Virginia Wildernesses

Shenandoah Wilderness
OBJECTID_1 | 49
Website | https://wilderness.net/visit-wilderness/?ID=549
Wilderness | Shenandoah Wilderness
State | VA
Comment | <Null>
Date of Last Update | 4/3/2015
WID | 549
Abbreviated Name | Shenandoah
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/Shenandoah.jpg
Acreage | 79579
Description | The 197,000 acres of Shenandoah National Park stretch for 80 miles along the Blue Ridge Mountains, which form the eastern boundary of the Appalachian Range. The valley to the west holds the Shenandoah...
Agency | NPS
joinerID | 549NPS
Designated | 1976
ORIG_FID | 38112

Barbours Creek Wilderness
OBJECTID_1 | 464
Website | https://wilderness.net/visit-wilderness/?ID=28
Wilderness | Barbours Creek Wilderness
State | VA
Comment | <Null>
Date of Last Update | 12/27/2021
WID | 28
Abbreviated Name | Barbours_Creek
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/BarboursCreek.jpg
Acreage | 5507
Description | The rugged and remote mountain terrain of Barbours Creek Wilderness drops down the southeastern slope of Potts Mountain to Barbours Creek along the southern boundary. Elevations range from about 3,800...
Agency | FS
joinerID | 28FS
Designated | 1988
ORIG_FID | 44300

Beartown Wilderness
OBJECTID_1 | 467
Website | https://wilderness.net/visit-wilderness/?ID=31
Wilderness | Beartown Wilderness
State | VA
Comment | <Null>
Date of Last Update | 12/27/2021
WID | 31
Abbreviated Name | Beartown
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/Beartown.jpg
Acreage | 5613
Description | Beartown Wilderness is a steep, remote and rugged area, particularly at the heads of its drainages. It ranges in elevation from 2,400 to 4,480 feet. The principal streams are Roaring Fork, Barkcamp Branch...
Agency | FS
joinerID | 31FS
Designated | 1984
ORIG_FID | 44303

Brush Mountain Wilderness
Wilderness | Brush Mountain Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Brush_Mountain
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/BruchMountain.jpg
Description | Brush Mountain Wilderness lies north of and in close proximity to Blacksburg, Virginia. It extends for about 8 miles along the northwest slope of Brush Mountain, bounded to the east by a power line, to...
Agency | FS
joinerID | 713FS

Brush Mountain East Wilderness
Wilderness | Brush Mountain East Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Brush_Mountain_East
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/BrushMountainEast.jpg
Description | The outstanding feature of Brush Mountain East Wilderness is its rugged and unspoiled terrain close to Blacksburg and Roanoke, Virginia. The area includes the north side of Brush Mountain, which rises...

Hunting Camp Creek Wilderness
Wilderness | Hunting Camp Creek Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Hunting_Camp_Creek
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/HuntingCampCreek.jpg
Description | The valley of Hunting Camp Creek provides unusual opportunities for solitude and a wilderness experience. Hunting Camp Creek Wilderness stretches from ridge top to ridge top, and is traversed by approximately...

James River Face Wilderness
Wilderness | James River Face Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | James_River_Face
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/jamesriver.jpg
Description | The first designated wilderness in Virginia (1975), James River Face is bounded on the northeast by the James River and on the south by Petites Gap Road (gravel, FS #35). Immediately south of FR #35 lies...

Kimberling Creek Wilderness
Wilderness | Kimberling Creek Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Kimberling_Creek
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/KimberlingCreek.jpg
Description | Kimberling Creek Wilderness is a remote headwaters area containing no maintained trails. Kimberling Creek, fed by Kimberling Springs by way of Sulphur Spring Fork, touches the southernmost portion of the...

Mountain Lake Wilderness
Wilderness | Mountain Lake Wilderness
State | VA/WV
Abbreviated Name | Mountain_Lake
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/MountainLake.jpg
Description | Mountain Lake, the only natural body of water in western Virginia, sits just outside the southwestern boundary of Mountain Lake Wilderness. Inside the boundary lies a highland plateau resting squarely...

Lewis Fork Wilderness
Wilderness | Lewis Fork Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Lewis_Fork
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/LewisFork.jpg
Description | Lewis Fork Wilderness lies within the Mount Rogers National Recreation Area. It includes Mount Rogers itself which is Virginia's highest point at 5,729 feet. The wilderness is part of what is known as...

