chemehuevi Mountains Wilderness Chimney Peak Wilderness Chuckwalla Mountains Wilderness Chumash Wilderness Cleghorn Lakes Wilderness Clipper Mountain Wilderness Coso Range Wilderness Coyote Mountains Wilderness Cucamonga Wilderness Darwin Falls Wilderness Dead Mountains Wilderness Death Valley Wilderness Desolation Wilderness Dick Smith Wilderness Dinkey Lakes Wilderness Domeland Wilderness El Paso Mountains Wilderness Emigrant Wilderness Farallon Wilderness Fish Creek Mountains Wilderness Funeral Mountains Wilderness Garcia Wilderness Golden Trout Wilderness Golden Valley Wilderness Granite Chief Wilderness Grass Valley Wilderness Hauser Wilderness Havasu Wilderness

Hollow Hills Wilderness Hoover Wilderness Ibex Wilderness Imperial Refuge Wilderness Indian Pass Wilderness Inyo Mountains Wilderness Ishi Wilderness Jacumba Wilderness Jennie Lakes Wilderness John Muir Wilderness Joshua Tree Wilderness Kaiser Wilderness Kelso Dunes Wilderness Kiavah Wilderness Kingston Range Wilderness Lassen Volcanic Wilderness Lava Beds Wilderness Little Chuckwalla Mountains Wilderness Little Picacho Wilderness Machesna Mountain Wilderness Malpais Mesa Wilderness Manly Peak Wilderness Marble Mountain Wilderness Matilija Wilderness Mecca Hills Wilderness Mesquite Wilderness Mojave Wilderness Mokelumne Wilderness Monarch Wilderness Mt. Shasta Wilderness Newberry Mountains Wilderness Nopah Range Wilderness North Algodones Dunes Wilderness North Fork Wilderness North Mesquite Mountains Wilderness Old Woman Mountains Wilderness Orocopia Mountains Wilderness Otay Mountain Wilderness Owens Peak Wilderness Pahrump Valley Wilderness Palen/McCoy Wilderness Palo Verde Mountains Wilderness Phillip Burton Wilderness Picacho Peak Wilderness

Pine Creek Wilderness Pinnacles Wilderness Piper Mountain Wilderness Piute Mountains Wilderness Red Buttes Wilderness Resting Spring Range Wilderness Rice Valley Wilderness Riverside Mountains Wilderness Rodman Mountains Wilderness Russian Wilderness Sacatar Trail Wilderness Saddle Peak Hills Wilderness San Gabriel Wilderness San Gorgonio Wilderness San Jacinto Wilderness San Mateo Canyon Wilderness San Rafael Wilderness Santa Lucia Wilderness Santa Rosa Wilderness Sawtooth Mountains Wilderness Sequoia-Kings Canyon Wilderness Sespe Wilderness Sheep Mountain Wilderness Sheephole Valley Wilderness Silver Peak Wilderness Siskiyou Wilderness Snow Mountain Wilderness South Nopah Range Wilderness South Sierra Wilderness South Warner Wilderness Stateline Wilderness Stepladder Mountains Wilderness Surprise Canyon Wilderness Sylvania Mountains Wilderness Thousand Lakes Wilderness Trilobite Wilderness Trinity Alps Wilderness Turtle Mountains Wilderness Ventana Wilderness Whipple Mountains Wilderness Yolla Bolly-Middle Eel Wilderness Yosemite Wilderness

Colorado with Wilderness Areas highlighted in red

Black Canyon of the Gunnison Wilderness Black Ridge Canyons Wilderness Buffalo Peaks Wilderness Byers Peak Wilderness Cache La Poudre Wilderness Collegiate Peaks Wilderness Comanche Peak Wilderness Eagles Nest Wilderness Flat Tops Wilderness Fossil Ridge Wilderness Great Sand Dunes Wilderness Greenhorn Mountain Wilderness Gunnison Gorge Wilderness Holy Cross Wilderness Hunter-Fryingpan Wilderness Indian Peaks Wilderness James Peak Wilderness La Garita Wilderness Lizard Head Wilderness Lost Creek Wilderness Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness

