North Carolina Wilderness Areas
North Carolina has 12 designated wilderness areas on record. 1 requires a permit in at least part of the area. 10 have a published camping stay limit.
North Carolina wilderness areas map
- Unit color: managing agency:
- Forest Service
- Fish and Wildlife Service
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.
| Birkhead Mountains Wilderness | Randolph County | Forest Service | 5,065 | Not on record | 14 days | 10 |
| Catfish Lake South Wilderness | Jones County | Forest Service | 8,490 | Not on record | 14 days | 10 |
| Ellicott Rock Wilderness | Jackson County | Forest Service | 8,300 | Not on record | 14 days | 6 |
| Joyce Kilmer-Slickrock Wilderness | Graham County | Forest Service | 19,246 | Not on record | 14 days | 10 |
| Linville Gorge Wilderness | Burke County | Forest Service | 11,653 | Required (in part or all) | 14 days | 10 |
| Middle Prong Wilderness | Haywood County | Forest Service | 7,482 | Not on record | 14 days | 10 |
| Pocosin Wilderness | Carteret County | Forest Service | 11,801 | Not on record | Not on record | 10 |
| Pond Pine Wilderness | Craven County | Forest Service | 1,692 | Not on record | 14 days | 10 |
| Sheep Ridge Wilderness | Craven County | Forest Service | 9,315 | Not on record | 14 days | 10 |
| Shining Rock Wilderness | Haywood County | Forest Service | 18,477 | Not on record | 14 days | 10 |
| Southern Nantahala Wilderness | Macon County | Forest Service | 23,364 | Not on record | 14 days | 10 |
| Swanquarter Wilderness | Hyde County | Fish and Wildlife Service | 8,784 | Not on record | Not on record | Not on record |