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Wilderness Areas G – I

There are 765 wilderness areas (109,138,635 acres) in the United States in 44 states and Puerto Rico.

Activity on formally designated wilderness areas is coordinated by the National Wilderness Preservation System.

Wilderness areas are managed by four federal land management agencies: the National Park Service, the U.S. Forest Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Bureau of Land Management.

Wilderness Areas G – I

G

  • Galiuro Wilderness
  • Garcia Wilderness
  • Garden Mountain Wilderness
  • Garden of the Gods Wilderness
  • Gates of the Arctic Wilderness
  • Gates of the Mountains Wilderness
  • Gaylord Nelson Wilderness
  • Gearhart Mountain Wilderness
  • Gee Creek Wilderness
  • George D. Aiken Wilderness
  • Gibraltar Mountain Wilderness
  • Gila Wilderness
  • Glacier Bay Wilderness
  • Glacier Peak Wilderness
  • Glacier View Wilderness
  • Glastenbury Wilderness
  • Goat Rocks Wilderness
  • Golden Trout Wilderness
  • Golden Valley Wilderness
  • Goose Creek Wilderness
  • Goshute Canyon Wilderness
  • Gospel-Hump Wilderness
  • Government Peak Wilderness
  • Grand Wash Cliffs Wilderness
  • Granite Chief Wilderness
  • Granite Mountain Wilderness (AZ)
  • Granite Mountain Wilderness (CA)
  • Grant Range Wilderness
  • Grass Valley Wilderness
  • Grassy Knob Wilderness
  • Great Bear Wilderness
  • Great Gulf Wilderness
  • Great Sand Dunes Wilderness
  • Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge Wilderness
  • Greenhorn Mountain Wilderness
  • Gros Ventre Wilderness
  • Guadalupe Mountains Wilderness
  • Gulf Islands Wilderness
  • Gunnison Gorge Wilderness

 

H

  • Hain Wilderness
  • Haleakala Wilderness
  • Harcuvar Mountains Wilderness
  • Harquahala Mountains Wilderness
  • Hassayampa River Canyon Wilderness
  • Hauser Wilderness
  • Havasu Wilderness
  • Hawaii Volcanoes Wilderness
  • Hazy Islands Wilderness
  • Headwaters Wilderness
  • Hell Hole Bay Wilderness
  • Hells Canyon Wilderness (AZ)
  • Hells Canyon Wilderness (ID/OR)
  • Hellsgate Wilderness
  • Hemingway-Boulders Wilderness
  • Henry M. Jackson Wilderness
  • Hercules-Glades Wilderness
  • Hermosa Creek Wilderness
  • Hickory Creek Wilderness
  • High Rock Canyon Wilderness
  • High Rock Lake Wilderness
  • High Schells Wilderness
  • High Uintas Wilderness
  • Highland Ridge Wilderness
  • Hollow Hills Wilderness
  • Holy Cross Wilderness
  • Hoover Wilderness
  • Horseshoe Bay Wilderness
  • Hummingbird Springs Wilderness
  • Hunter-Fryingpan Wilderness
  • Hunting Camp Creek Wilderness
  • Huron Islands Wilderness
  • Hurricane Creek Wilderness
  • Huston Park Wilderness

 

I

  • Ibex Wilderness
  • Imperial Refuge Wilderness
  • Indian Heaven Wilderness
  • Indian Mounds Wilderness
  • Indian Pass Wilderness
  • Indian Peaks Wilderness
  • Innoko Wilderness
  • Inyo Mountains Wilderness
  • Ireteba Peaks Wilderness
  • Irish Wilderness
  • Ishi Wilderness
  • Island Bay Wilderness
  • Isle Royale Wilderness
  • Izembek Wilderness

Gros Ventre Wilderness

Shoal Falls Loop, Gros Ventre Wilderness

The United States Congress designated the Gros Ventre Wilderness in 1984 and it now has a total of 317,874 acres. All of this wilderness is located in Wyoming and is managed by the Forest Service. The Gros Ventre Wilderness lies…

Huston Park Wilderness

With approximately 48 square miles of high forested land, Huston Park Wilderness rises beyond 10,500 feet and contains alpine bogs and stands of lodgepole pine, spruce, fir, and aspen, interspersed with open parks and brushy meadows. The streams are small…