National Wilderness Areas
Across the U.S.
A Free Guide to Discovering the Wonders of U.S. National Wilderness Areas:
Let us be your guide to discovering these natural wonders. What you'll find here is an alphabetical listing of all our natural national wilderness areas -- close to 800 areas encompassing more than 100 million acres of pristine land (often located in national parks, national forests, national wildlife refuges), administered by the Bureau of Land Management, Forest Service, National Park Service, and the Fish and Wildlife Service.
Alphabetical List of U.S. National Wilderness Areas in U.S. States:
Alabama
Cheaha Wilderness Dugger Mountain Wilderness Sipsey Wilderness
Alaska
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/Lemesurier/Inian Islands Wilderness Russell Fiord 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 Sipsey Wilderness
Arizona
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 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
Arkansas
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
California
Agua Tibia Wilderness Ansel Adams Wilderness Argus Range Wilderness Beauty Mountain Wilderness Big Maria Mountains Wilderness Bigelow Cholla Garden Wilderness Bighorn Mountain Wilderness Black Mountain Wilderness Bright Star Wilderness Bristol Mountains Wilderness Bucks Lake Wilderness Cache Creek Wilderness Cadiz Dunes Wilderness Cahuilla Mountain Wilderness Caribou Wilderness Carrizo Gorge Wilderness Carson-Iceberg Wilderness Castle Crags Wilderness Cedar Roughs 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 Granite Mountain 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 Krebs Wilderness John Muir Wilderness Joshua Tree Wilderness Kaiser Wilderness Kelso Dunes Wilderness Kiavah Wilderness King Range Wilderness Kingston Range Wilderness Lassen Volcanic Wilderness Lava Beds Wilderness Little Chuckwalla Mountains Wilderness Little Picacho Wilderness Machesna Mountain Wilderness Magic Mountain Wilderness Malpais Mesa Wilderness Manly Peak Wilderness Marble Mountain Wilderness Matilija Wilderness Mecca Hills Wilderness Mesquite Wilderness Mojave Wilderness Mokelumne Wilderness Monarch Wilderness Mount Lassic Wilderness Mount 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 Owens River Headwaters Wilderness Pahrump Valley Wilderness Palen/McCoy Wilderness Palo Verde Mountains Wilderness Phillip Burton Wilderness Picacho Peak Wilderness Pine Creek Wilderness Pinnacles Wilderness Pinto Mountains Wilderness Piper Mountain Wilderness Piute Mountains Wilderness Pleasant View Ridge Wilderness Red Buttes Wilderness Resting Spring Range Wilderness Rice Valley Wilderness Riverside Mountains Wilderness Rocks and Islands 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 Sanhedrin 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 Fork Eel River Wilderness South Fork San Jacinto 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 White Mountains Wilderness Yolla Bolly-Middle Eel Wilderness Yosemite Wilderness Yuki Wilderness
Colorado
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
Florida
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. "Ding" 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
Georgia
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
Hawaii
Haleakala Wilderness Hawaii Volcanoes Wilderness
Idaho
Big Jacks Creek Wilderness Bruneau - Jarbidge Rivers Wilderness Craters of the Moon National Wilderness Area Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness Gospel Hump Wilderness Hells Canyon Wilderness Little Jacks Creek Wilderness North Fork Owyhee Wilderness Owyhee River Wilderness Pole Creek Wilderness Sawtooth Wilderness Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness
Illinois
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
Indiana
Charles C. Deam Wilderness
Kentucky
Beaver Creek Wilderness Clifty Wilderness
Louisiana
Breton Wilderness Kisatchie Hills Wilderness Lacassine Wilderness
Maine
Caribou-Speckled Mountain Wilderness Moosehorn (Baring Unit) Wilderness Moosehorn Wilderness
Massachusetts
Monomoy Wildernes
Michigan
Beaver Basin Wilderness Big Island Lake Wilderness Delirium Wilderness Horseshoe Bay Wilderness Huron Islands Wilderness Isle Royale Wilderness Mackinac Wilderness McCormick Wilderness Michigan Islands Wilderness Nordhouse Dunes Wilderness Rock River Canyon Wilderness Round Island Wilderness Seney Wilderness Sturgeon River Gorge Wilderness Sylvania Wilderness
Minnesota
Agassiz Wilderness Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness Tamarac Wilderness
Mississippi
Black Creek Wilderness Gulf Islands Wilderness Leaf Wilderness
