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The state of Oregon is roughly 61,598,720 acres. Of that acreage, 2,475,323 acres (3,867.69 Sq. Miles) are federally protected as wilderness.

Oregon's 47 Wilderness Areas:

Badger Creek
Location: Mount Hood
Acres: 28,915

Black Canyon
Location: Eastern Oregon
Acres: 13,088

Boulder Creek
Location: Central Cascades
Acres: 19,911

Bridge Creek
Location: Eastern Oregon
Acres: 5,337

Bull of the Woods
Location: Central Cascades
Acres: 36,869

Clackamas
Location: Mount Hood
Acres: 9,465

Copper Salmon
Location: Coast Range
Acres: 13,724

Cummins Creek
Location: Coast Range
Acres: 9,026

Diamond Peak
Location: Central Cascades
Acres: 52,477
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Drift Creek
Location: Coast Range
Acres: 5,792

Eagle Cap
Location: Northeast Oregon
Acres: 355,548

Gearhart Mountain
Location: Southern Oregon
Acres: 22,587

Grassy Knob
Location: Southern Oregon
Acres: 17,176

Hells Canyon
Location: Northeast Oregon
Acres: 131,337 (Oregon), 217,613 (total)

Kalmiopsis
Location: Southern Oregon
Acres: 179,550

Lower White River
Location: Mount Hood
Acres: 2,871

Mark O. Hatfield
Location: Columbia Gorge
Acres: 65,420

Menagerie
Location: Central Cascades
Acres: 4,952

Middle Santiam
Location: Central Cascades
Acres: 8,845

Mill Creek
Location: Eastern Oregon
Acres: 17,173

Monument Rock
Location: Eastern Oregon
Acres: 20,210

Mount Hood
Location: Mount Hood
Acres: 64,742

Mount Jefferson
Location: Central Cascades
Acres: 108,909

Mount Thielsen
Location: Southern Oregon
Acres: 55,151

Mount Washington
Location: Central Cascades
Acres: 54,410

Mountain Lakes
Location: Southern Oregon
Acres: 23,036

North Fork John Day
Location: Northeast Oregon
Acres: 120,998

North Fork Umatilla
Location: Northeast Oregon
Acres: 20,225

Opal Creek
Location: Central Cascades
Acres: 20,774

Oregon Badlands
Location: Eastern Oregon
Acres: 29,182

Oregon Islands
Location: Oregon Coast
Acres: 925

Red Buttes
Location: Southern Oregon
Acres: 3,777 (Oregon), 20,133 (total)

Roaring River
Location: Mount Hood
Acres: 36,548

Rock Creek
Location: Coast Range
Acres: 7,273

Rogue–Umpqua Divide
Location: Central Cascades
Acres: 35,749

Salmon–Huckleberry
Location: Mount Hood
Acres: 62,061

Sky Lakes
Location: Southern Oregon
Acres: 113,687

Soda Mountain
Location: Southern Oregon
Acres: 24,707

Spring Basin
Location: Eastern Oregon
Acres: 6,404

Steens Mountain
Location: Eastern Oregon
Acres: 170,202

Strawberry Mountain
Location: Eastern Oregon
Acres: 69,350

Table Rock (No additional Information at this time)
Location: Central Cascades
Acres: 5,784

Three Arch Rocks
Location: Oregon Coast
Acres: 15

Three Sisters
Location: Central Cascades
Acres: 283,619

Waldo Lake
Location: Central Cascades
Acres: 36,868

Wenaha–Tucannon
Location: Northeast Oregon
Acres: 65,266 (Oregon), 176,737 (total)

Wild Rogue
Location: Southern Oregon
Acres: 35,221

The state of Oregon is roughly 61,598,720 acres. Of that acreage, 2,475,323 acres (3,867.69 Sq. Miles) are federally protected as wilderness

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NOTE: The exact acreage of a given wilderness can vary widely. These figures are all from wilderness.net, a collaboration between the University of Montana and several federal land-management agencies.

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