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Acres of officially designated wilderness in the Southern Appalachian mountains

Acres of officially designated wilderness in the Southern Appalachian mountains.

AGENCY

ACRES

TOTAL ACRES

National Park Service

 

80,555

 

Shenandoah National Park

80,555

 

 

 

 

USDA Forest Service   

 

428,545

Chattahoochee National Forest

 

114,789

 

Big Frog

89

 

 

Blood Mountain

7,800

 

 

Brasstown

12,975

 

 

Cohutta

35,268

 

 

Ellicott Rock

2,021

 

 

Mark Trail

16,400

 

 

Raven Cliffs

9,115

 

 

Rich Mountain

9,649

 

 

Southern Nantahala 

11,770

 

 

Tray Mountain

9,702

 

 

 

 

 

Cherokee National Forest  

 

66,389

 

Bald River Gorge

3,721

 

 

Big Frog

7,993

 

 

Big Laurel Branch 

6,332

 

 

Citico Creek 

16,226

 

 

Cohutta

1,709

 

 

Gee Creek

2,493

 

 

Joyce Kilmer-Slickrock

3,832

 

 

Little Frog Mountain

4,666

 

 

Pond Mountain

6,929

 

 

Sampson Mountain

7,992

 

 

Unaka Mountain

4,496

 

 

 

 

 

George Washington National Forest  

 

32,208

 

Barbours Creek

4

 

 

Ramseys Draft

6,518

 

 

Rich Hole    

6,450

 

 

Rough Mountain

9,300 

 

 

Shawvers Run    

101

 

 

St. Marys

9,835    

 

 

 

 

 

Jefferson National Forest

 

57,655

 

Barbours Creek

5,378

 

 

Beartown

5,609

 

 

James River Face

8,886

 

 

Kimberling Creek

5,542

 

 

Lewis Fork

5,618

 

 

Little Dry Run

2,858

 

 

Little Wilson Creek

3,613

 

 

Mountain Lake

11,113

 

 

Peters Mountain

3,328

 

 

Shawvers Run

3,366

 

 

Thunder Ridge

 2,344

 

 

 

 

 

Nantahala National Forest

 

28,900

 

Ellicott Rock

3,394

 

 

Joyce Kilmer-Slickrock

13,562

 

 

Southern Nantahala

11,944

 

 

 

 

 

Pisgah National Forest  

 

37,945

 

Linville Gorge

12,002

 

 

Middle Prong

7,460

 

 

Shining Rock

18,483

 

 

 

 

 

Sumter National Forest

 

2,859

 

Ellicott Rock

2,859

 

 

 

 

 

Talladega National Forest

 

7,245

 

Cheaha

7,245

 

 

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