Panther Den Wilderness
OBJECTID_1 | 31
Website | https://wilderness.net/visit-wilderness/?ID=443
Wilderness | Panther Den Wilderness
State | IL
Comment | Has adjacent polygons
Date of Last Update | 2/26/2019
WID | 443
Abbreviated Name | Panther_Den
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/PanthersDen.jpg
Acreage | 821
Description | The smallest Wilderness in Illinois, Panther Den shares its northern boundary with Crab Orchard Wilderness. Three fingers of Devil's Kitchen Lake extend into the northern section of this area, offering...
Agency | FS
joinerID | 443FS
Designated | 1990
ORIG_FID | 28416
Illinois Wildernesses

Crab Orchard Wilderness
OBJECTID_1 | 140
Website | https://wilderness.net/visit-wilderness/?ID=140
Wilderness | Crab Orchard Wilderness
State | IL
Comment | Has adjacent polygons
Date of Last Update | 2/25/2019
WID | 140
Abbreviated Name | Crab_Orchard
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/CrabOrchard.jpg
Acreage | 4050
Description | Smack dab in the middle of the Mississippi Flyway, Crab Orchard Wilderness provides a winter feeding and resting area for an average of 40,000 Canada geese each year. Agriculture and logging in the early...
Agency | FWS
joinerID | 140FWS
Designated | 1976
ORIG_FID | 41407
Illinois Wildernesses

Bald Knob Wilderness
OBJECTID_1 | 461
Website | https://wilderness.net/visit-wilderness/?ID=25
Wilderness | Bald Knob Wilderness
State | IL
Comment | <Null>
Date of Last Update | 12/27/2021
WID | 25
Abbreviated Name | Bald_Knob
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/BaldKnob .jpg
Acreage | 5800
Description | Bald Knob is located at the farthest extreme of the Ozark Uplift. It is separated only by an abandoned dirt road from Clear Springs Wilderness. Together these two wilderness' create a very large area...
Agency | FS
joinerID | 25FS
Designated | 1990
ORIG_FID | 44297
Illinois Wildernesses

Bay Creek Wilderness
Wilderness | Bay Creek Wilderness
Comment | <Null>
Abbreviated Name | Bay_Creek
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/BayCreek .jpg
Description | Bay Creek runs year-round, creating excellent conditions for woodland species including oak, pine, cedar, and ash, and flowering trees such as dogwood, redbud, wild cherry, and plum. On the north side...
Agency | FS
joinerID | 29FS

Burden Falls Wilderness
Wilderness | Burden Falls Wilderness
Comment | <Null>
Abbreviated Name | Burden_Falls
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/BurdenFalls.jpg
Description | An intermittent stream spills over Burden Falls, a picturesque series of waterfalls that drop a total of about 100 feet, with a greatest single descent of approximately 20 feet. Burden Creek flows northward...

Clear Springs Wilderness
Wilderness | Clear Springs Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Clear_Springs
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/ClearSprings.jpg
Description | Clear Springs flows heavily into Hutchins Creek, which separates this area from Bald Knob Wilderness to the south. An abandoned farmstead, complete with rusted-over machinery, stands as a reminder of the...

Garden of the Gods Wilderness
Wilderness | Garden of the Gods Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Garden_of_the_Gods
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/GardenOfTheGods.jpg
Description | With heavenly rock formations, canyons, bluffs, and ridges carved over eons by wind and water, it's no secret why Garden of the Gods is the state's most visited landmark. Once home to indigenous peoples...

Lusk Creek Wilderness
Wilderness | Lusk Creek Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Lusk_Creek
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/LuskCreek.jpg
Description | Rugged terrain and winding canyons characterize Lusk Creek, unusually diverse topography for Illinois. This Wilderness protects broad, relatively flat ridge tops and terraces overlooking narrow ravines...