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Alaska | Hawaii | Puerto Rico | List of all wildernesses areas | National Atlas Map Maker
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From swamps of the Southeast to tundra in Alaska, from snowcapped peaks in the Rocky Mountains to hardwood forests in the Northeast and deserts in the Southwest, Wilderness areas are found in all but six states (Connecticut, Delaware, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Rhode Island).
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![National Wilderness Preservation System Map of the United States](images/NWPS/mapFUllTOP.jpg)
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![National Wilderness Preservation System Map of the United States](images/NWPS/mapFUll.jpg)
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Click on "Fast Facts" and "Common Misconceptions" above for more interesting truths about Wilderness.
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Original map prepared by the National Atlas of the United States of America ® (August 2004). Additional data for subsequently designated wilderness areas has been added by the Wilderness.net staff.
To purchase the original National Atlas map, please visit the National Atlas website. If you are interested in downloading wilderness GIS data available on the National Atlas website, click here.
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Map Legend
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![BLM wilderness - dark yellow](images/NWPS/blm_small.gif) |
Bureau of Land Management Wilderness |
![BLM non wilderness - light yellow](images/NWPS/blm_s_small.gif) |
Bureau of Land Management NON-Wilderness |
![FWS wilderness - dark orange](images/NWPS/fws_small.gif) |
Fish & Wildlife Service Wilderness |
![FWS non wilderness - light orange](images/NWPS/fws_s_small.gif) |
Fish & Wildlife Service NON-Wilderness |
![FS wilderness - dark green](images/NWPS/fs_small.gif) |
Forest Service Wilderness |
![FS non wilderness - light green](images/NWPS/fs_s_small.gif) |
Forest Service NON-Wilderness |
![NPS wilderness - dark purple](images/NWPS/nps_small.gif) |
National Park Service Wilderness |
![NPS non wilderness - light purple](images/NWPS/nps_s_small.gif) |
National Park Service NON-Wilderness |
![Roads - red](images/NWPS/roads.gif) |
Major Roads |
![Ferry routes (AK only) - blue](images/NWPS/ferryroutes.gif) |
Ferry Routes (AK) |
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