Alaska Wildernesses

Russell Fjord Wilderness
OBJECTID_1 | 89
Website | https://wilderness.net/visit-wilderness/?ID=506
Wilderness | Russell Fjord Wilderness
State | AK
Comment | Has adjacent polygons
Date of Last Update | 2/26/2019
WID | 506
Abbreviated Name | Russell_Fjord
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/RussellFjords.jpg
Acreage | 348626
Description | From Disenchantment Bay, at the upper end of Yakutat Bay, heavily glaciated Russell Fjord penetrates about 35 miles inland, but the advance of Hubbard Glacier is slowly squeezing it off from the sea. Russell...
Agency | FS
joinerID | 506FS
Designated | 1980
ORIG_FID | 40404

Gates of the Arctic Wilderness
OBJECTID_1 | 279
Website | https://wilderness.net/visit-wilderness/?ID=199
Wilderness | Gates of the Arctic Wilderness
State | AK
Comment | <Null>
Date of Last Update | 12/9/2020
WID | 199
Abbreviated Name | Gates_of_the_Arctic
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/GatesOfTheArctic.jpg
Description | When Bob Marshall explored this region in the early 1930s, two looming peaks near the head of the North Fork of the Koyukuk River (Boreal Mountain and Frigid Crags) left a lasting impression on him. He...
Agency | NPS
joinerID | 199NPS
Designated | 1980
ORIG_FID | 43674

Jay S. Hammond Wilderness
OBJECTID_1 | 280
Website | https://wilderness.net/visit-wilderness/?ID=307
Wilderness | Jay S. Hammond Wilderness
State | AK
Comment | <Null>
Date of Last Update | 12/9/2020
WID | 307
Abbreviated Name | Lake_Clark
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/lakeClark.jpg
Description | Here the Aleutian Range meets the Alaska Range in the Chigmit Mountains, an area known as Alaska's Alps. The Lake Clark Wilderness was renamed the Jay S. Hammond Wilderness in 2018 to commemorate Alask'a...
Agency | NPS
joinerID | 307NPS
Designated | 1980
ORIG_FID | 43678

Noatak Wilderness
Wilderness | Noatak Wilderness
Comment | <Null>
Abbreviated Name | Noatak
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/noatak.jpg
Description | Together with neighboring Gates of the Arctic Wilderness, Noatak Wilderness protects almost the entirety of the largest untouched river basin in America, that of the Noatak River. The Noatak Wilderness...
Agency | NPS
joinerID | 409NPS

Denali Wilderness
Wilderness | Denali Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Denali
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/Denali.jpg
Description | Native Athabascans have always referred to Mount McKinley as Denali, or "The High One." The mammoth mountain is the centerpiece of Denali National Park Wilderness, which comprises about one-third of Denali...

Andreafsky Wilderness
Wilderness | Andreafsky Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Andreafsky
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/Andreafsky.jpg
Description | The Andreafsky Wilderness is a vast expanse of alpine and wetland tundra, located in the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge. Flowing through this Wilderness are the Andreafsky River and its East Fork...
Agency | FWS
joinerID | 11FWS

Mollie Beattie Wilderness
Wilderness | Mollie Beattie Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Mollie_Beattie
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/MollieBeattie.jpg
Description | Possibly no other region of America has seen less human impact than the northeastern corner of Alaska. Here the Brooks Range bulges up near the Arctic Ocean to create a unique combination of habitats...
Agency | FWS
joinerID | 364FWS

Semidi Wilderness
Wilderness | Semidi Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Semidi
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/semidi.jpg
Acreage | 250000
Description | Before it became Wilderness or a subunit of the Alaska Peninsula Unit of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge, these nine major treeless and ragged rock islands, some sided with precipitous cliffs...
Agency | FWS
joinerID | 541FWS

Innoko Wilderness
Wilderness | Innoko Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Innoko
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/innoko.jpg
Description | The Innoko Wilderness is located in the southeastern portion of the Innoko National Wildlife Refuge and makes up roughly one-third of the total area. A transition zone between the boreal forestland of...