Little Dry Run Wilderness
Wilderness | Little Dry Run Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Little_Dry_Run
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/LittleDryRun.jpg
Description | Little Dry Run Wilderness is located on the east end of the Mount Rogers National Recreation Area. It ranges in elevation from 2,440 feet along Little Dry Run at the northeast boundary to 3,614 feet near...

Little Wilson Creek Wilderness
Wilderness | Little Wilson Creek Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Little_Wilson_Creek
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/LittleWilsonCreek.jpg
Description | Adjoining Grayson Highlands State Park, Little Wilson Creek Wilderness is within the Mount Rogers National Recreation Area. Elevations range from 3,220 feet near the southern border to 4,857 near the northern...

Ramseys Draft Wilderness
Wilderness | Ramseys Draft Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Ramseys_Draft
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/RamseysDraft.jpg
Description | A "draft," according to local custom, is a creek or stream. This wilderness is named after its main drainage, a native eastern brook trout stream. Ramseys Draft Wilderness is a rugged and steep piece...

Rich Hole Wilderness
Wilderness | Rich Hole Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Rich_Hole
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/RichHole.jpg
Description | Rich Hole Wilderness consists primarily of Brushy Mountain and portions of Mill Mountain with their drainages, the North Branch of Simpson Creek and Alum Creek. The area exhibits a mature hardwood ecosystem...

Peters Mountain Wilderness
Wilderness | Peters Mountain Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Peters_Mountain
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/NoPicture.gif
Description | Peters Mountain Wilderness, lying on the east slope of Peters Mountain, ranges in elevation from 3,956 feet on the mountaintop to a low of 2,300 on the southern border along Big Stony Creek. The vegetation...

Priest Wilderness
Wilderness | Priest Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Priest
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/Priest.jpg
Description | Priest Wilderness is generally very steep and rugged, consisting of undulating ridges with deep V-shaped hollows. Elevations range from 1000 feet at the Tye River to 4000 feet at the summit of the Priest....

Raccoon Branch Wilderness
Wilderness | Raccoon Branch Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Raccoon_Branch
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/RaccoonBranch.jpg
Description | Raccoon Branch Wilderness is located in Smyth County in the Mount Rogers National Recreation Area in southwest Virginia. It contains extremely rugged country rising to a height of 4,000 feet on the high...

Three Ridges Wilderness
Wilderness | Three Ridges Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Three_Ridges
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/ThreeRidges.jpg
Description | Three Ridges Wilderness is located east of the Blue Ridge Parkway and north of the Tye River. Elevations range from 1000 feet at the Tye River to 4000 feet at Three Ridges. This area is generally very...

Thunder Ridge Wilderness
Wilderness | Thunder Ridge Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Thunder_Ridge
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/ThunderRidge.jpg
Description | The smallest of Virginia's Wildernesses, Thunder Ridge sits high on the northwestern slope of the Blue Ridge, separated from James River Face Wilderness by Petites Gap Road (gravel, FR #35). it is bordered...

Rough Mountain Wilderness
Wilderness | Rough Mountain Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Rough_Mountain
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/RoughMountain.jpg
Description | Rough Mountain Wilderness is approximately six miles long and two miles wide, an area of steep ridges and dry drainages with elevations ranging from 1,150 feet along the Cowpasture River to 2,842 feet...

Saint Mary's Wilderness
Wilderness | Saint Mary's Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Saint_Marys
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/saintmarys.jpg
Description | Saint Mary's Wilderness, located in the Blue Ridge Mountains, ranges in elevation from 1,700 feet to 3,640 feet and includes the upper portion of the Saint Mary's River watershed including the Cellar Hollow...

Shawvers Run Wilderness
Wilderness | Shawvers Run Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Shawvers_Run
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/ShawversRun.jpg
Description | Shawvers Run Wilderness is an area of rugged and remote mountain terrain on the northwestern slope of Potts Mountain, just over the hill from Barbours Creek Wilderness. Elevations range from 2,000 feet...

Stone Mountain Wilderness
Wilderness | Stone Mountain Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Stone_Mountain
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/StoneMountain.jpg
Description | The Stone Mountain Wilderness is a tract of remote forest land adjacent to the North Fork of the Powell River in Lee County. The steep south-facing scarp of Stone Mountain provides outstanding views of...

Garden Mountain Wilderness
Wilderness | Garden Mountain Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Garden_Mountain
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/GardenMountain.jpg
Description | Garden Mountain Wilderness lies on the southern flank of Garden Mountain extending around the unique geological structure of Burkes Garden. The Burkes Garden geological feature began as a dome of Clinch...