Mesa Verde Wilderness Mount Evans Wilderness Mount Massive Wilderness Mount Sneffels Wilderness Mount Zirkel Wilderness Neota Wilderness Never Summer Wilderness Platte River Wilderness Powderhorn Wilderness Ptarmigan Peak Wilderness Raggeds Wilderness Rawah Wilderness Sangre de Cristo Wilderness Sarvis Creek Wilderness South San Juan Wilderness Spanish Peaks Wilderness Uncompahgre Wilderness Vasquez Peak Wilderness Weminuche Wilderness West Elk Wilderness

Alexander Springs Wilderness Big Gum Swamp Wilderness Billies Bay Wilderness Bradwell Bay Wilderness Cedar Keys Wilderness Chassahowitzka Wilderness

Florida Keys Wilderness Island Bay Wilderness J.N. Darling Wilderness Juniper Prairie Wilderness Lake Woodruff Wilderness Little Lake George Wilderness

Marjory Stoneman Douglas Wilderness Mud Swamp/New River Wilderness Passage Key Wilderness Pelican Island Wilderness St. Marks Wilderness

Big Frog Wilderness Blackbeard Island Wilderness Blood Mountain Wilderness Brasstown Wilderness Cohutta Wilderness

Cumberland Island Wilderness Ellicott Rock Wilderness Mark Trail Wilderness Okefenokee Wilderness Raven Cliffs Wilderness

Rich Mountain Wilderness Southern Nantahala Wilderness Tray Mountain Wilderness Wolf Island Wilderness

• Haleakala Wilderness
• Hawaii Volcanoes Wilderness

Craters of the Moon National Wilderness Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness Gospel Hump Wilderness

Hells Canyon Wilderness Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness Sawtooth Wilderness

Bald Knob Wilderness Bay Creek Wilderness Burden Falls Wilderness Clear Springs Wilderness

Crab Orchard Wilderness Garden of the Gods Wilderness Lusk Creek Wilderness Panther Den Wilderness

• Charles C. Deam Wilderness

• Beaver Creek Wilderness
• Clifty Wilderness

• Breton Wilderness
• Kisatchie Hills Wilderness
• Lacassine Wilderness

• Caribou-Speckled Mountain Wilderness
• Moosehorn (Baring Unit) Wilderness
• Moosehorn Wilderness

• Monomoy Wilderness

• Agassiz Wilderness
• Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness
• Tamarac Wilderness

• Black Creek Wilderness
• Gulf Islands Wilderness
• Leaf Wilderness

• Fort Niobrara Wilderness
• Soldier Creek Wilderness

• Great Gulf Wilderness
• Pemigewasset Wilderness
• Presidential Range-Dry River Wilderness
• Sandwich Range Wilderness

• Brigantine Wilderness
• Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge Wilderness

• Fire Island Wilderness

• Chase Lake Wilderness
• Lostwood Wilderness
• Theodore Roosevelt Wilderness

• West Sister Island Wilderness

• Black Fork Mountain Wilderness
• Upper Kiamichi River Wilderness
• Wichita Mountains Wilderness

• Allegheny Islands Wilderness
• Hickory Creek Wilderness

• Badlands Wilderness
• Black Elk Wilderness

Wilderness Areas alphabetically

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• Quinn Canyon Wilderness

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• Vasquez Peak Wilderness
• Ventana Wilderness

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• Yolla Bolly-Middle Eel Wilderness
• Yosemite Wilderness

See also

• Wilderness area
• National forest
• List of U.S. National Forests
• National park
• List of U.S. National Parks
• United States National Monument
• List of miscellaneous U.S. public areas

External links

• [U.S. Department of Interior webpage on wilderness areas]
• [U.S. Bureau of Land Management webpage on wilderness areas]
• [U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service webpage on wilderness areas]
• [U.S. National Park Service webpage on wilderness areas]
• [U.S. Forest Service webpage]
• [Wilderness.net's comprehensive website dedicated to wilderness areas in the United States]
• [Fall Branch, Citico Creek Wilderness, Monroe County, Tennessee.] (with photos).

 

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