Bering Sea Wilderness
Wilderness | Bering Sea Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Bering_Sea
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/BeringSea.jpg
Acreage | 81340
Description | The Bering Sea Wilderness encompasses St. Matthew Island, Hall Island, and Pinnacle Island and is part of the larger Bering Sea unit of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge. One of the largest...

Kenai Wilderness
Wilderness | Kenai Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Kenai
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/Kenai.jpg
Description | For almost 100 years, the Kenai Peninsula has attracted hunters of moose, Dall sheep, and other wild game. In 1941 President Roosevelt designated more than 1.7 million acres as the Kenai National Moose...

Izembek Wilderness
Wilderness | Izembek Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Izembek
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/Izembek.jpg
Description | On the tip of the Alaska Peninsula, Izembek Wilderness sees a quarter-million migratory birds land every fall, including the entire world's population of black brants and thousands of Canada and emperor...

Saint Lazaria Wilderness
Wilderness | Saint Lazaria Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Saint_Lazaria
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/saint_lazaria.jpg
Description | Rising no more than 180 feet above the surging ocean at the entrance to Sitka Sound, Saint Lazaria Island was initially established as a refuge for seabirds, later became Wilderness, and has since been...

Simeonof Wilderness
Wilderness | Simeonof Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Simeonof
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/simeonof.jpg
Description | One of 30 named islands in the Shumagin Group, Simeonof Island was established as a refuge for sea otters in 1958. It became a Wilderness in 1976. Protected "lands" include the water, shoals, and kelp...

Forrester Island Wilderness
Wilderness | Forrester Island Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Forrester_Island
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/forrester_island.jpg
Description | During the day you'll ask yourself how more than one million birds of 13 species could be nesting here. But at night vast populations of Leach's storm petrels, fork-tailed petrels, Cassin's auklets, and...

Bogoslof Wilderness
Wilderness | Bogoslof Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Bogoslof
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/bogoslof.jpg
Description | Russians believed that they heard the "voice of God" (bogoslof) as a fiery eruption lifted Bogoslof Island from the cold Bering Sea around 1796. Bogoslof and little Fire Island were first designated as...

Unimak Wilderness
Wilderness | Unimak Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Unimak
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/Unimak.jpg
Description | Huge Unimak Island, which gives this Wilderness its name, extends west from the tip of the Alaska Peninsula. Only a relatively thin strip of sea separates Unimak from Izembek National Wildlife Refuge....

Hazy Islands Wilderness
Wilderness | Hazy Islands Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Hazy_Islands
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/hazy_islands.jpg
Description | The Hazy Islands Wilderness, a subunit into the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge, Gulf of Alaska Unit, is managed by the Fish and Wildlife Service. Far offshore, beaten by wind and wave, Big Hazy...

Chamisso Wilderness
Wilderness | Chamisso Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Chamisso
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/chamisso.jpg
Description | Chamisso Wilderness is comprised of Chamisso and Puffin Island and is a subunit of the Chukchi Sea Unit, the northernmost the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge units. Chamisso Wilderness has one...

Togiak Wilderness
Wilderness | Togiak Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Togiak
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/togiak.jpg
Description | At 4.2 million acres, Togiak National Wildlife Refuge covers about the same amount of land as Connecticut and Rhode Island combined, a region important to Eskimo and Native American hunter-gatherers for...

Nunivak Wilderness
Wilderness | Nunivak Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Nunivak
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/nunivak.jpg
Description | Off the coast of the delta formed by the Yukon and Kuskokwim Rivers lies Nunivak Island, managed as part of the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge. The southern half of Nunivak comprises the Nunivak...

Koyukuk Wilderness
Wilderness | Koyukuk Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Koyukuk
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/koyukuk.jpg
Description | Think of Koyukuk Wilderness, and water comes to mind. Located on the Koyukuk National Wildlife Refuge, there are many rivers, meandering creeks, and lakes, all forming the floodplain of the Koyukuk River....

Aleutian Islands Wilderness
Wilderness | Aleutian Islands Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Aleutian_Islands
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/AleutianIslands.jpg
Description | The Aleutian Islands consist of more than 200 islands which are actually the peaks of 57 submarine volcanoes (27 of which are considered active) rising from near sea level to more than 9,000 feet. On most...

