Maps

• Interactive Wilderness Map

• 2019 Printable Wilderness Wall Map (this is a large file)

• Story Maps

  • Overall Benefits of Wilderness
  • Wilderness Protects Drinking Water Sources
  • Wilderness Protects Elk and Deer Migration Routes near Yellowstone National Park
  • Wilderness Protects the Home of the Endangered Desert Tortoise
  • Wilderness and the History of the Coast Guard in the Brigantine Wilderness
  • Wilderness and Protected Ecosystems
  • Wilderness and Protected Rocks
  • Wilderness Recreation Close to Home
  • Wilderness and Wild and Scenic Rivers and National Trails
  • Wilderness and Science Mapping Weeds in the Welcome Creek Wilderness
  • Wilderness and Sound Pollution

• Local Outdoor/Sporting Goods Stores: Generally carry a selection of local recreation maps.

• MyTopo: Prints custom topographic or aerial photographic maps that you create through their online interface and mails them to you next-day. Choose the location, size, resolution, paper type, and other map attributes like flat or folded. This is a much cheaper option than purchasing individual USGS quads and the maps are extremely high quality.

• National Forest Map Store: Offers standard wilderness-specific maps for most Forest Service wilderness areas. These are typically great maps, although some are older and may contain dated data.

• United States Geologic Survey: Offers standard quad maps for purchase online or free download.

If you don't have a GPS unit, you can still access wilderness data on many smartphones. Many smartphones also offer GPS capabilities.

Download a Mapping App (select apps listed)

• Google Maps and Google Earth apps: These often do not mark the actual wilderness boundaries, but a name search will pinpoint one or more locations.
• Avenza app: Increasingly used by the Forest Service to provide access to PDF travel maps. Search for maps by National Forest name. Free PDF maps and for-pay maps are available through this app.
• ArcGIS app: Provides access to maps created by ESRI, other companies, and individuals on ArcGIS online. Wilderness Connect's wilderness boundary data is widely-used by GIS professionals, so a search for wilderness will produce national, local and regional maps.
• onX app: Specifically for hunters and includes public/private land boundaries, hunting districts and other data.

GIS/GPS data are available as downloadable wilderness boundary shapefiles or as an ArcGIS Online-hosted feature service. These types of data are intended for public use by those with some level of geographic data expertise.