Wilderness Areas

The Conservation System includes 190 Wilderness Areas with 7.6 million acres in 10 Western States. These areas, meant to be essentially undisturbed and natural, have been designated by Congress under the National Wilderness Preservation System, which was created in 1964. Wilderness is an important part of the Conservation System, providing protection of natural landscapes, wildlife habitat, clean water, and scientific research. Wilderness is an important, and growing, source of recreation for our increasingly urbanized West.

Posted by Conservation System Alliance on November 11, 2007

Conservation System Units
Aravaipa Canyon Wilderness Area
Argus Range Wilderness Area
Arrastra Mountain Wilderness Area
Arrow Canyon Wilderness Area
Aubrey Peak Wilderness Area
Baboquivari Peak Wilderness Area
Beaver Dam Mountains Wilderness Area
Becky Peak Wilderness Area
Big Horn Mountains Wilderness Area
Big Maria Mountains Wilderness Area
Big Rocks Wilderness Area
Bigelow Cholla Garden Wilderness Area
Bighorn Mountain Wilderness Area
Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness Area
Black Mountain Wilderness Area
Black Ridge Canyons Wilderness Area
Black Rock Desert Wilderness Area
Bright Star Wilderness Area
Bristlecone Wilderness Area
Bristol Mountains Wilderness Area
Cache Creek Wilderness Area
Cadiz Dunes Wilderness Area
Calico Mountains Wilderness Area
Carrizo Gorge Wilderness Area
Cebolla Wilderness Area
Cedar Mountain Wilderness Area
Cedar Roughs Wilderness Area
Chemehuevi Mountains Wilderness Area
Chimney Peak Wilderness Area
Chuckwalla Mountains Wilderness Area
Cleghorn Lakes Wilderness Area
Clipper Mountain Wilderness Area
Clover Mountains Wilderness Area
Coso Range Wilderness Area
Cottonwood Point Wilderness Area
Coyote Mountains Wilderness Area
Coyote Mountains Wilderness Area
Darwin Falls Wilderness Area
Dead Mountains Wilderness Area
Delamar Mountains Wilderness Area
Domeland Wilderness Area
Dos Cabezas Mountains Wilderness Area
Eagletail Mountains Wilderness Area
East Cactus Plain Wilderness Area
East Fork High Rock Canyon Wilderness Area
El Paso Mountains Wilderness Area
Eldorado Wilderness Area
Far South Egans Wilderness Area
Fish Creek Mountains Wilderness Area
Fishhooks Wilderness Area
Fortification Range Wilderness Area
Frank Church - River of No Return Wilderness Area
Funeral Mountains Wilderness Area
Gibraltar Mountain Wilderness Area
Golden Valley Wilderness Area
Goshute Canyon Wilderness Area
Government Peak Wilderness Area
Grand Wash Cliffs Wilderness Area
Grass Valley Wilderness Area
Gunnison Gorge Wilderness Area
Harcuvar Mountains Wilderness Area
Harquahala Mountains Wilderness Area
Hassayampa River Canyon Wilderness Area
Hells Canyon Wilderness Area
Hells Canyon Wilderness Area
High Rock Canyon Wilderness Area
High Rock Lake Wilderness Area
Highland Ridge Wilderness Area
Hollow Hills Wilderness Area
Hummingbird Springs Wilderness Area
Ibex Wilderness Area
Indian Pass Wilderness Area
Inyo Mountains Wilderness Area
Ireteba Peaks Wilderness Area
Ishi Wilderness Area
Jacumba Wilderness Area
Jumbo Springs Wilderness Area
Juniper Dunes Wilderness Area
Kanab Creek Wilderness Area
Kelso Dunes Wilderness Area
Kiavah Wilderness Area
King Range Wilderness Area
Kingston Range Wilderness Area
La Madre Mountain Wilderness Area
Lee Metcalf - Bear Trap Canyon Unit Wilderness Area