Tuxedni Wilderness
Wilderness | Tuxedni Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Tuxedni
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/Tuxedni.jpg
Description | Over a century ago, two islands at the mouth of Tuxedni Bay off of Cook Inlet--Chisik and Duck--were established as a refuge for seabirds, bald eagles, and peregrine falcons. It was not until much later...

Glacier Bay Wilderness
Wilderness | Glacier Bay Wilderness
Comment | Has adjacent polygons
Abbreviated Name | Glacier_Bay
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/GlacierBay.jpg
Description | The Wilderness of Glacier Bay National Park is forged from dynamic change in the wake of powerful seismic forces and dramatic glacial movements. Glaciers have sculpted this landscape, from the sharp brows...

Katmai Wilderness
Wilderness | Katmai Wilderness
Comment | Has adjacent polygons
Abbreviated Name | Katmai
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/Katmai.jpg
Description | The Katmai Wilderness, located within Katmai National Park and Preserve, is characterized by active volcanoes, pristine lakes and rivers, glaciated peaks, and rugged coastline. The area contains the famed...

Becharof Wilderness
Wilderness | Becharof Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Becharof
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/becharof.jpg
Description | Just where the state begins to slim down into the Alaska Peninsula, Becharof Wilderness extends from the northeast shore of Becharof Lake south to the Pacific Ocean and makes up roughly one-third of the...

Selawik Wilderness
Wilderness | Selawik Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Selawik
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/selawik.jpg
Description | Situated within the Selawik National Wildlife Refuge, Selwick Wilderness is located on the Arctic Circle to the east of Kotzebue Sound, right in the heart of northwest Alaska. Refuge lands extend eastward...

Kobuk Valley Wilderness
Wilderness | Kobuk Valley Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Kobuk_Valley
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/kobukValley.jpg
Description | Here in Kobuk Valley National Park, 26 miles north of the Arctic Circle and enclosed by the Baird and Waring Mountains, the climate has changed little (or not at all) since the late Pleistocene era. Remnant...

Wrangell-Saint Elias Wilderness
Wilderness | Wrangell-Saint Elias Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Wrangell_Saint_Elias
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/WrangellSaintElias.jpg
Description | It is a land of remote valleys, wild rivers, and a fabulous wildlife population that includes the world's finest Dall sheep, grizzly bears, black bears, caribou, moose, bison, mountain goats, wolves, wolverines...

Chuck River Wilderness
Wilderness | Chuck River Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Chuck_River
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/NoPicture.gif
Description | Located at the head of Windham Bay approximately 70 miles southeast of Juneau, this small Wilderness is adjacent to the Tracy Arm Fords Terror Wilderness. The Chuck River flows from its headwaters near...
Agency | FS
joinerID | 120FS

Coronation Island Wilderness
Wilderness | Coronation Island Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Coronation_Island
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/NoPicture.gif
Description | Rising to almost 2,000 forested feet above the sea, Coronation Island stands off the west coast of Prince of Wales Island, south of Kuiu Island and north of Noyes Island. Stands of tall Sitka spruce and...
Agency | FS
joinerID | 135FS

Endicott River Wilderness
Wilderness | Endicott River Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Endicott_River
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/NoPicture.gif
Description | Between Glacier Bay and Lynn Canal, the Endicott River is born in the broad brush-covered flats within the Chilkat Mountains of Tongass National Forest. The river flows easterly, down a deep glacier-carved...

Karta River Wilderness
Wilderness | Karta River Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Karta_River
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/KartaRiver.jpg
Description | Karta Bay, one of the western extensions off the head of Kasaan Bay, forms the eastern border of the Karta River Wilderness on east-central Prince of Wales Island. The area includes the drainage of the...

Kootznoowoo Wilderness
Wilderness | Kootznoowoo Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Kootznoowoo
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/Kootznoowoo.jpg
Description | The indigenous people of SE Alaska, the Tlingit, know Admiralty Island by the name Kootznoowoo, the "Bear Fort" or "Fortress of the Bears". Coastal forests of massive Sitka spruce and western hemlock...

Kuiu Wilderness
Wilderness | Kuiu Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Kuiu
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/kuiu.jpg
Description | Kuiu Wilderness is bordered on the east by Sumner Strait and on the west by Chatham Strait and near the southern end of Kuiu Island. The northern boundary is shared with Tebenkof Bay Wilderness. Three...

