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This is a list of the largest wilderness areas in the [[National Wilderness Preservation System]] of the United States. It includes all that are larger than |
This is a list of the largest wilderness areas in the [[National Wilderness Preservation System]] of the United States. It includes all that are larger than 50,000 acres (200 km²). Statistics are as retrieved in September 2009 from Wilderness.net website.<ref>[http://www.wilderness.net/index.cfm?fuse=NWPS&sec=advSearch Wilderness.net search page]</ref> Where instances of multiple states or agencies occur, they are listed in descending order of included acreage. The last column lists the entities that the wilderness is entirely (in most cases) part of, or partially included in (minority of cases, usually involving parts of the wilderness that are in otherwise unnamed BLM lands). They are also listed in descending order of included acreage. Agency abbreviations: BLM = [[Bureau of Land Management]]; FS = [[United States Forest Service|Forest Service]]; FWS = [[Fish and Wildlife Service]]; NPS = [[National Park Service]]. |
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| [[Wrangell-Saint Elias Wilderness]]||Alaska||9,078,675||36,740.1||NPS||[[Wrangell-St. Elias National Park]] |
| [[Wrangell-Saint Elias Wilderness]]||Alaska||9,078,675||36,740.1||NPS||[[Wrangell-St. Elias National Park]] |
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| [[Mokelumne Wilderness]]||California||99,161||401.3||FS||[[Eldorado National Forest]] / [[Stanislaus National Forest]] / [[Toiyabe National Forest]] |
| [[Mokelumne Wilderness]]||California||99,161||401.3||FS||[[Eldorado National Forest]] / [[Stanislaus National Forest]] / [[Toiyabe National Forest]] |
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| [[Endicott River Wilderness]]||Alaska||98,729||399.5||FS||[[Tongass National Forest]] |
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| [[Eagletail Mountains Wilderness]]||Arizona||97,880||396.1||BLM|| |
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| [[Chuckwalla Mountains Wilderness]]||California||97,429||394.3||BLM|| |
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| [[San Gorgonio Wilderness]]||California||94,664||383.1||FS / BLM||[[San Bernardino National Forest]] |
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| [[Cabinet Mountains Wilderness]]||Montana||94,272||381.5||FS||[[Kootenai National Forest ]] / [[ Kaniksu National Forest]] |
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| [[Ruby Mountains Wilderness]]||Nevada||93,090||376.7||FS||[[Humboldt National Forest]] |
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| [[Table Mountain Wilderness]]||Nevada||92,600||374.7||FS||[[Toiyabe National Forest]] |
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| [[South Prince of Wales Wilderness]]||Alaska||90,968||368.1||FS||[[Tongass National Forest]] |
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| [[Bruneau-Jarbidge Rivers Wilderness]]||Idaho||89,996||364.2||BLM|| |
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| [[Mt. Moriah Wilderness]]||Nevada||89,790||363.4||FS / BLM||[[Humboldt National Forest]] |
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| [[Paiute Wilderness]]||Arizona||87,900||355.7||BLM|| |
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| [[Chiricahua Wilderness]]||Arizona||87,700||354.9||FS||[[Coronado National Forest]] |
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| [[Chemehuevi Mountains Wilderness]]||California||85,810||347.3||BLM|| |
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| [[Clover Mountains Wilderness]]||Nevada||85,748||347.0||BLM|| |
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| [[Stepladder Mountains Wilderness]]||California||83,536||338.1||BLM|| |
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| [[South Etolin Wilderness]]||Alaska||82,619||334.3||FS||[[Tongass National Forest]] |
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| [[Hunter-Fryingpan Wilderness]]||Colorado||82,026||331.9||FS||[[White River National Forest]] |
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| [[Bering Sea Wilderness]]||Alaska||81,340||329.2||FWS||[[Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge]] |
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| [[Kiavah Wilderness]]||California||81,247||328.8||BLM / FS||[[Sequoia National Forest]] |
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| [[Shenandoah Wilderness]]||Virginia||79,579||322.0||NPS||[[Shenandoah National Park]] |
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| [[Lassen Volcanic Wilderness]]||California||78,982||319.6||NPS||[[Lassen Volcanic National Park]] |
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| [[Mount Grafton Wilderness]]||Nevada||78,754||318.7||BLM|| |
