Arkansas Wildernesses

Upper Buffalo Wilderness
OBJECTID_1 | 36
Website | https://wilderness.net/visit-wilderness/?ID=621
Wilderness | Upper Buffalo Wilderness
State | AR
Comment | Has adjacent polygons
Date of Last Update | 4/15/2016
WID | 621
Abbreviated Name | Upper_Buffalo
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/UpperBuffalo.jpg
Acreage | 11978
Description | Here you'll be among the headwaters of the extraordinarily pretty Buffalo National River, which flows down the center of this Wilderness through a rough forested land of steep slopes that descend into...
Agency | FS
joinerID | 621FS
Designated | 1975
ORIG_FID | 28937

Big Lake Wilderness
OBJECTID_1 | 118
Website | https://wilderness.net/visit-wilderness/?ID=42
Wilderness | Big Lake Wilderness
State | AR
Comment | <Null>
Date of Last Update | 2/25/2019
WID | 42
Abbreviated Name | Big_Lake
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/BigLake.jpg
Acreage | 2143
Description | Twenty miles west of the Mississippi River, the Big Lake Wilderness serves primarily as a migration habitat for ducks and geese using the Mississippi Flyway. The Wilderness lies flat, approximately 240...
Agency | FWS
joinerID | 42FWS
Designated | 1976
ORIG_FID | 41364

Black Fork Mountain Wilderness
OBJECTID_1 | 449
Website | https://wilderness.net/visit-wilderness/?ID=56
Wilderness | Black Fork Mountain Wilderness
State | AR/OK
Comment | <Null>
Date of Last Update | 12/27/2021
WID | 56
Abbreviated Name | Black_Fork_Mountain
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/NoPicture.gif
Acreage | 13347
Description | Shared by Oklahoma and Arkansas, this area contains the 13-mile-long, rugged ridge of Black Fork Mountain. Large rock flows or "glaciers" and sandstone bluffs stand above a forest dominated by oak and...
Agency | FS
joinerID | 56FS
Designated | 1984
ORIG_FID | 44285

Dry Creek Wilderness
Wilderness | Dry Creek Wilderness
State | AR
Comment | <Null>
Abbreviated Name | Dry_Creek
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/DryCreek.jpg
Description | This little area, the state's second smallest Wilderness, contains numerous high sandstone bluffs and ridges overlooking Dry Creek, a stream that flows only part of the year between Dry Creek Mountain...
Agency | FS
joinerID | 165FS

Caney Creek Wilderness
Wilderness | Caney Creek Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Caney_Creek
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/CaneyCreek.jpg
Description | Located on the southern edge of Ouachita National Forest, Caney Creek Wilderness protects a rugged and lovely portion of the Ouachita Mountains. From heights above 2,000 feet in the east, Short Creek and...

Richland Creek Wilderness
Wilderness | Richland Creek Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Richland_Creek
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/RichlandCreek.jpg
Description | Beautiful Richland Creek traverses this area, cutting its way through a thick forest with abundant wildlife, secluded off-creek hideaways, and ridges that rise to towering vistas. Set within the Boston...

Poteau Mountain Wilderness
Wilderness | Poteau Mountain Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Poteau_Mountain
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/NoPicture.gif
Description | Extensive folding and faulting of the terrain in bygone days created the steep east-west ridges of Poteau Mountain, a subrange of the Ouachita Mountains. Erosion from many streams has carved deep slices...

East Fork Wilderness
Wilderness | East Fork Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | East_Fork
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/EastFork.jpg
Description | The East Fork of Illinois Bayou, from which this area takes its name, bisects the Wilderness from northeast to southwest, fed by water from Bear Hollow, Mill Creek, and Sycamore Creek. On the southern...

Hurricane Creek Wilderness
Wilderness | Hurricane Creek Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Hurricane_Creek
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/HurricaneCreek.jpg
Description | In the middle of the Boston Mountains, Hurricane Creek tumbles along its boulder-strewn way, sparkling in pool after pool, through the center of this Wilderness. Limestone and sandstone bluffs, some over...

Buffalo National River Wilderness
Wilderness | Buffalo National River Wilderness
Comment | Has adjacent polygons
Abbreviated Name | Buffalo_National_River
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/BuffaloNationalRiver.jpg
Description | Canoeists paddling the Buffalo find themselves on what may be one of the most scenic rivers in the eastern United States. From its headwaters in the Boston Mountains to its confluence with the White River...
Agency | NPS
joinerID | 85NPS

Leatherwood Wilderness
Wilderness | Leatherwood Wilderness
Comment | Has adjacent polygons
Abbreviated Name | Leatherwood
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/Leatherwoods.jpg
Description | The Ozarks are known for their ridgetop country, and some of the loveliest specimens can be found in Leatherwood Wilderness. The Wilderness is named for the region's largest drainage, clear-flowing Leatherwood...

Flatside Wilderness
Wilderness | Flatside Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Flatside
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/flatside.jpg
Description | In the extreme eastern Ouachita Mountains is a Wilderness that takes its name from Flatside Pinnacle, a 1,550-foot rock outcropping just outside the northeast boundary. In 2019, the Wilderness was expanded...