Shenandoah National Park is a beautiful, historic national treasure which includes the 105-mile long Skyline Drive, a National Scenic Byway. The Park covers the crest of Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains for over seventy-five miles. The Appalachian Trail roughly parallels the Skyline Drive and 101 miles of this trail run through the Park. (more…)

A wilderness area is a region where the land is in a natural state; where impacts from human activities are minimal. It might also be called a wild or natural area.

The word wilderness derives from the notion of “wildness”—in other words, that which is not controlled by humans. The mere presence or activity of people does not disqualify an area from being “wilderness.”

Many ecosystems that are, or have been, inhabited or influenced by activities of people may still be considered “wild.” This way of looking at wilderness includes areas within which natural processes operate without human interference.

These areas are considered important for the survival of certain species, biodiversity, ecological studies, conservation, solitude, and recreation. Wilderness is deeply valued for cultural, spiritual, moral, and aesthetic reasons.

Some nature writers believe wilderness areas are vital for the human spirit and creativity.

They may also preserve historic genetic traits and provide habitat for wild flora and fauna that may be difficult to recreate in zoos, arboretums or laboratories.

Wilderness Areas S – U

S

  • Sabinoso Wilderness
  • Sacatar Trail Wilderness
  • Saddle Mountain Wilderness
  • Saddle Peak Hills Wilderness
  • Saguaro Wilderness
  • Saint Lazaria Wilderness
  • Saint Mary’s Wilderness
  • Salmon-Huckleberry Wilderness
  • Salmo-Priest Wilderness
  • Salome Wilderness
  • Salt Creek Wilderness
  • Salt River Canyon Wilderness
  • Sampson Mountain Wilderness
  • San Gabriel Wilderness
  • San Gorgonio Wilderness
  • San Jacinto Wilderness
  • San Juan Wilderness
  • San Mateo Canyon Wilderness
  • San Pedro Parks Wilderness
  • San Rafael Wilderness
  • Sandia Mountain Wilderness
  • Sandwich Range Wilderness
  • Sangre de Cristo Wilderness
  • Sanhedrin Wilderness
  • Santa Lucia Wilderness
  • Santa Rosa Wilderness
  • Santa Rosa-Paradise Peak Wilderness
  • Santa Teresa Wilderness
  • Sarvis Creek Wilderness
  • Savage Run Wilderness
  • Sawtooth Mountains Wilderness
  • Sawtooth Wilderness
  • Scapegoat Wilderness
  • Selawik Wilderness
  • Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness
  • Semidi Wilderness
  • Seney Wilderness
  • Sequoia-Kings Canyon Wilderness
  • Sespe Wilderness
  • Shawvers Run Wilderness
  • Sheep Mountain Wilderness
  • Sheep Ridge Wilderness
  • Sheephole Valley Wilderness
  • Shellback Wilderness
  • Shenandoah Wilderness
  • Shining Rock Wilderness
  • Sierra Ancha Wilderness
  • Sierra Estrella Wilderness
  • Signal Mountain Wilderness
  • Silver Peak Wilderness
  • Simeonof Wilderness
  • Sipsey Wilderness
  • Siskiyou Wilderness
  • Sky Lakes Wilderness
  • Slaughter Creek Wilderness
  • Sleeping Bear Dunes Wilderness
  • Snow Mountain Wilderness
  • Soda Mountain Wilderness
  • Soldier Creek Wilderness
  • South Baranof Wilderness
  • South Egan Range Wilderness
  • South Etolin Wilderness
  • South Fork Eel River Wilderness
  • South Fork San Jacinto Wilderness
  • South Jackson Mountains Wilderness
  • South Maricopa Mountains Wilderness
  • South McCullough Wilderness
  • South Nopah Range Wilderness
  • South Pahroc Range Wilderness
  • South Prince of Wales Wilderness
  • South San Juan Wilderness
  • South Sierra Wilderness
  • South Warner Wilderness
  • Southern Nantahala Wilderness
  • Spanish Peaks Wilderness
  • Spice Run Wilderness
  • Spirit Mountain Wilderness
  • Spring Basin Wilderness
  • St. Marks Wilderness
  • Stateline Wilderness
  • Steens Mountain Wilderness
  • Stephen Mather Wilderness
  • Stepladder Mountains Wilderness
  • Stikine-LeConte Wilderness
  • Stone Mountain Wilderness
  • Strawberry Crater Wilderness
  • Strawberry Mountain Wilderness
  • Sturgeon River Gorge Wilderness
  • Superstition Wilderness
  • Surprise Canyon Wilderness
  • Swanquarter Wilderness
  • Swansea Wilderness
  • Sycamore Canyon Wilderness
  • Sylvania Mountains Wilderness
  • Sylvania Wilderness

 

T

  • Table Mountain Wilderness
  • Table Rock Wilderness
  • Table Top Wilderness
  • Tamarac Wilderness
  • Tatoosh Wilderness
  • Taylor Creek Wilderness
  • Tebenkof Bay Wilderness
  • Teton Wilderness
  • The Brothers Wilderness
  • Theodore Roosevelt Wilderness
  • Thousand Lakes Wilderness
  • Three Arch Rocks Wilderness
  • Three Ridges Wilderness
  • Three Sisters Wilderness
  • Thunder Ridge Wilderness
  • Togiak Wilderness
  • Tracy Arm-Fords Terror Wilderness
  • Trapper Creek Wilderness
  • Tray Mountain Wilderness
  • Tres Alamos Wilderness
  • Trigo Mountain Wilderness
  • Trilobite Wilderness
  • Trinity Alps Wilderness
  • Tunnel Spring Wilderness
  • Turkey Hill Wilderness
  • Turtle Mountains Wilderness
  • Tuxedni Wilderness
  • Twin Peaks Wilderness

U

  • UL Bend Wilderness
  • Unaka Mountain Wilderness
  • Uncompahgre Wilderness
  • Unimak Wilderness
  • Upland Island Wilderness
  • Upper Buffalo Wilderness
  • Upper Burro Creek Wilderness
  • Upper Kiamichi River Wilderness

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Savage Run Wilderness

Steep-sided canyons rest at the lower elevations (around 8,000 feet) of Savage Run Wilderness, which covers about 23 square miles on the west side of the Medicine Bow Range. The United States Congress designated the Savage Run Wilderness in 1978 and it now has a total of 14,927 acres. All of this wilderness is located in Wyoming and is managed by the Forest Service.

Shenandoah National Park

Shenandoah National Park is a beautiful, historic national treasure which includes the 105-mile long Skyline Drive, a National Scenic Byway. The Park covers the crest of Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains for over seventy-five miles. The Appalachian Trail roughly parallels the Skyline Drive and 101 miles of this trail run through the Park.

Sipsey Wilderness

Sipsey Wilderness Area is located in the William B. Bankhead National Forest of northwestern Alabama. It is the third largest wilderness east of the Mississippi River, with 24,922-acres. Sipsey is the largest and most frequently visited Wilderness area in Alabama and contains dozens of waterfalls.

Teton Wilderness