Maurelle Islands Wilderness
Wilderness | Maurelle Islands Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Maurelle_Islands
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/MaurelleIslands.jpg
Description | The Maurelle Islands, a group of nearly 30 dots of land rising less than 400 feet above the waves at their highest point, are best known for the abundance of marine mammals that populate their waters:...

Misty Fjords National Monument Wilderness
Wilderness | Misty Fjords National Monument Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Misty_Fjords_National_Monument
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Description | Misty Fjords National Monument includes 2,294,343 acres on the southern tip of the Alaska Panhandle, all but about 156,000 acres near the middle have been designated Wilderness. Misty Fjords is part of...

Petersburg Creek-Duncan Salt Chuck Wilderness
Wilderness | Petersburg Creek-Duncan Salt Chuck Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Petersburg_Creek_Duncan_Salt_Chuck
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Description | The Petersburg Creek-Duncan Salt Chuck Wilderness is made up of two watersheds divided by the alpine covered peaks of Portage Mountain. On the east side of the wilderness, Petersburg Creek spills down...

Pleasant/Lemusurier/Inian Islands Wilderness
Wilderness | Pleasant/Lemusurier/Inian Islands Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Pleasant_Lemusurier_Inian_Islands
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Description | In the frigid waters of Icy Strait these scenic islands break the ocean's surface near the entrance to Glacier Bay. Pleasant Island, the easternmost, lays fairly flat and forested with muskegs; its highest...

South Baranof Wilderness
Wilderness | South Baranof Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | South_Baranof
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/SouthBaranof.jpg
Description | Alexander Baranof, the first governor of Russian America, built his headquarters in nearby Sitka and left his name on this large island (1,600 square miles). Most of the southern extremity of the island...

South Etolin Wilderness
Wilderness | South Etolin Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | South_Etolin
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/SouthEtolin.jpg
Description | This island wilderness extends from lofty, ice-carved, granite peaks to the rocky coast, including a rim of small-protected islands. The introduction of elk that inhabit the area affects the natural systems...

South Prince of Wales Wilderness
Wilderness | South Prince of Wales Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | South_Prince_of_Wales
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/SouthPrinceofWales.jpg
Description | The southwestern corner of Prince of Wales Island, a complex network of bays and inlets, and a cluster of islands known as the Barrier Islands make up this Wilderness. On Prince of Wales Island, the topography...

Stikine-LeConte Wilderness
Wilderness | Stikine-LeConte Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Stikine_LeConte
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/StikineLeConte.jpg
Description | The mighty Stikine River is the lifeline flowing through this wilderness. It is North America's fastest, free flowing navigable river. LeConte Glacier also flows through the wilderness, if a bit slower....

Tebenkof Bay Wilderness
Wilderness | Tebenkof Bay Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Tebenkof_Bay
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/tebenkof_bay.jpg
Description | Tebenkof Bay Wilderness, located on Kuiu Island, comprises a complex system of smaller bays, where islands, islets, and coves are the prominent features. The western side is bound by Chatham Strait, a...

Tracy Arm-Fords Terror Wilderness
Wilderness | Tracy Arm-Fords Terror Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Tracy_Arm_Fords_Terror
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/TacyArmFordsTerror.jpg
Description | Bounded by Canada on the east, this Wilderness is highlighted by two sheer-walled fjords, Tracy Arm and Endicott Arm, both narrow and deep and over 30 miles long. At the head of both fjords tidewater glaciers...

Warren Island Wilderness
Wilderness | Warren Island Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Warren_Island
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/WarrenIsland.jpg
Description | Warren Peak rises dramatically from the sea to 2,329 feet above Warren Island, off the northwestern coast of Prince of Wales Island, about 75 air miles from Ketchikan. Covered in typically dense coastal...

West Chichagof-Yakobi Wilderness
Wilderness | West Chichagof-Yakobi Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | West_Chichagof_Yakobi
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/WestChichagofYakobi.jpg
Description | This wilderness occupies the western portions of Chichagof and Yakobi Islands in the extreme northwest portion of the Alexander Archipelago of Southeast Alaska. The wilderness is administered by both...