Wilderness – North Carolina

Name: Birkhead Mountains Wilderness
State: North Carolina
Area: 5,065 acres
Year designated: 1984
Year visited: 2022
Context: Overnight hike and campout with gistrailblazer

Name: Catfish Lake Wilderness
State: North Carolina
Area: 8,490 acres
Year designated: 1984
Year visited: 2022
Context: Wilderness roadtrip with gistrailblazer.

Name: Ellicott Rock Wilderness
See South Carolina.

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:Pocosin Wilderness
State: North Carolina
Area: 11, 801 acres
Year Designated: 1984
Year Visited: 2022
Context: Wilderness roadtrip with gistrailblazer

Name: Pond Pine Wilderness
State: North Carolina
Area: 1,692 acres
Year Designated: 1984
Year Visited: 2022
Context: Wilderness roadtrip with gistrailblazer

Name: Sheep Ridge Wilderness
State: North Carolina
Area: 9,315 acres
Year Designated: 1984
Year Visited: 2022
Context: Wilderness roadtrip with gistrailblazer

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