- Name: Joyce Kilmer – Slickrock Wilderness
State: North Carolina (+ a little in Tennessee)
Area: 17,400 acres
Year designated: 1975
Year visited: 2012
Context: Benton MacKaye Trail hike with Fiskars
Name: Shining Rock Wilderness
State: North Carolina
Area: 18,500 acres
Year Designated: 1964
Year Visited: 2013
Context: Art Loeb hike with Houck family
Name: Southern Nantahala Wilderness
State: North Carolina/Georgia
Area: 23,400
Year designated: 1984
Year visited: 2010
Context: Appalachian Trail hike with Karma