List of Wilderness Areas in the Adirondack Park

View of Dix Mountain Wilderness Area from the summit of Giant Mountain.

View from Long Pond Mountain of the St. Regis Canoe Area (High Peaks in the background)

This is a list of designated wilderness areas within the Adirondack Park in the Adirondack Mountains, and part of the New York Forest Preserve. Wilderness area account for 46% of the area of the park which is not private property. They are managed like federal wilderness areas. These areas are far more affected by nature than humanity, to the extent that the latter is practically unnoticeable, for example virgin forest. No powered vehicles are allowed in wilderness areas.

• Blue Ridge Wilderness Area - 47,177 acres (185.09 km²)), https://www.dec.ny.gov/lands/100449.html
• Five Ponds Wilderness Area - 107,230 acres (447.44 km²), https://www.dec.ny.gov/lands/34719.html
• Giant Mountain Wilderness Area - 23,100 acres (92.14 km²), dec.ny.gov/lands/100750.html
• Ha-De-Ron-Dah Wilderness Area - 26,600 acres (107.36 km²), https://www.dec.ny.gov/lands/91261.html
• High Peaks Wilderness Area - 275,460 acres (779.77 km²), https://www.dec.ny.gov/lands/9164.html
• Hoffman Notch Wilderness Area - 38,488 acres (146.62 km²), https://www.dec.ny.gov/lands/81598.html
• Jay Mountain Wilderness Area - 7,951 acres (28.7 km²), https://www.dec.ny.gov/lands/98307.html
• McKenzie Mountain Wilderness Area - 37,616 acres (152.23 km²), https://www.dec.ny.gov/lands/105647.html
• Pepperbox Wilderness Area - 23,816 acres (91.30 km²), https://www.dec.ny.gov/lands/34719.html
• Pharaoh Lake Wilderness Area - 46,283 acres (185.68 km²), https://www.dec.ny.gov/lands/107648.html
• Pigeon Lake Wilderness Area - 50,100 acres (202.8 km²), https://www.dec.ny.gov/lands/102484.html
• Round Lake Wilderness Area - 11,430 acres (44.5 km²), https://www.dec.ny.gov/lands/9165.html
• Sentinel Range Wilderness Area - 23,874 acres (94.10 km²), https://www.dec.ny.gov/lands/101901.html
• Siamese Ponds Wilderness Area - 114,010 acres (455.37 km²), https://www.dec.ny.gov/lands/53172.html
• Silver Lake Wilderness Area - 106,770 acres (426.01 km²), https://www.dec.ny.gov/lands/100874.html
• West Canada Lake Wilderness Area - 168,920 acres (634.12 km²), https://www.dec.ny.gov/lands/105391.html
• William C. Whitney Wilderness Area - 19,500 acres (83.0 km²), https://www.dec.ny.gov/lands/9165.html

The 19,000-acre (77 km²) Saint Regis Canoe Area, presently the only Canoe Area in the park, operates under essentially the same conditions as the Wilderness Areas.

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