Wisconsin Wildernesses

Gaylord Nelson Wilderness
OBJECTID_1 | 69
Website | https://wilderness.net/visit-wilderness/?ID=677
Wilderness | Gaylord Nelson Wilderness
State | WI
Comment | <Null>
Date of Last Update | 4/3/2015
WID | 677
Abbreviated Name | Gaylord_Nelson
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/GaylordNelson.jpg
Acreage | 33500
Description | In 2004, 80% of the land area of Wisconsin's Apostle Islands National Lakeshore was designated as federally protected wilderness. The new wilderness area - Wisconsin's largest by far - honors former Wisconsin...
Agency | NPS
joinerID | 677NPS
Designated | 2004
ORIG_FID | 39356

Wisconsin Islands Wilderness
OBJECTID_1 | 103
Website | https://wilderness.net/visit-wilderness/?ID=654
Wilderness | Wisconsin Islands Wilderness
State | WI
Comment | <Null>
Date of Last Update | 2/25/2019
WID | 654
Abbreviated Name | Wisconsin_Islands
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/NoPicture.gif
Acreage | 29
Description | Three small limestone outcroppings in Lake Michigan--Gravel Island, Spider Island and Hog Island—make up Wisconsin Islands Wilderness. These islands provide important nesting grounds for colonial birds...
Agency | FWS
joinerID | 654FWS
Designated | 1970
ORIG_FID | 41349

Blackjack Springs Wilderness
OBJECTID_1 | 496
Website | https://wilderness.net/visit-wilderness/?ID=61
Wilderness | Blackjack Springs Wilderness
State | WI
Comment | <Null>
Date of Last Update | 12/27/2021
WID | 61
Abbreviated Name | Blackjack_Springs
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/blackjack.jpg
Acreage | 5912
Description | The Blackjack Springs Wilderness was established by Congress in 1978 and is located in Northeast Wisconsin on the Eagle River Ranger District of the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest. Much of the area...
Agency | FS
joinerID | 61FS
Designated | 1978
ORIG_FID | 44333

Headwaters Wilderness
Wilderness | Headwaters Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Headwaters
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/headwaters.jpg
Description | The largest of Wisconsin's Wildernesses is characterized by generally flat terrain with forested swamps and muskeg, and bog lowlands overlooked by a few hardwood ridges. The headwaters of Pine River, a...
Agency | FS
joinerID | 236FS

Porcupine Lake Wilderness
Wilderness | Porcupine Lake Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Porcupine_Lake
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/PorcupineLake.jpg
Description | During the ice age, glaciers covered this area, scouring it into rolling hills in the west and dropping to swampland in the east. Many lakes dot the area--six of them larger than five acres. Sugar maples...
Agency | FS
joinerID | 471FS

Rainbow Lake Wilderness
Wilderness | Rainbow Lake Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Rainbow_Lake
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/RainbowLake.jpg
Description | Slightly more than six miles of the North Country National Scenic Trail cross this Wilderness from northwest to southeast, passing close to Rainbow Lake itself. Anderson Grade is the only other maintained...

Whisker Lake Wilderness
Wilderness | Whisker Lake Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Whisker_Lake
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/whisker_lake.jpg
Description | Located on the Michigan-Wisconsin border, this area takes its name from the large trees near the shoreline of Whisker Lake. These old pines were called "chin whiskers" by locals. Surprisingly, they were...