List of U.S. state and tribal wilderness areas

List of wilderness areas designated by U.S. state and tribal governments. Seven states had designated wilderness programs in 2008 while some other states had designated wildernesses. In 2008, 12 states had 91 wilderness areas with a total protected area of around 3.2 million acres (12949.94 km2). Florida had 10 wilderness areas until their authorizing legislation was repealed in 1989.

For federally designated wildernesses, see List of U.S. wilderness areas. There are also privately owned areas called wildernesses like the Nature Conservancy's 12,000 acre (49 km2) Disney Wilderness Preserve in Florida.

State wildernesses

Alaska

5 areas in 2007, total area 1,133,400 acres (4587 km2)

California

11 areas in 2007, total area 475,725 acres (1925 km2)

Boney Mountains State Wilderness Area
Mount San Jacinto State Wilderness Area
Henry W. Coe State Wilderness (unofficially called the Orestimba Wilderness)
Santa Rosa Mountains State Wilderness Area
Sinkyone Wilderness State Park
West Waddell Creek State Wilderness Area

Hawaii

Alakai Wilderness Preserve - 9,000 acres (36 km2)
South Kona Wilderness Area, approximately 1,458 acres

Maine

2 areas in 2007, total area 204,733 acres

Allagash Wilderness Waterway

Maryland

Maryland Wildlands Preservation System 38 areas in 2025, total area 65,956 acres (266.91 km2)

Type 1 Wildlands:

Big Savage Mountain - 2879 acres Savage River State Forest
Bear Pen - 1517 acres Savage River SF
Middle Fork - 2932 acres Savage River SF
High Rock - 650 acres Savage River SF
Maple Run - 5125 acres Green Ridge SF
Cunningham Falls - 4397 acres Cunningham Falls State Park
Savage Ravines - 2789 acres Savage River SF
DanÃ¢ÂÂs Mountain - 4047 acres DanÃ¢ÂÂs Mountain WMA
Upper White Rock - 300 acres Garrett SF
Backbone Mountain - 1706 acres Potomac State Forest/Savage River SF
Maple Lick Run - 600 acres Potomac SF
Puzzley Run - 457 acres Savage River SF

Type 2 Wildlands:

Deep Run - 1416 acres Green Ridge State Forest
Potomac Bends - 2645 acres Green Ridge SF
Rocky Gap - 943 acres Rocky Gap State Park
Sideling Hill - 1555 acres Sideling Hill WMA
Islands of the Potomac - 790 acres Islands of the Potomac WMA
Black Marsh - 667 acres North Point State Park
Gunpowder Falls - 792 acres Gunpowder Falls State Park
Patuxent River - 1579 acres Patuxent River State Park
Soldiers Delight - 1798 acres Soldiers Delight NEA
Morgan Run 499 acres - Morgan Run NEA
Panther Branch 735 acres - Gunpowder Falls SP
Sweathouse Branch - 1073 acres Gunpowder Falls SP
Mingo Branch/Bush Cabin Run - 1272 acres Gunpowder Falls SP
Belt Woods - 610 acres Belt Woods NEA
Calvert Cliffs - 1079 acres Calvert Cliffs State Park
St. Mary's River - 1445 acres St. Mary's River State Park
Mattawoman - 2993 acres Mattawoman NEA
Idylwild - 570 acres Idylwild WMA
Pocomoke River - 3029 acres Pocomoke River State Forest/State Park
Cypress Swamp - 2090 acres Pocomoke SF
Cedar Island - 2880 acres Cedar Island WMA
South Savage - 2079 acres Savage River State Forest
Janes Island - 3125 acres Janes Island State Park
ParkerÃ¢ÂÂs Creek - 1756 acres ParkerÃ¢ÂÂs Creek WMA
Zekiah Swamp - 443 acres Zekiah Swamp NEA
Chapman - 694 acres Chapman State Park

Michigan

4 areas in 2007, total area 57,733 acres (234 km2)

Minnesota

state land within the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness

Missouri

13 areas in 2025, total area 26,178 acres (106 km2) Missouri Wild Area System

Big Sugar Creek, Cuivre River State Park - 1,675 acres
Bryant Creek Hills, Bryant Creek State Park - 1,186 acres
Coonville Creek, St. Francois State Park - 2,256 acres
East Fork, Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park - 1,110 acres
Elk River Hills, Big Sugar Creek State Park - 1,168 acres
Gans Creek, Rock Bridge Memorial State Park - 720 acres
Goggins Mountain, Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park - 5,800 acres
Indian Creek, Trail of Tears State Park - 1,300 acres
Mudlick Mountain, Sam A. Baker State Park - 4,420 acres
Northwoods, Cuivre River State Park - 1,113 acres
Patterson Hollow, Lake of the Ozarks State Park - 1,275 acres

Roaring River Hills, Roaring River State Park - 2,075 acres

Whispering Pine, Hawn State Park - 2,080 acres

New York

22 areas in 2007, total area 1,214,217 acres (4,914 km2)

Adirondack Park:

Blue Ridge Wilderness Area - 45,736 acres (185.09 km2)
Dix Mountain Wilderness Area - 45,208 acres (182.95 km2)
Five Ponds Wilderness Area - 117,978 acres (447.440 km2)
Giant Mountain Wilderness Area - 22,768 acres (92.139 km2)
Ha-De-Ron-Dah Wilderness Area - 26,528 acres (107.36 km2)
High Peaks Wilderness Area - 192,685 acres (779.769 km2) (part of High Peaks Wilderness Complex - 226,435 acres (916.74 km2))
Hoffman Notch Wilderness Area - 36,231 acres (146.62 km2)
Jay Mountain Wilderness Area - 7,100 acres (28.73 km2)
McKenzie Mountain Wilderness Area - 37,616 acres (152.23 km2)
Pepperbox Wilderness Area - 22,560 acres (91.300 km2)
Pharaoh Lake Wilderness Area - 45,883 acres (185.68 km2)
Pigeon Lake Wilderness Area - 50,100 acres (202.75 km2)
Saint Regis Canoe Area - 18,231 acres (73.778 km2)
Sentinel Range Wilderness Area - 23,252 acres (94.098 km2)
Siamese Ponds Wilderness Area - 112,524 acres (455.368 km2)
Silver Lake Wilderness Area - 105,270 acres (426.013 km2)
West Canada Lake Wilderness Area - 156,695 acres (634.122 km2)
William C. Whitney Wilderness Area - 20,500 acres (83 km2)

Catskill Park:

Slide Mountain Wilderness Area 47,500 acres (190 km2)
Big Indian-Beaverkill Wilderness Area 33,000 acres (132 km2)
Indian Head Wilderness Area 16,800 acres (67.2 km2)
West Kill Wilderness Area 19,250 acres (77 km2)

(A proposed revision to the Catskill State Land Master Plan would upgrade two other management units in the Catskills from wild forest to wilderness status and transfer some land currently considered wild forest to existing wilderness areas)