Utah Wildernesses

Zion Wilderness
OBJECTID_1 | 40
Website | https://wilderness.net/visit-wilderness/?ID=755
Wilderness | Zion Wilderness
State | UT
Comment | Has adjacent polygons
Date of Last Update | 4/3/2015
WID | 755
Abbreviated Name | Zion
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/Zion.jpg
Acreage | 124406
Description | Located in Washington, Iron and Kane Counties in Southwestern Utah, the Zion Wilderness encompasses some of the most scenic canyon country in the United States. The Wilderness is part of Zion National...
Agency | NPS
joinerID | 755NPS
Designated | 2009
ORIG_FID | 29623

Cottonwood Forest Wilderness
OBJECTID_1 | 83
Website | https://wilderness.net/visit-wilderness/?ID=718
Wilderness | Cottonwood Forest Wilderness
State | UT
Comment | Has adjacent polygons
Date of Last Update | 2/26/2019
WID | 718
Abbreviated Name | Cottonwood_Forest
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/CottonwoodForest.jpg
Acreage | 2648
Description | Zion National Park's world-famous landscape of soaring cliff walls, forested plateaus, and deep, narrow gorges extends well beyond the boundaries of the park onto surrounding BLM and FS lands including...
Agency | FS
joinerID | 718FS
Designated | 2009
ORIG_FID | 39628

Taylor Creek Wilderness
OBJECTID_1 | 317
Website | https://wilderness.net/visit-wilderness/?ID=753
Wilderness | Taylor Creek Wilderness
State | UT
Comment | <Null>
Date of Last Update | 12/9/2020
WID | 753
Abbreviated Name | Taylor_Creek
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/NoPicture.gif
Acreage | 35
Description | Taylor Creek Wilderness is a logical extension of Zion National Park along with Red Butte, LaVerkin Creek, Beartrap Canyon, and Blackridge Wildernesses. It is a part of the integrated watershed, wildlife...
Agency | BLM
joinerID | 753BLM
Designated | 2009
ORIG_FID | 43725

Canaan Mountain Wilderness
Wilderness | Canaan Mountain Wilderness
Comment | Has adjacent polygons
Abbreviated Name | Canaan_Mountain
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/CanaanMountain.jpg
Description | Within Canaan Mountain Wilderness, which is adjacent to the southeast boundary of Zion National Park, an 8-by-10 mile block of Navajo Sandstone, enclosed by 2,000-foot-high cliffs, has been sculpted by...
Agency | BLM
joinerID | 714BLM

Blackridge Wilderness
Wilderness | Blackridge Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Blackridge
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/Blackridge.jpg
Description | Blackridge Wilderness is a logical extension of the Zion Wilderness along with Red Butte, LaVerkin Creek, Taylor Creek, and Beartrap Canyon Wildernesses. It is part of the integrated watershed, wildlife...
Agency | BLM
joinerID | 710BLM

Deep Creek Wilderness
Wilderness | Deep Creek Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Deep_Creek
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/DeepCreek.jpg
Description | Contiguous to the Deep Creek North unit, Deep Creek Wilderness is located near the northeast corner of Zion National Park. In fact, Deep Creek Wilderness shares its southern border with the Park. The elevation...

Beartrap Canyon Wilderness
Wilderness | Beartrap Canyon Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Beartrap_Canyon
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/NoPicture.gif
Description | Beartrap Canyon Wilderness is small but shares a common boundary with designated wilderness in the Kolob Canyons portion of Zion National Park. Largely a rugged, steeply sloped area, this wilderness contains...

Cottonwood Canyon Wilderness
Wilderness | Cottonwood Canyon Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Cottonwood_Canyon
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/CottonwoodCanyon.jpg
Description | Cottonwood Canyon Wilderness lies within the Red Cliffs National Conservation Area and shares a common boundary with the Cottonwood Forest Wilderness, located on the Dixie National Forest. Here, massive...

Goose Creek Wilderness
Wilderness | Goose Creek Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Goose_Creek
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/GooseCreek.jpg
Description | The Goose Creek Wilderness area is both remote and rugged. Goose Creek, which is designated “wild,” flows through the Wilderness area at the start of the steep and deep Goose Creek Canyon. Over 1,000...

LaVerkin Creek Wilderness
Wilderness | LaVerkin Creek Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | LaVerkin_Creek
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/LaVerkinCreek.jpg
Description | LaVerkin Creek, located in southwestern Utah, shares its southern border with Zion National Park. This area consists of steep canyon walls that drop into a creek drainage. This drainage is LaVerkin Creek...

