US Wilderness Areas

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Wilderness Areas:

Bald River Gorge Wilderess:

Bald River Gorge Wilderness in Cherokee National Forest in eastern Tennessee protects Bald River and its waterfalls upstream from the confluence with Tellico River.

Beaver Basin Wilderness:

Beaver Basin Wilderness in Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan protects 13 miles of Lake Superior shoreline.

Big Laurel Branch Wilderness:

Big Laurel Branch Wilderness protects nearly 11,000 acres in Cherokee National Forest in northeast Tennessee.

Birkhead Mountains Wilderness:

Birkhead Mountains Wilderness in the Uwharrie National Forest in central North Carolina protects a section of the oldest mountains in North America.

Black Canyon of the Gunnison Wilderness:

Most of Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park in western Colorado is designated wilderness.

Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness:

Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in Superior National Forest in northern Minnesota protects over 1 million acres of boreal forests and waterways along the Canadian border.

Burden Falls Wilderness:

Burden Falls Wilderness in Shawnee National Forest protects sandstone bluffs and canyons in southern Illinois.

Charon's Garden Wilderness:

Charon's Garden Wilderness protects a rugged area of the Wichita Mountains in southern Oklahoma.

Colonel Bob Wilderness:

Colonel Bob Wilderness surrounds its namesake peak in Olympic National Forest in western Washington.

Comanche Peak Wilderness:

Comanche Peak Wilderness in Roosevelt National Forest in north central Colorado protects its namesake peak and surrounding mountains north and east of Rocky Mountain National Park.

Congaree National Park Wilderness:

Congaree National Park Wilderness in South Carolina protects old-growth bottomland hardwood forests along the Congaree River near Columbia and encompasses most of the park.

Daniel J. Evans Wilderness:

Daniel J. Evans Wilderness protects the majority of Olympic National Park in Washington.

Death Valley Wilderness:

The majority of land in Death Valley National Park in California is protected as wilderness.

Dolly Sods Wilderness:

Dolly Sods Wilderness protects a high elevation plateau in the Alleghany Mountains of West Virginia in Monongahela National Forest that supports ecosystems more typical of Canada.

Eagles Nest Wilderness:

Eagles Nest Wilderness protects an area of the Gore Range in White River National Forest in central Colorado.

Ellicott Rock Wilderness:

Ellicott Rock Wilderness is located at the point where North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia come together in Nantahala National Forest, Sumter National Forest and Chattahoochee National Forest.

Garden of the Gods Wilderness:

Garden of the Gods Wilderness in Shawnee National Forest protects an area of spectacular sandstone rock formations in the Shawnee Hills of southern Illinois.

Great Sand Dunes Wilderness:

Great Sand Dunes Wilderness protects the dunefield in Great Sand Dunes National Park in southern Colorado.

Greenhorn Mountain Wilderness:

Greenhorn Mountain Wilderness in southern Colorado protects the highest point in the Wet Mountains in San Isabel National Forest.

Hercules Glades Wilderness in Mark Twain National Forest in southern Missouri protects an area of open limestone glades.

Joyce Kilmer-Slickrock Wilderness is located on the border of North Carolina and Tennessee in Nantahala National Forest and Cherokee National Forest.

Linville Gorge Wilderness:

Linville Gorge Wilderness in Pisgah National Forest in western North Carolina protects the rugged gorge formed by the Linville River.

Middle Prong Wilderness:

Middle Prong Wilderness in Pisgah National Forest in western North Carolina protects Middle Prong of West Fork Pigeon River.

Mount Skokomish Wilderness:

Mount Skokomish Wilderness protects several mountain peaks on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington.

North McCullough Wilderness:

North McCullough Wilderness, within Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area, protects the northern McCullough Range in southern Nevada.

Pond Mountain Wilderness:

Pond Mountain Wilderness protects mountains and gorges near Watauga Lake in Cherokee National Forest in eastern Tennessee.

Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness:

Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness in Colorado encompasses the majority of the park.

Sampson Mountain Wilderness

Sampson Mountain Wilderness protects almost 11,000 acres in east Tennessee.

Sangre de Cristo Wilderness:

Sangre de Cristo Wilderness protects its namesake mountain peaks in southern Colorado.

Southern Nantahala Wilderness:

Southern Nantahala Wilderness protects the headwaters of Nantahala River in North Carolina and Tallulah River in Georgia.

Unaka Mountain Wilderness

Unaka Mountain Wilderness protects over 4,000 acres on the western slopes of the Unaka Mountains in Cherokee National Forest in northeast Tennessee.