Cumberland Island Wilderness
OBJECTID_1 | 9
Website | https://wilderness.net/visit-wilderness/?ID=145
Wilderness | Cumberland Island Wilderness
State | GA
Comment | <Null>
Date of Last Update | 3/30/2019
WID | 145
Abbreviated Name | Cumberland_Island
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/CumberlandIsland.jpg
Acreage | 9907
Description | Managed by the National Park Service, Cumberland Island Wilderness protects sparkling white beaches and sand dunes, freshwater lakes, and saltwater marshes. It is Georgia's largest and southernmost barrier...
Agency | NPS
joinerID | 145NPS
Designated | 1982
ORIG_FID | 17773
Georgia Wildernesses

Okefenokee Wilderness
OBJECTID_1 | 113
Website | https://wilderness.net/visit-wilderness/?ID=426
Wilderness | Okefenokee Wilderness
State | GA
Comment | <Null>
Date of Last Update | 2/25/2019
WID | 426
Abbreviated Name | Okefenokee
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/Okefenokee.jpg
Acreage | 353981
Description | Imagine waking to a mist enshrouded wetland, echoing with the calls of herons and ibis. Your camping site is a wooden platform surrounded by miles and miles of wet-prairie or moss-covered cypress. The...
Agency | FWS
joinerID | 426FWS
Designated | 1974
ORIG_FID | 41359
Georgia Wildernesses

Blackbeard Island Wilderness
OBJECTID_1 | 115
Website | https://wilderness.net/visit-wilderness/?ID=60
Wilderness | Blackbeard Island Wilderness
State | GA
Comment | <Null>
Date of Last Update | 2/25/2019
WID | 60
Abbreviated Name | Blackbeard_Island
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/BlackbeardIsland.jpg
Acreage | 3000
Description | Edward "Blackbeard" Teach, a notorious pirate feared by many for his murderous, plundering raids, supposedly came here to "bank" some of his ill-gained fortune. Despite myths about it's name, Blackbeard...
Agency | FWS
joinerID | 60FWS
Designated | 1975
ORIG_FID | 41361
Georgia Wildernesses

Wolf Island Wilderness
Wilderness | Wolf Island Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Wolf_Island
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/wolfIsland.jpg
Description | Established in 1930 as a sanctuary for migratory birds, Wolf Island National Wildlife Refuge includes Wolf Island, Egg Island, and Little Egg Island. All of the refuge has since been designated Wilderness....
Agency | FWS
joinerID | 656FWS

Big Frog Wilderness
Wilderness | Big Frog Wilderness
State | GA/TN
Abbreviated Name | Big_Frog
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/BigFrog.jpg
Description | Distinguished by 4,224-foot Big Frog Mountain, the vast majority of this forested mountain Wilderness lies in Tennessee, with only a sliver in Georgia. It borders the Cohutta Wilderness. The Big Frog-Cohutta...
Agency | FS
joinerID | 38FS

Blood Mountain Wilderness
Wilderness | Blood Mountain Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Blood_Mountain
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/BloodMountain.jpg
Description | Legends tell of the gory battles waged between Creek and Cherokee Indians atop 4,458-foot Blood Mountain, but today the site is famous for being the highest point in this Wilderness. Scenically rugged...
Agency | FS
joinerID | 62FS

Brasstown Wilderness
Wilderness | Brasstown Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Brasstown
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/Brasstown.jpg
Description | This steeply rugged Wilderness drapes across the northern, northeastern, and southwestern flanks of 4,784-foot Brasstown Bald Mountain, the highest point in the state. A Forest Service visitor center is...
Agency | FS
joinerID | 73FS

Cohutta Wilderness
Wilderness | Cohutta Wilderness
State | GA/TN
Abbreviated Name | Cohutta
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/Cohutta.jpg
Description | Most of mountainous Cohutta, the state's second largest Wilderness, lies in Georgia and within the Cohutta Wildlife Management Area. But a small portion runs over the border into Tennessee. Immediately...

Ellicott Rock Wilderness
Wilderness | Ellicott Rock Wilderness
State | GA/NC/SC
Abbreviated Name | Ellicott_Rock
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/EllicottRock.jpg
Description | Ellicott Rock Wilderness sits at the southern tip of the romantically hazy Blue Ridge Mountains. Congress designated Ellicott Rock Wilderness in 1975, later expanding it in 1986. The wilderness uniquely...

Mark Trail Wilderness
Wilderness | Mark Trail Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Mark_Trail
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/MarkTrail.jpg
Description | The logging roads that once ran along the streams, waterfalls, rocky outcroppings, and high peaks that distinguish the Chattahoochee Wildlife Management Area are rapidly returning to their natural state....

Raven Cliffs Wilderness
Wilderness | Raven Cliffs Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Raven_Cliffs
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/RavenCliffs.jpg
Description | Numerous streams and waterfalls, high peaks, and rocky outcroppings combine to create a rugged mountain Wilderness divided between the Chestatee and Chattahoochee Wildlife Management Areas. Elevations...

Rich Mountain Wilderness
Wilderness | Rich Mountain Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Rich_Mountain
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/NoPicture.gif
Description | At 4,050 feet, Rich Mountain anchors a diverse botanical area. A second-growth hardwood forest provides habitat for deer, squirrels, raccoons, wild turkeys, ruffed grouse, black bears, quail, and woodcocks....

Tray Mountain Wilderness
Wilderness | Tray Mountain Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Tray_Mountain
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/TrayMountain.jpg
Description | At 4,430 feet, Tray Mountain dominates the southern portion of this rugged Wilderness, which straddles the crest of the Blue Ridge. From up high, fast-flowing streams tumble down narrow gorges and over...

Southern Nantahala Wilderness
Wilderness | Southern Nantahala Wilderness
State | GA/NC
Abbreviated Name | Southern_Nantahala
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/SouthernNantahala.jpg
Description | The Cherokee Indians thought of the Blue Ridge Mountains as the Great Blue Hills of God. These original inhabitants named the shady forests and deep, dark gorges Nantahala, or Land of the Noonday Sun....