Red Butte Wilderness
Wilderness | Red Butte Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Red_Butte
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/RedButte.jpg
Description | Red Butte Wilderness is one of five logical extensions of the Zion Wilderness. This area is part of the integrated watershed, wildlife habitat, and scenic terrain of Zion National Park, and is among the...

Sid's Mountain Wilderness
Wilderness | Sid's Mountain Wilderness
Comment | <Null>
Abbreviated Name | Sids_Mountain
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/SidsMountain.jpg
Description | The Sid’s Mountain Wilderness is in the northwest portion of the San Rafael Swell and is named after one of the area’s earliest ranchers, Sid Swasey. Sid’s Cabin was built in the 1920’s and is...

Horse Valley Wilderness
Wilderness | Horse Valley Wilderness
Comment | <Null>
Abbreviated Name | Horse_Valley
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/NoPicture.gif
Description | The Horse Valley Wilderness is part of the San Rafael Swell, which features magnificent badlands of brightly colored and wildly eroded sandstone formations, deep canyons, and giant plates of stone tilted...

Deep Creek North Wilderness
Wilderness | Deep Creek North Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Deep_Creek_North
Description | Contiguous to the Deep Creek unit, Deep Creek North Wilderness is located near the northeast corner of Zion National Park. The elevation ranges from a low of 5,900 feet to a high of 8,800 feet, creating...

Cold Wash Wilderness
Wilderness | Cold Wash Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Cold_Wash
Description | The Cold Wash Wilderness is part of the San Rafael Swell, which features magnificent badlands of brightly colored and wildly eroded sandstone formations, deep canyons, and giant plates of stone tilted...

Doc's Pass Wilderness
Wilderness | Doc's Pass Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Docs_Pass
Description | Doc’s Pass Wilderness is clustered together with Cougar Canyon and Slaughter Creek Wilderness areas along the Nevada state line, in the remote northwest corner of Washington County. This unit is contiguous...

Desolation Canyon Wilderness
Wilderness | Desolation Canyon Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Desolation_Canyon
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/DesolationCanyon.jpg
Description | The most prominent feature of the Desolation Canyon Wilderness is the 84-mile segment of the Green River through Desolation and Gray canyons. The wilderness has an extensive system of deep canyons. The...

Turtle Canyon Wilderness
Wilderness | Turtle Canyon Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Turtle_Canyon
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/TurtleCanyon.jpg
Description | About one-third of the Turtle Canyon Wilderness supports pinyon-juniper woodland and nearly one-third of the area contains Douglas fir and mountain shrub. The remainder of this wilderness is predominantly...

Cougar Canyon Wilderness
Wilderness | Cougar Canyon Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Cougar_Canyon
Description | Cougar Canyon Wilderness is clustered together with Doc’s Pass and Slaughter Creek Wilderness areas along the Nevada state line, in the remote northwest corner of Washington County. This unit is contiguous...

Mexican Mountain Wilderness
Wilderness | Mexican Mountain Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Mexican_Mountain
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/MexicanMountain.jpg
Description | The Mexican Mountain Wilderness is characterized by features resulting from erosion of the multi-colored sedimentary rocks of the eastern San Rafael Swell. Brightly colored cliffs, buttes, ridges, alcoves...

Slaughter Creek Wilderness
Wilderness | Slaughter Creek Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Slaughter_Creek
Description | Clustered together with Cougar Canyon and Doc’s Pass Wilderness areas along the Nevada state line, Slaughter Creek Wilderness sits in the remote northwest corner of Washington County. Slaughter Creek...

Red Mountain Wilderness
Wilderness | Red Mountain Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Red_Mountain_UT
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/RedMountain_UT.jpg
Description | Within Red Mountain Wilderness, it is easy to see that Zion National Park's world-famous landscape of soaring cliff walls, forested plateaus, and deep, narrow gorges extends well beyond the boundaries...

Red's Canyon Wilderness
Wilderness | Red's Canyon Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Reds_Canyon
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/RedsCanyon.jpg
Description | The Red's Canyon Wilderness is part of the San Rafael Swell, which features magnificent badlands of brightly colored and wildly eroded sandstone formations, deep canyons, and giant plates of stone tilted...

Cedar Mountain Wilderness Area
Wilderness | Cedar Mountain Wilderness Area
Abbreviated Name | Cedar_Mountain_Area
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/CedarMountain.jpg
Description | Located 45 miles west of Salt Lake City, the Cedar Mountain is a north-south trending range typical of the Great Basin. The wilderness is generally accessible year-round and offers open-country hiking...

