Arkansas Wilderness Areas

Arkansas has 12 designated wilderness areas on record.

Arkansas wilderness areas map

  • Unit color: managing agency:
  • Forest Service
  • Fish and Wildlife Service
  • National Park Service
Land managed by (switch layers on or off)
Land managed by

Land ownership: USGS PAD-US 4.1, dissolved by manager and simplified (parcels under about 2 square km not shown). Unit boundaries simplified. Not for navigation or legal boundaries.

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Big Lake Wilderness Mississippi County Fish and Wildlife Service 2,143 Not on record Not on record Not on record
Black Fork Mountain Wilderness Polk County Forest Service 13,347 Not on record Not on record Not on record
Buffalo National River Wilderness Newton County National Park Service 34,933 Not on record Not on record Not on record
Caney Creek Wilderness Polk County Forest Service 14,262 Not on record Not on record Not on record
Dry Creek Wilderness Logan County Forest Service 6,301 Not on record Not on record Not on record
East Fork Wilderness Pope County Forest Service 10,585 Not on record Not on record Not on record
Flatside Wilderness Saline County Forest Service 10,180 Not on record Not on record Not on record
Hurricane Creek Wilderness Newton County Forest Service 15,214 Not on record Not on record Not on record
Leatherwood Wilderness Baxter County Forest Service 16,652 Not on record Not on record Not on record
Poteau Mountain Wilderness Sebastian County Forest Service 11,141 Not on record Not on record Not on record
Richland Creek Wilderness Newton County Forest Service 11,674 Not on record Not on record Not on record
Upper Buffalo Wilderness Newton County Forest Service 11,978 Not on record Not on record Not on record