Missouri
Bell Mountain Wilderness Devils Backbone Wilderness Hercules-Glades Wilderness Irish Wilderness Mingo Wilderness Paddy Creek Wilderness Piney Creek Wilderness Rockpile Mountain Wilderness
Montana
Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness Anaconda-Pintler Wilderness Bob Marshall Wilderness Cabinet Mountains Wilderness Gates of the Mountains Wilderness Great Bear Wilderness Lee Metcalf Wilderness Medicine Lake Wilderness Mission Mountains Wilderness Rattlesnake Wilderness Red Rock Lakes Wilderness Scapegoat Wilderness Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness UL Bend Wilderness Welcome Creek Wilderness
Nebraska
Fort Niobrara Wilderness Soldier Creek Wilderness
Nevada
Alta Toquima Wilderness Arc Dome Wilderness Arrow Canyon Wilderness Bald Mountain Wilderness Becky Peak Wilderness Big Rocks Wilderness Black Canyon Wilderness (Nevada) Black Rock Desert Wilderness Boundary Peak Wilderness Bridge Canyon Wilderness Bristlecone Wilderness Calico Mountains Wilderness Clover Mountains Wilderness Currant Mountain Wilderness Death Valley Wilderness Delamar Mountains Wilderness East Fork High Rock Canyon Wilderness East Humboldt Wilderness Eldorado Wilderness Far South Egans Wilderness Fortification Range Wilderness Goshute Canyon Wilderness Government Peak Wilderness Grant Range Wilderness High Rock Canyon Wilderness High Rock Lake Wilderness High Schells Wilderness Highland Ridge Wilderness Ireteba Wilderness Jarbidge Wilderness Jimbilnan Wilderness Jumbo Springs Wilderness La Madre Mountain Wilderness Lime Canyon Wilderness Little High Rock Canyon Wilderness Meadow Valley Range Wilderness Mormon Mountains Wilderness Mount Charleston Wilderness Mount Grafton Wilderness Mount Irish Wilderness Mount Moriah Wilderness Mount Rose Wilderness Muddy Mountains Wilderness Nellis Wash Wilderness North Black Rock Range Wilderness North Jackson Mountains Wilderness North McCullough Wilderness Pahute Peak Wilderness Parsnip Peak Wilderness Pinto Valley Wilderness Quinn Canyon Wilderness Rainbow Mountain Wilderness Red Mountain Wilderness (Nevada) Ruby Mountains Wilderness Santa Rosa-Paradise Peak Wilderness Shellback Wilderness South Egan Range Wilderness South Jackson Mountains Wilderness South McCullough Wilderness South Pahroc Range Wilderness Spirit Mountain Wilderness Table Mountain Wilderness Tunnel Spring Wilderness Wee Thump Joshua Tree Wilderness Weepah Spring Wilderness White Pine Range Wilderness White Rock Range Wilderness Worthington Mountains Wilderness
New Hampshire
Great Gulf Wilderness Pemigewasset Wilderness Presidential Range-Dry River Wilderness Sandwich Range Wilderness Wild River Wilderness
New Jersey
Brigantine Wilderness Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge Wilderness
New Mexico
Aldo Leopold Wilderness Apache Kid Wilderness Bandelier Wilderness Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness Blue Range Wilderness Bosque del Apache Wilderness Capitan Mountains Wilderness Carlsbad Caverns Wilderness Cebolla Wilderness Chama River Canyon Wilderness Cruces Basin Wilderness Dome Wilderness Gila Wilderness Latir Peak Wilderness Manzano Mountain Wilderness Ojito Wilderness Pecos Wilderness Sabinoso Wilderness Salt Creek Wilderness San Pedro Parks Wilderness Sandia Mountain Wilderness West Malpais Wilderness Wheeler Peak Wilderness White Mountain Wilderness Withington Wilderness
New York
Otis Pike Fire Island High Dune Wilderness
North Carolina
Birkhead Mountains Wilderness Catfish Lake South Wilderness Ellicott Rock Wilderness Joyce Kilmer-Slickrock Wilderness Linville Gorge Wilderness Middle Prong Wilderness Pocosin Wilderness Pond Pine Wilderness Sheep Ridge Wilderness Shining Rock Wilderness Southern Nantahala Wilderness Swanquarter Wilderness
North Dakota
Chase Lake Wilderness Lostwood Wilderness Theodore Roosevelt Wilderness
Ohio
West Sister Island Wilderness
Oklahoma
Black Fork Mountain Wilderness Upper Kiamichi River Wilderness Wichita Mountains Wilderness
Oregon
Badger Creek Wilderness Black Canyon Wilderness Boulder Creek Wilderness Bridge Creek Wilderness Bull of the Woods Wilderness Clackamas Wilderness Copper Salmon Wilderness Cummins Creek Wilderness Diamond Peak Wilderness Drift Creek Wilderness Eagle Cap Wilderness Gearhart Mountain Wilderness Grassy Knob Wilderness Hells Canyon Wilderness Kalmiopsis Wilderness Lower White River Wilderness Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness Menagerie Wilderness Middle Santiam Wilderness Mill Creek Wilderness Monument Rock Wilderness Mount Hood Wilderness Mount Jefferson Wilderness Mount Thielsen Wilderness Mount Washington Wilderness Mountain Lakes Wilderness North Fork John Day Wilderness North Fork Umatilla Wilderness Opal Creek Wilderness Oregon Badlands Wilderness Oregon Islands Wilderness Red Buttes Wilderness Roaring River Wilderness Rock Creek Wilderness Rogue-Umpqua Divide Wilderness Salmon-Huckleberry Wilderness Sky Lakes Wilderness Soda Mountain Wilderness Spring Basin Wilderness Steens Mountain Wilderness Strawberry Mountain Wilderness Table Rock Wilderness Three Arch Rocks Wilderness Three Sisters Wilderness Waldo Lake Wilderness Wenaha-Tucannon Wilderness Wild Rogue Wilderness
