Idaho Wilderness Areas

Idaho has 15 designated wilderness areas on record.

Idaho wilderness areas map

  • Unit color: managing agency:
  • Bureau of Land Management
  • Forest Service
  • National Park Service
  • Two or more agencies
Land managed by (switch layers on or off)

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 Jacks Creek Wilderness Owyhee County BLM 52,753 Not on record Not on record Not on record
Bruneau-Jarbidge Rivers Wilderness Owyhee County BLM 89,820 Not on record Not on record Not on record
Cecil D. Andrus-White Clouds Wilderness Custer County BLM, Forest Service 90,776 Not on record Not on record Not on record
Craters of the Moon National Wilderness Area Butte County National Park Service 43,243 Not on record Not on record Not on record
Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness Idaho County BLM, Forest Service 2,358,886 Not on record Not on record 20
Gospel-Hump Wilderness Idaho County Forest Service 205,395 Not on record Not on record 20
Hells Canyon Wilderness Idaho County BLM, Forest Service 217,747 Not on record Not on record 8
Hemingway-Boulders Wilderness Blaine County Forest Service 67,993 Not on record Not on record Not on record
Jim McClure-Jerry Peak Wilderness Custer County BLM, Forest Service 116,843 Not on record Not on record Not on record
Little Jacks Creek Wilderness Owyhee County BLM 50,930 Not on record Not on record Not on record
North Fork Owyhee Wilderness Owyhee County BLM 44,027 Not on record Not on record Not on record
Owyhee River Wilderness Owyhee County BLM 266,390 Not on record Not on record Not on record
Pole Creek Wilderness Owyhee County BLM 12,556 Not on record Not on record Not on record
Sawtooth Wilderness Boise County Forest Service 217,511 Not on record Not on record 12
Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness Idaho County Forest Service 1,347,644 Not on record Not on record 20