U.S. national parks, state parks, national monuments and wilderness areas — travel guides, trails, camping and things to do.

Wilderness Areas P – R

Recreational uses in wilderness areas include activities such as hunting, fishing, hiking, horseback riding, backpacking, camping, nature study, photography, and climbing.

Bicycles, four-wheelers, and other forms of mechanical transport are not allowed in Wilderness Areas, since they are prohibited by the Wilderness Act.

Wilderness Areas P – R

P

  • Paddy Creek Wilderness

  • Pahrump Valley Wilderness

  • Pahute Peak Wilderness

  • Paiute Wilderness

  • Pajarita Wilderness

  • Palen/McCoy Wilderness

  • Palo Verde Mountains Wilderness

  • Panther Den Wilderness

  • Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness

  • Parsnip Peak Wilderness

  • Pasayten Wilderness

  • Passage Key Wilderness

  • Pecos Wilderness

  • Pelican Island Wilderness

  • Peloncillo Mountains Wilderness

  • Pemigewasset Wilderness

  • Peru Peak Wilderness

  • Peters Mountain Wilderness

  • Petersburg Creek-Duncan Salt Chuck Wilderness

  • Petrified Forest National Wilderness Area

  • Phillip Burton Wilderness

  • Picacho Peak Wilderness

  • Pine Creek Wilderness

  • Pine Forest Range Wilderness

  • Pine Mountain Wilderness

  • Pine Valley Mountain Wilderness

  • Piney Creek Wilderness

  • Pinto Mountains Wilderness

  • Pinto Valley Wilderness

  • Piper Mountain Wilderness

  • Piute Mountains Wilderness

  • Platte River Wilderness

  • Pleasant View Ridge Wilderness

  • Pleasant/Lemusurier/Inian Islands Wilderness

  • Pocosin Wilderness

  • Pole Creek Wilderness

  • Pond Mountain Wilderness

  • Pond Pine Wilderness

  • Popo Agie Wilderness

  • Porcupine Lake Wilderness

  • Poteau Mountain Wilderness

  • Powderhorn Wilderness

  • Presidential Range-Dry River Wilderness

  • Priest Wilderness

  • Ptarmigan Peak Wilderness

  • Pusch Ridge Wilderness

Q

  • Quinn Canyon Wilderness

R

  • Raccoon Branch Wilderness

  • Raggeds Wilderness

  • Rainbow Lake Wilderness

  • Rainbow Mountain Wilderness

  • Ramseys Draft Wilderness

  • Rattlesnake Wilderness

  • Raven Cliffs Wilderness

  • Rawah Wilderness

  • Rawhide Mountains Wilderness

  • Red Butte Wilderness

  • Red Buttes Wilderness

  • Red Mountain Wilderness (UT)

  • Red Mountain Wilderness (NV)

  • Red Rock Lakes Wilderness

  • Red Rock-Secret Mountain Wilderness

  • Redfield Canyon Wilderness

  • Resting Spring Range Wilderness

  • Rice Valley Wilderness

  • Rich Hole Wilderness

  • Rich Mountain Wilderness

  • Richland Creek Wilderness

  • Rincon Mountain Wilderness

  • Riverside Mountains Wilderness

  • Roaring Plains West Wilderness

  • Roaring River Wilderness

  • Rock Creek Wilderness

  • Rock River Canyon Wilderness

  • Rockpile Mountain Wilderness

  • Rocks and Islands Wilderness

  • Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness

  • Rodman Mountains Wilderness

  • Rogue-Umpqua Divide Wilderness

  • Rough Mountain Wilderness

  • Round Island Wilderness

  • Ruby Mountains Wilderness

  • Russell Fjord Wilderness

  • Russian Wilderness