In the United States, there are 765 wilderness areas that consist of  110,005,113 acres. A huge portion of the wild land (57,432,650 acres) that is designated as wilderness is in Alaska, but that also means that 52,572,463 total acres (8,2144.47 Sq Miles) of wilderness exist in the continental United States.

Death Valley Wilderness  Agency: National Park Service State: California/Nevada Total Acres: 3,102,456 Year Designated: 1994

Frank Church-River Of No Return Wilderness  Agency: Bureau of Land Management, US Forest Service State: Idaho Total Acres: 2,358,876 Year Designated: 1980

Selway-Bitteroot Wilderness  Agency: US Forest Service State: Idaho/Montana Total Acres: 1,347,644 Year Designated: 1964

Marjory Stoneman Douglas Wilderness  Agency: National Park Service State: Florida Total Acres: 1,296,500 Year Designated: 1978

Bob Marshall Wilderness  Agency: US Forest Service State: Montana Total Acres: 1,062,694 Year Designated: 1964

Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness  Agency: US Forest Service State: Montana/Wyoming Total Acres: 937,032 Year Designated: 1978/1984

Daniel J. Evans Wilderness  Agency: National Park Service State: Washington Total Acres: 876,447 Year Designated: 1988

Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness  Agency: US Forest Service State: Minnesota Total Acres: 814,441 Year Designated: 1964

Cabeza Prieta Wilderness  Agency: US Fish and Wildlife Service State: Arizona Total Acres:804,418 Year Designated: 1990

Sequoia-Kings Canyon Wilderness  Agency: National Park Service State: California Total Acres: 768,222 Year Designated: 1984

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