List of wilderness areas of the United States
Appearance
Four federal agencies of the United States government administer the National Wilderness Preservation System, which includes 662 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
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Wilderness Areas by State
- Kachina Peaks Wilderness
- Strawberry Crater Wilderness
- Kendrick Mountain Wilderness
- Beaver Dam Mountains Wilderness
- Pauite Wilderness
- Grand Wash Cliffs Wilderness
- Mount Logan Wilderness
- Mount Trumbull Wilderness
- Kanab Creek Wilderness
- Cottonwood Point Wilderness
- Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness
- Saddle Mountain Wilderness
- Mount Baldy Wilderness
- Escudilla Wilderness
- Black Ridge Canyons Wilderness
- Flat Tops Wilderness
- Uncompahgre Wilderness
- Mount Sneffels Wilderness
- Lizard Head Wilderness
- Weminuche Wilderness
- South San Juan Wilderness
- Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness Area
- Gospel Hump Wilderness Area
- Selway-Bitterroot 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
- Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness
- Anaconda-Pintler Wilderness
- Bear Trap Canyon Wilderness
- Bob Marshall Wilderness
- Cabinet Mountains Wilderness
- Gates of the Mountains Wilderness
- Great Bear Wilderness
- Humbug Spires 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
- Badger Creek Wilderness
- Black Canyon Wilderness
- Boulder Creek Wilderness
- Bridge Creek Wilderness
- Bull of the Woods Wilderness
- Cummins Creek Wilderness
- Diamond Peak Wilderness
- Drift Creek Wilderness
- Eagle Cap Wilderness
- Gearhart Mountain Wilderness
- Grassy Knob Wilderness
- Hells Canyon Wilderness
- Kalmiopsis 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
- Mountain Lakes Wilderness
- North Fork John Day Wilderness
- North Fork Umatilla Wilderness
- Opal Creek Wilderness
- Oregon Islands Wilderness
- Red Buttes Wilderness
- Rock Creek Wilderness
- Rogue-Umpqua Divide Wilderness
- Salmon-Huckleberry Wilderness
- Sky Lakes 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
- Ashdown Gorge Wilderness
- Beaver Dam Mountains Wilderness
- Black Ridge Canyons Wilderness
- Box-Death Hollow Wilderness
- Dark Canyon Wilderness
- Deseret Peak Wilderness
- High Uintas 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
- Twin Peaks Wilderness
- Wellsville Mountain Wilderness
- 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
- Pasayten Wilderness
- Olympic Wilderness
- Salmo-Priest Wilderness
- San Juan Wilderness
- Stephen Mather Wilderness
- Tatoosh Wilderness
- The Brothers Wilderness
- Trapper Creek Wilderness
- Wenaha-Tucannon Wilderness
- Washington Islands Wilderness
- William O. Douglas Wilderness
- Wonder Mountain Wilderness
- Cranberry Wilderness -- in Monongahela National Forest
- Dolly Sods Wilderness -- in Monongahela National Forest
- North Laurel Fork Wilderness -- in Monongahela National Forest
- South Laurel Fork Wilderness -- in Monongahela National Forest
Related articles
- 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