List of U.S. Wilderness Areas
Four federal agencies of the United States government administer the U.S. Wildernesses, which includes 756 Wildernesses and 109,478,939 acres (443,045.55 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 Iraq or the state of California. In Alaska, there are 57,425,569 acres (232,393.03 km2) of wilderness. This represents about 52% of the wilderness area in the United States. The National Park Service (NPS) has oversight of 43,890,500 acres (177,619 km2) of wilderness at 60 locations. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has responsibility for 20,702,350 acres (83,779.4 km2) in 71 areas. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) oversees 8,726,011 acres (35,312.91 km2) at 221 unique sites. The Department of Agriculture, the U.S. Forest Service oversees 36,160,078 acres (146,334.64 km2) of wilderness areas in 439 areas. Some wilderness areas are managed by multiple agencies, so the above totals exceed the actual number of units (756) in the system. In addition, some of the 60 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 governed by the Federal National Wilderness Preservation System.
Wilderness by state [edit]
Alabama [edit]
Alaska [edit]
Arizona [edit]
Arkansas [edit]
California [edit]
Colorado [edit]
Florida [edit]
Georgia [edit]
Hawaii [edit]
Idaho [edit]
Illinois [edit]
Indiana [edit]
Kentucky [edit]
Louisiana [edit]
Maine [edit]
- Caribou-Speckled Mountain Wilderness
- Moosehorn (Baring Unit) Wilderness
- Moosehorn Wilderness
- Alagash Wilderness Waterway
Massachusetts [edit]
Michigan [edit]
Minnesota [edit]
Mississippi [edit]
Missouri [edit]
Montana [edit]
Nebraska [edit]
Nevada [edit]
New Hampshire [edit]
- Great Gulf Wilderness
- Pemigewasset Wilderness
- Presidential Range-Dry River Wilderness
- Sandwich Range Wilderness
- Wild River Wilderness
New Jersey [edit]
New Mexico [edit]
New York [edit]
- Otis Pike Fire Island High Dune Wilderness
- Big Indian Wilderness
- Blue Ridge Wilderness Area
- Dix mountain Wilderness Area
- Five Ponds Wilderness Area
- Giant Mountain Wilderness Area
- Ha-De-Ron-Dah Wilderness Area
- High Peaks Wilderness Area
- Hoffman Notch Wilderness Area
- Jay Mountain Wilderness Area
- McKenzie Mountain Wilderness Area
- Pepperbox Wilderness Area
- Pharaoh Lake Wilderness Area
- Pigeon Lake Wilderness Area
- Round Lake Wilderness Area
- Sentinel Range Wilderness Area
- Siamese Ponds Wilderness Area
- Silver Lake Wilderness Area
- Slide Mountain Wilderness Area
- West Canada Lake Wilderness Area
- William C. Whitney Wilderness Area
- Saint Regis Canoe Area Wilderness
North Carolina [edit]
North Dakota [edit]
Ohio [edit]
Oklahoma [edit]
Oregon [edit]
Pennsylvania [edit]
Puerto Rico [edit]
South Carolina [edit]
South Dakota [edit]
Tennessee [edit]
Texas [edit]
Utah [edit]
Vermont [edit]
Virginia [edit]
Washington [edit]
West Virginia [edit]
Wisconsin [edit]
Wyoming [edit]
Wilderness alphabetically [edit]
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See also [edit]
- Wilderness area
- List of largest wilderness areas in the United States
- 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
- Intact forest landscape
External links [edit]
- 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).areas in the United States]
- Ventana Wilderness Alliance Dedicated to the preservation of Central California's Ventana and Silver Peak Wilderness Areas and adjacent public lands.