Pennsylvania
Allegheny Islands Wilderness Hickory Creek Wilderness
South Carolina
Cape Romain Wilderness Congaree National Park Wilderness Ellicott Rock Wilderness Hell Hole Bay Wilderness Little Wambaw Swamp Wilderness Wambaw Creek Wilderness Wambaw Swamp Wilderness
South Dakota
Badlands Wilderness Black Elk Wilderness
Tennessee
Bald River Gorge Wilderness Big Frog Wilderness Big Laurel Branch Wilderness Citico Creek Wilderness Cohutta Wilderness Gee Creek Wilderness Joyce Kilmer-Slickrock Wilderness Little Frog Mountain Wilderness Pond Mountain Wilderness Sampson Mountain Wilderness Unaka Mountain Wilderness
Texas
Big Slough Wilderness Guadalupe Mountains Wilderness Indian Mounds Wilderness Little Lake Creek Wilderness Turkey Hill Wilderness Upland Island Wilderness
Utah
Ashdown Gorge Wilderness Beartrap Canyon Wilderness Beaver Dam Mountains Wilderness Black Ridge Canyons Wilderness Blackridge Wilderness Box-Death Hollow Wilderness Canaan Mountain Wilderness Cedar Mountain Wilderness Cottonwood Canyon Wilderness Cottonwood Forest Wilderness Cougar Canyon Wilderness Dark Canyon Wilderness Deep Creek Wilderness Deep Creek North Wilderness Deseret Peak Wilderness Doc's Pass Wilderness Goose Creek Wilderness High Uintas Wilderness LaVerkin Creek Wilderness Lone Peak Wilderness Mount Naomi Wilderness Mount Nebo Wilderness Mount Olympus Wilderness Mount Timpanogos Wilderness Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness Pine Valley Mountain Wilderness Red Butte Wilderness Red Mountain Wilderness Slaughter Creek Wilderness Taylor Creek Wilderness Twin Peaks Wilderness Wellsville Mountain Wilderness Zion Wilderness
Vermont
Big Branch Wilderness Breadloaf Wilderness Bristol Cliffs Wilderness George D. Aiken Wilderness Glastenbury Wilderness Joseph Battell Wilderness Lye Brook Wilderness Peru Peak Wilderness
Virginia
Barbours Creek Wilderness Beartown Wilderness Brush Mountain Wilderness Brush Mountain East Wilderness Garden Mountain Wilderness Hunting Camp Creek Wilderness James River Face Wilderness Kimberling Creek Wilderness Lewis Fork Wilderness Little Dry Run Wilderness Little Wilson Creek Wilderness Mountain Lake Wilderness Peters Mountain Wilderness Priest Wilderness Raccoon Branch Wilderness Ramseys Draft Wilderness Rich Hole Wilderness Rough Mountain Wilderness Saint Mary's Wilderness Shawvers Run Wilderness Shenandoah Wilderness Stone Mountain Wilderness Three Ridges Wilderness Thunder Ridge Wilderness
Washington
Alpine Lakes Wilderness Boulder River Wilderness Buckhorn Wilderness Clearwater Wilderness Colonel Bob Wilderness Glacier Peak Wilderness Glacier View Wilderness Goat Rocks Wilderness Henry M. Jackson Wilderness Indian Heaven Wilderness Juniper Dunes Wilderness Lake Chelan-Sawtooth Wilderness Mount Adams Wilderness Mount Baker Wilderness Mount Rainier Wilderness Mount Skokomish Wilderness Noisy-Diobsud Wilderness Norse Peak Wilderness Olympic Wilderness Pasayten Wilderness Salmo-Priest Wilderness San Juan Wilderness Stephen Mather Wilderness Tatoosh Wilderness The Brothers Wilderness Trapper Creek Wilderness Washington Islands Wilderness Wenaha-Tucannon Wilderness Wild Sky Wilderness William O. Douglas Wilderness Wonder Mountain Wilderness
West Virginia
Big Draft Wilderness Cranberry Wilderness Dolly Sods Wilderness Laurel Fork North Wilderness Laurel Fork South Wilderness Mountain Lake Wilderness Otter Creek Wilderness Roaring Plains West Wilderness Spice Run Wilderness
Wisconsin
Blackjack Springs Wilderness Gaylord A. Nelson National Wilderness Headwaters Wilderness Porcupine Lake Wilderness Rainbow Lake Wilderness Whisker Lake Wilderness Wisconsin Islands Wilderness
Wyoming
Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness Bridger Wilderness Cloud Peak Wilderness Encampment River Wilderness Fitzpatrick Wilderness Gros Ventre Wilderness Huston Park Wilderness Jedediah Smith Wilderness North Absaroka Wilderness Platte River Wilderness Popo Agie Wilderness Savage Run Wilderness Teton Wilderness Washakie Wilderness Winegar Hole Wilderness