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| [[Indian Peaks Wilderness]]||Colorado||77,711||314.5||FS / NPS||[[Arapaho National Forest ]] / [[ Roosevelt National Forest ]] / [[ Rocky Mountain National Park]] |
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| [[Galiuro Wilderness]]||Arizona||76,317||308.8||FS||[[Coronado National Forest]] |
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| [[Resting Spring Range Wilderness]]||California||76,280||308.7||BLM|| |
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| [[Whipple Mountains Wilderness]]||California||76,032||307.7||BLM|| |
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| [[Black Ridge Canyons Wilderness]]||Colorado / Utah||75,439||305.3||BLM||[[McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area]] |
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| [[Argus Range Wilderness]]||California||74,890||303.1||BLM|| |
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| [[Mount Evans Wilderness]]||Colorado||74,401||301.1||FS||[[Arapaho National Forest ]] / [[ Pike National Forest]] |
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| [[Chuck River Wilderness]]||Alaska||74,298||300.7||FS||[[Tongass National Forest]] |
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| [[Owens Peak Wilderness]]||California||74,060||299.7||BLM|| |
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| [[Mission Mountains Wilderness]]||Montana||73,877||299.0||FS||[[Flathead National Forest]] |
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| [[Rawah Wilderness]]||Colorado||73,068||295.7||FS||[[Roosevelt National Forest ]] / [[ Routt National Forest]] |
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| [[Piper Mountain Wilderness]]||California||72,575||293.7||BLM|| |
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| [[Pahrump Valley Wilderness]]||California||72,528||293.5||BLM|| |
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| [[Santa Rosa Wilderness]]||California||72,259||292.4||BLM / FS||[[San Bernardino National Forest]] |
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| [[Saguaro Wilderness]]||Arizona||70,905||286.9||NPS||[[Saguaro National Park]] |
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| [[South Warner Wilderness]]||California||70,614||285.8||FS||[[Modoc National Forest]] |
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| [[Kanab Creek Wilderness]]||Arizona||70,460||285.1||FS / BLM||[[Kaibab National Forest]] |
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| [[Bristol Mountains Wilderness]]||California||70,028||283.4||BLM|| |
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| [[Strawberry Mountain Wilderness]]||Oregon||69,350||280.6||FS||[[Malheur National Forest]] |
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| [[Highland Ridge Wilderness]]||Nevada||68,627||277.7||BLM|| |
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| [[Dick Smith Wilderness]]||California||67,800||274.4||FS||[[Los Padres National Forest]] |
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| [[Mount Hood Wilderness]]||Oregon||67,320||272.4||FS||[[Mt. Hood National Forest]] |
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| [[South Egan Range Wilderness]]||Nevada||67,214||272.0||BLM|| |
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| [[Tebenkof Bay Wilderness]]||Alaska||66,812||270.4||FS||[[Tongass National Forest]] |
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| [[Comanche Peak Wilderness]]||Colorado||66,791||270.3||FS||[[Roosevelt National Forest]] |
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| [[Dominguez Canyon Wilderness]]||Colorado||66,280||268.2||BLM|| |
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| [[Raggeds Wilderness]]||Colorado||65,393||264.6||FS||[[Gunnison National Forest ]] / [[ White River National Forest]] |
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| [[Calico Mountains Wilderness]]||Nevada||64,984||263.0||BLM|| |
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| [[Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness]]||Oregon||64,960||262.9||FS||[[Mt. Hood National Forest]] |
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| [[Badlands Wilderness]]||South Dakota||64,144||259.6||NPS||[[Badlands National Park]] |
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| [[Woolsey Peak Wilderness]]||Arizona||64,000||259.0||BLM|| |
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| [[Desolation Wilderness]]||California||63,475||256.9||FS||[[Eldorado National Forest]] |
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| [[North Maricopa Mountains Wilderness]]||Arizona||63,200||255.8||BLM|| |
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| [[Powderhorn Wilderness]]||Colorado||62,050||251.1||BLM / FS||[[Gunnison National Forest]] |
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| [[Cebolla Wilderness]]||New Mexico||61,500||248.9||BLM|| |
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| [[Salmon-Huckleberry Wilderness]]||Oregon||61,340||248.2||FS||[[Mt. Hood National Forest]] |
