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Wilderness Areas in Wisconsin
Forest Service, BLM and National Park Service wilderness
- Wilderness areas
- 6
- Shared with another state
- 1
Wilderness areas
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| Wilderness | Managed by | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| Blackjack Springs Wilderness | USFS | 5,917 |
| Gaylord Nelson Wilderness | NPS | 33,187 |
| Headwaters Wilderness | USFS | 22,080 |
| Porcupine Lake Wilderness | USFS | 4,306 |
| Rainbow Lake Wilderness | USFS | 7,175 |
| Whisker Lake Wilderness | USFS | 7,434 |
Wilderness areas are lands protected by Congress under the Wilderness Act of 1964 and later laws. This list comes from the official boundary data of the Forest Service, the Bureau of Land Management and the National Park Service. Wilderness managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is not included yet. Acreage is the agency's mapped (GIS) area and can differ from the acreage in the designating law; the BLM data does not include acreage.
BLM recreation areas in Wisconsin · National forests
Source: USDA Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management and National Park Service boundary data