Big Wild Horse Mesa Wilderness
Wilderness | Big Wild Horse Mesa Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Big_Wild_Horse_Mesa
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/BigWildhorseMesa.jpg
Description | The Big Wildhorse Mesa Wilderness surrounds the Goblin Valley State Park on three sides. This sparsely vegetated landscape bares its geology to be easily observed. Capped and protected from erosion by...

San Rafael Reef Wilderness
Wilderness | San Rafael Reef Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | San_Rafael_Reef
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/SanRafaelReef.jpg
Description | The San Rafael Reef Wilderness makes up the eastern edge of the San Rafael Swell and is a nearly north-south trending hogback that dips steeply eastward. Considered a major geologic feature in Utah, the...

Little Ocean Draw Wilderness
Wilderness | Little Ocean Draw Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Little_Ocean_Draw
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/LittleOceanDraw.jpg
Description | Located in the heart of the San Rafael Swell and behind the San Rafael Reef, the Little Ocean Draw is a wash that flows through Chute Canyon. This part of the San Rafael Swell is composed of bluffs and...

Devil's Canyon Wilderness
Wilderness | Devil's Canyon Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Devils_Canyon
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/DevilsCanyon.jpg
Description | There are relatively few canyons on the west side of the San Rafael Swell, where the land slopes more gently and does not form the dramatic reef that characterizes the eastern edge. Devil’s Canyon is...

Labyrinth Canyon Wilderness
Wilderness | Labyrinth Canyon Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Labyrinth_Canyon
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/LabyrinthCanyon.jpg
Description | The Labyrinth Canyon is rimmed with towering spires and colorful sandstone walls of the Green River carving ever deeper as it progresses southward. Side canyons, arches and goosenecks provide astounding...

Eagle Canyon Wilderness
Wilderness | Eagle Canyon Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Eagle_Canyon
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/EagleCanyon.jpg
Description | The Eagle Canyon Wilderness is part of the San Rafael Swell, which features magnificent badlands of brightly colored and wildly eroded sandstone formations, deep canyons, and giant plates of stone tilted...

Middle Wild Horse Mesa Wilderness
Wilderness | Middle Wild Horse Mesa Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Middle_Wild_Horse_Mesa
Description | The Middle Wild Horse Mesa Wilderness is part of the San Rafael Swell, which features magnificent badlands of brightly colored and wildly eroded sandstone formations, deep canyons, and giant plates of...

Muddy Creek Wilderness
Wilderness | Muddy Creek Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Muddy_Creek
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/MuddyCreek.jpg
Description | Muddy Creek flows east across the northern portion of the Muddy Creek Wilderness then south through the eastern portion, and forms a deep canyon through Wilderness. The south-central portion of the wilderness...

Little Wild Horse Canyon Wilderness
Wilderness | Little Wild Horse Canyon Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Little_Wild_Horse_Canyon
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/LittleWildhorseCanyon.jpg
Description | A popular slot canyon within the San Rafael Swell and near Goblin Valley State Park, the main narrows of the Little Wild Horse Canyon Wilderness can be reached after just ten minutes walking from the trailhead...

Lower Last Chance Wilderness
Wilderness | Lower Last Chance Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Lower_Last_Chance
Description | The Lower Last Chance Wilderness is part of the San Rafael Swell, which features magnificent badlands of brightly colored and wildly eroded sandstone formations, deep canyons, and giant plates of stone...

Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness
Wilderness | Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness
State | AZ/UT
Abbreviated Name | Paria_Canyon_Vermilion_Cliffs
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Description | This colorful Wilderness snakes through northern Arizona, northeast along the gorgeous Vermilion Cliffs and swings northwest along the not-to-be-missed Paria Canyon before eventually leading into Utah...

Beaver Dam Mountains Wilderness
Wilderness | Beaver Dam Mountains Wilderness
State | AZ/UT
Abbreviated Name | Beaver_Dam_Mountains
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/BeaverDamMountains.jpg
Description | The jagged mountains and gently sloping alluvial plain of Beaver Dam Mountains Wilderness straddle the Arizona-Utah border. Management of the Wilderness is shared by the BLM in both states. It is further...

Black Ridge Canyons Wilderness
Wilderness | Black Ridge Canyons Wilderness
State | CO/UT
Abbreviated Name | Black_Ridge_Canyons
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/BlackRidgeCanyons.jpg
Description | Black Ridge Canyons Wilderness, on the northwest flank of the Uncompahgre Plateau, is characterized by the high, east-west trending Black Ridge which is dissected by seven major red rock canyon systems...

