Wilderness Areas links in Wyoming & Black Hills

Jim Bridger, certainly one of the most famous mountain men in American history, is memorialized by this popular Wilderness area in the Wind River Range of western Wyoming. This rugged piece of the Rocky Mountains, extending for approximately 80 miles alon

Here in the northernmost extension of the Southern Rocky Mountains, the Encampment River flows north out of Colorado, past the town of Encampment and into the North Platte River.

Originally called the Glacier Primitive Area, this Wilderness now holds 44 active glaciers (one spanning 1,220 acres) and many ragged mountain peaks in the northern half of the Wind River Mountains. Lying on the east side of the Continental Divide, this a

The Gros Ventre Wilderness lies just east of Jackson in western Wyoming. The name "Gros Ventre" is French, meaning "big belly". The Gros Ventre Wilderness lies within the greater Yellowstone ecosystem, an area internationally known for its wildlands, wil

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 Jedediah Smith Wilderness was designated because of the unique karst limestone features, including numerous caves and the outstanding scenic values. It was named in honor of Jedediah Strong Smith, a well-educated and energetic mountain man from New Yo

Yellowstone National Park lies along the northeastern boundary of North Absaroka Wilderness, which also shares a border with Montana and contains one of the areas least desecrated by humanity's insatiable thirst for development, a fact evidenced throughou

About 36 square miles of forested land lying primarily north and east of the North Platte River is included in this Wyoming Wilderness, with a small segment in Colorado's Routt National Forest

This piece of land is one of the loveliest in Wyoming. Along the western boundary, which Popo Agie (pronounced "po-po-zsha") shares with Bridger Wilderness, stands Wind River Peak, at 13,255 feet the highest point in the area. More than 20 other summits

Steep-sided canyons rest at the lower elevations (around 8,000 feet) of this forested Wilderness, which covers about 23 square miles on the west side of the Medicine Bow Range. The land rises to about 10,000 feet and rolling plateaulike terrain.

The state's second largest Wilderness area straddles the Continental Divide deep in the heart of Wyoming. It is bordered on the north by Yellowstone National Park, on the east by Washakie Wilderness, and on the west by Grand Teton National Park.

In 1972, the Stratified Primitive Area was joined with South Absaroka Wilderness to form the Wilderness area (Wyoming's largest) that now bears his name. Yellowstone National Park borders to the northwest, Teton Wilderness to the west, and the Wind River

Part of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, this Wilderness is located on the southern boundary of Yellowstone National Park near the Idaho-Wyoming state line. The low rolling hills with numerous wetlands, meadows and streams is volcanic in origin.