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| [[Four Peaks Wilderness]]||Arizona||61,074||247.2||FS||[[Tonto National Forest]] |
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| [[Kuiu Wilderness]]||Alaska||60,581||245.2||FS||[[Tongass National Forest]] |
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| [[South Maricopa Mountains Wilderness]]||Arizona||60,100||243.2||BLM|| |
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| [[South Sierra Wilderness]]||California||60,084||243.2||FS||[[Inyo National Forest ]] / [[ Sequoia National Forest]] |
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| [[Snow Mountain Wilderness]]||California||60,076||243.1||FS||[[Mendocino National Forest]] |
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| [[High Rock Lake Wilderness]]||Nevada||59,094||239.1||BLM|| |
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| [[Mount Charleston Wilderness]]||Nevada||57,442||232.5||FS / BLM||[[Spring Mountains National Recreation Area]] ([[Toiyabe National Forest]]) |
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| [[Pusch Ridge Wilderness]]||Arizona||56,933||230.4||FS||[[Coronado National Forest]] |
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| [[Pahute Peak Wilderness]]||Nevada||56,890||230.2||BLM|| |
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| [[Sycamore Canyon Wilderness]]||Arizona||55,937||226.4||FS||[[Prescott National Forest ]] / [[ Coconino National Forest ]] / [[ Kaibab National Forest]] |
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| [[South Jackson Mountains Wilderness]]||Nevada||54,535||220.7||BLM|| |
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| [[Mount Thielsen Wilderness]]||Oregon||54,267||219.6||FS||[[Winema National Forest ]] / [[ Umpqua National Forest ]] / [[ Deschutes National Forest]] |
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| [[Diamond Peak Wilderness]]||Oregon||54,185||219.3||FS||[[Deschutes National Forest ]] / [[ Willamette National Forest]] |
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| [[Yuki Wilderness]]||California||53,887||218.1||FS / BLM||[[Mendocino National Forest]] |
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| [[Big Jacks Creek Wilderness]]||Idaho||52,826||213.8||BLM|| |
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| [[Mount Washington Wilderness]]||Oregon||52,738||213.4||FS||[[Willamette National Forest ]] / [[ Deschutes National Forest]] |
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| [[East Fork High Rock Canyon Wilderness]]||Nevada||52,617||212.9||BLM|| |
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| [[Grant Range Wilderness]]||Nevada||52,600||212.9||FS||[[Humboldt National Forest]] |
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| [[Norse Peak Wilderness]]||Washington||52,180||211.2||FS||[[Snoqualmie National Forest]] |
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| [[Sacatar Trail Wilderness]]||California||51,900||210.0||BLM|| |
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| [[Weepah Spring Wilderness]]||Nevada||51,480||208.3||BLM|| |
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| [[Little Jacks Creek Wilderness]]||Idaho||50,929||206.1||BLM|| |
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| [[Orocopia Mountains Wilderness]]||California||50,562||204.6||BLM|| |
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| [[Coso Range Wilderness]]||California||50,520||204.4||BLM|| |
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| [[Chama River Canyon Wilderness]]||New Mexico||50,300||203.6||FS||[[Santa Fe National Forest ]] / [[ Carson National Forest]] |
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| [[Petrified Forest National Wilderness Area]]||Arizona||50,260||203.4||NPS||[[Petrified Forest National Park]] |
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| [[Pine Valley Mountain Wilderness]]||Utah||50,232||203.3||FS||[[Dixie National Forest]] |
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Revision as of 02:00, 11 September 2009
This is a list of the largest wilderness areas in the National Wilderness Preservation System of the United States. It includes all that are larger than 50,000 acres (200 km²). Statistics are as retrieved in September 2009 from Wilderness.net website.[1] Where instances of multiple states or agencies occur, they are listed in descending order of included acreage. The last column lists the entities that the wilderness is entirely (in most cases) part of, or partially included in (minority of cases, usually involving parts of the wilderness that are in otherwise unnamed BLM lands). They are also listed in descending order of included acreage. Agency abbreviations: BLM = Bureau of Land Management; FS = Forest Service; FWS = Fish and Wildlife Service; NPS = National Park Service.
See also
References
- National Wilderness Areas by State U.S. Forest Service report of 14 November 2008