Ashdown Gorge Wilderness
Wilderness | Ashdown Gorge Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | AshdownGorge
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/ashdown_gorge.jpg
Description | Sharing the western and northern borders of the desert-like Cedar Breaks National Monument, Ashdown Gorge Wilderness displays eroded, multicolored Wasatch limestone, meadows, and forestland including a...
Agency | FS
joinerID | 20FS

Dark Canyon Wilderness
Wilderness | Dark Canyon Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Dark_Canyon
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/DarkCanyon.jpg
Description | With narrow, steep walls that block the light in the morning and late afternoon, Dark Canyon Wilderness is aptly named. Once home to a small segment of the widespread Anasazi Indians (Ancestral Puebloan)...
Agency | FS
joinerID | 148FS

Deseret Peak Wilderness
Wilderness | Deseret Peak Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Deseret_Peak
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/deseret_peak.jpg
Description | Deseret Peak Wilderness is located in the Stansbury Mountains of Tooele County, near the towns of Tooele and Grantsville, not far from the Great Salt Lake. This semi-arid wilderness is part of the Great...

Box-Death Hollow Wilderness
Wilderness | Box-Death Hollow Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Box_Death_Hollow
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/box_death_hollow.jpg
Description | Vertical gray-orange walls of Navajo sandstone stand above two canyon tributaries of the Escalante River in Box-Death Hollow Wilderness. This is canyon country, home to numerous monoclines--places where...

Lone Peak Wilderness
Wilderness | Lone Peak Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Lone_Peak
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/LonePeak.jpg
Description | The largest of a trio of wilderness areas just southeast of Salt Lake City, the Lone Peak Wilderness contains very rugged terrain with narrow canyons and high peaks. It is located on the Uinta- Wasatch-Cache...

High Uintas Wilderness
Wilderness | High Uintas Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | High_Uintas
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/highUintas.jpg
Description | Located in northeastern Utah, the Uinta Mountains were named for the Uintaat Indians, early relatives of the modern Ute Tribe. The High Uintas Wilderness envelops the wild core of this massive mountain...

Nelson Mountain Wilderness
Wilderness | Nelson Mountain Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Nelson_Mountain
Description | The Nelson Mountain Wilderness is located at the eastern edge of the Manti-Lasal National Forest. Formerly a research natural area, Nelson Mountain stands 9070 feet above the surrounding landscape. The...

Mount Naomi Wilderness
Wilderness | Mount Naomi Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Mount_Naomi
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/mount_naomi.jpg
Description | With spectacular alpine scenery, Mount Naomi Wilderness lies between the Logan River and the Utah-Idaho state line located northeast of Logan, Utah. At 9,980 feet, Naomi Peak, near the eastern boundary...

Mount Nebo Wilderness
Wilderness | Mount Nebo Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Mount_Nebo
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/mount_nebo.jpg
Description | The centerpiece of the southern portion of this Wilderness, Mount Nebo rises to a majestic 11,928 feet the highest point in the entire Wasatch Range. The peak looms above a swatch of mountain scenery located...

Mount Olympus Wilderness
Wilderness | Mount Olympus Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Mount_Olympus
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/mount_olympus.jpg
Description | Mount Olympus is one of three wilderness areas that form a spectacular backdrop for the Salt Lake Valley Located southeast of Salt Lake City, Mount Olympus Wilderness consists of narrow canyons and rugged...

Mount Timpanogos Wilderness
Wilderness | Mount Timpanogos Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Mount_Timpanogos
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/mount_timpanogos.jpg
Description | Part of the Wasatch Mountain Range, situated between American Fork Canyon on the north and Provo Canyon on the south, Mount Timpanogos Wilderness offers abundant rugged terrain embellished with waterfalls...

Pine Valley Mountain Wilderness
Wilderness | Pine Valley Mountain Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Pine_Valley_Mountain
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/PineValleyMountain.jpg
Description | A mountain island surrounded by desert, Pine Valley Mountain Wilderness preserves numerous lush meadows (up to 50 acres in size) and a beautiful forest of Engelmann spruce in the south, and spruce mixed...

Twin Peaks Wilderness
Wilderness | Twin Peaks Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Twin_Peaks
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/twin_peaks.jpg
Description | Twin Peaks Wilderness forms a part of the dramatic backdrop you see on the east side of the Salt Lake Valley, southeast of Salt Lake City. Originally carved by glaciation and currently remodeled by erosion...

Wellsville Mountain Wilderness
Wilderness | Wellsville Mountain Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Wellsville_Mountain
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/WellsvilleMountain.jpg
Description | The Wellsville Mountain Wilderness extends along the high steep north-south ridge and both sides of the Wellsville Mountains for about 14 miles. It is located in Northern Utah southwest of Logan, Utah...