Lime Canyon Wilderness Area
Little Chuckwalla Mountains Wilderness Area
Little High Rock Canyon Wilderness Area
Little Picacho Wilderness Area
Machesna Mountain Wilderness Area
Malpais Mesa Wilderness Area
Manly Peak Wilderness Area
Meadow Valley Range Wilderness Area
Mecca Hills Wilderness Area
Mesquite Wilderness Area
Mormon Mountains Wilderness Area
Mount Grafton Wilderness Area
Mount Logan Wilderness Area
Mount Moriah Wilderness Area
Mount Nutt Wilderness Area
Mount Tipton Wilderness Area
Mount Trumbull Wilderness Area
Mount Wilson Wilderness Area
Mt. Charleston Wilderness Area
Mt. Irish Wilderness Area
Muddy Mountains Wilderness Area
Muggins Mountains Wilderness Area
Needle's Eye Wilderness Area
New Water Mountains Wilderness Area
Newberry Mountains Wilderness Area
Nopah Range Wilderness Area
North Algodones Dunes Wilderness Area
North Black Rock Range Wilderness Area
North Jackson Mountains Wilderness Area
North Maricopa Mountains Wilderness Area
North McCullough Wilderness Area
North Mesquite Mountains Wilderness Area
North Santa Teresa Wilderness Area
Ojito Wilderness Area
Old Woman Mountains Wilderness Area
Orocopia Mountains Wilderness Area
Otay Mountain Wilderness Area
Owens Peak Wilderness Area
Pahrump Valley Wilderness Area
Pahute Peak Wilderness Area
Paiute Wilderness Area
Palen/McCoy Wilderness Area
Palo Verde Mountains Wilderness Area
Paria Canyon - Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness Area
Parsnip Peak Wilderness Area
Peloncillo Mountains Wilderness Area
Picacho Peak Wilderness Area
Piper Mountain Wilderness Area
Piute Mountains Wilderness Area
Powderhorn Wilderness Area
Rainbow Mountain Wilderness Area
Rawhide Mountains Wilderness Area
Redfield Canyon Wilderness Area
Resting Spring Range Wilderness Area
Rice Valley Wilderness Area
Riverside Mountains Wilderness Area
Rocks and Islands Wilderness Area
Rodman Mountains Wilderness Area
Sacatar Trail Wilderness Area
Saddle Peak Hills Wilderness Area
San Gorgonio Wilderness Area
Santa Lucia Wilderness Area
Santa Rosa Wilderness Area
Sawtooth Mountains Wilderness Area
Sheephole Valley Wilderness Area
Sierra Estrella Wilderness Area
Signal Mountain Wilderness Area
South Egan Range Wilderness Area
South Fork Eel River Wilderness Area
South Jackson Mountains Wilderness Area
South Maricopa Mountains Wilderness Area
South McCullough Wilderness Area
South Nopah Range Wilderness Area
South Pahroc Range Wilderness Area
Spirit Mountain Wilderness Area
Stateline Wilderness Area
Steens Mountain Wilderness Area
Stepladder Mountains Wilderness Area
Surprise Canyon Wilderness Area
Swansea Wilderness Area
Sylvania Mountains Wilderness Area
Table Rock Wilderness Area
Table Top Wilderness Area
Tres Alamos Wilderness Area
Trigo Mountains Wilderness Area
Trilobite Wilderness Area
Trinity Alps Wilderness Area
Tunnel Spring Wilderness Area
Turtle Mountains Wilderness Area
Uncompahgre Wilderness Area
Upper Burro Creek Wilderness Area
Ventana Additions Wilderness Area
Wabayuma Peak Wilderness Area
Warm Springs Wilderness Area
Wee Thump Joshua Tree Wilderness Area
Weepah Spring Wilderness Area
West Malpais Wilderness Area
Whipple Mountains Wilderness Area
White Canyon Wilderness Area
White Rock Range Wilderness Area
Wild Rogue Wilderness Area
Woolsey Peak Wilderness Area
Worthington Mountains Wilderness Area
Yolla Bolly-Middle Eel Wilderness Area
Yuki Wilderness Area